Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,531 
2,106 
2,074 
2,257 
2,141 
5,144 
Not on farm operated 
311 
431 
293 
230 
235 
1,449 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
648 
778 
667 
651 
589 
2,204 
Any 
1,194 
1,759 
1,700 
1,836 
1,787 
4,389 
1 to 49 days 
155 
188 
232 
228 
257 
645 
50 to 99 days 
92 
118 
132 
150 
141 
234 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
204 
271 
250 
251 
198 
490 
200 days or more 
743 
1,182 
1,086 
1,207 
1,191 
3,020 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
76 
93 
71 
89 
89 
302 
3 or 4 years 
87 
143 
119 
133 
199 
254 
5 to 9 years 
251 
446 
474 
487 
468 
1,109 
1 0 years or more 
1,428 
1,855 
1,703 
1,778 
1,620 
4,928 
Average years on present farm 
22.7 
21.5 
19.8 
18.9 
17.3 
20.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
51 
47 
46 
67 
72 
225 
3 or 4 years 
66 
115 
99 
104 
162 
197 
5 to 9 years 
197 
374 
378 
433 
406 
919 
1 0 years or more 
1,528 
2,001 
1,844 
1,883 
1,736 
5,252 
Average years operating any farm 
26.0 
24.4 
22.7 
21.2 
19.6 
23.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
24 
14 
12 
4 
19 
25 to 34 years 
146 
173 
71 
100 
123 
191 
35 to 44 years 
189 
233 
256 
289 
297 
554 
45 to 49 years 
114 
207 
214 
242 
221 
521 
50 to 54 years 
257 
333 
314 
356 
338 
765 
55 to 59 years 
278 
395 
363 
387 
420 
1,087 
60 to 64 years 
276 
355 
378 
374 
373 
1,042 
65 to 69 years 
216 
298 
270 
281 
200 
868 
70 years and over 
363 
519 
487 
446 
400 
1,546 
Average age 
57.6 
57.8 
58.6 
57.5 
56.8 
60.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
55 
78 
70 
67 
63 
176 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
11 
14 
22 
17 
7 
60 
Asian 
2 
16 
- 
7 
- 
3 
Black or African American 
7 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
4 
2 
2 
- 
6 
White 
1,816 
2,490 
2,324 
2,449 
2,352 
6,481 
More than one race reported 
6 
11 
17 
12 
16 
43 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
209 
281 
266 
292 
252 
1,013 
2 people 
965 
1,347 
1,287 
1,324 
1,212 
3,486 
3 people 
213 
299 
275 
285 
300 
817 
4 people 
183 
272 
243 
275 
268 
680 
5 or more people 
272 
338 
296 
311 
344 
597 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,048 
1,887 
2,062 
2,278 
2,265 
5,980 
25 to 49 percent 
302 
333 
141 
93 
58 
224 
50 to 74 percent 
284 
201 
109 
78 
37 
245 
75 to 99 percent 
116 
72 
24 
22 
7 
86 
1 00 percent 
92 
44 
31 
16 
9 
58 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
66 
49 
45 
32 
13 
127 
acres 
24,238 
40,900 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
153,003 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,422 
1,861 
1,848 
1,904 
1,858 
4,797 
Dial-up service 
130 
151 
118 
157 
136 
375 
DSL service 
558 
736 
702 
763 
762 
1,893 
Cable modem service 
152 
186 
191 
190 
252 
572 
Fiber-optic service 
39 
39 
27 
36 
30 
141 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
257 
328 
294 
296 
299 
834 
Satellite service 
340 
521 
554 
495 
503 
1,300 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
28 
28 
37 
45 
29 
82 
Other Internet service 
51 
76 
76 
78 
56 
176 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,475 
2,173 
2,042 
2,224 
2,117 
5,612 
2 households 
275 
299 
259 
224 
209 
739 
3 households 
60 
30 
36 
25 
31 
132 
4 households 
21 
23 
18 
9 
10 
58 
5 or more households 
11 
12 
12 
5 
9 
52 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage. 
or adoption farms 
1,790 
2,462 
2,334 
2,431 
2,349 
6,352 
acres 
455,912 
363,759 
207,672 
129,366 
98,461 
1,227,753 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
142 
156 
141 
122 
99 
381 
acres 
42,120 
28,051 
18,231 
5,439 
10,348 
194,929 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Idaho 97 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
