Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
21,821 
1,156 
844 
1,239 
1,778 
1,488 
Female 
2,995 
24 
27 
35 
90 
146 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,349 
1,120 
831 
1,168 
1,526 
1,088 
Other 
12,467 
60 
40 
106 
342 
546 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,556 
857 
750 
1,070 
1,502 
1,266 
Not on farm operated 
4,260 
323 
121 
204 
366 
368 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,473 
922 
636 
822 
942 
708 
Any 
15,343 
258 
235 
452 
926 
926 
1 to 49 days 
2,297 
56 
68 
123 
216 
151 
50 to 99 days 
1,123 
25 
21 
52 
92 
73 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,066 
13 
28 
68 
155 
165 
200 days or more 
9,857 
164 
118 
209 
463 
537 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
921 
7 
19 
40 
61 
82 
3 or 4 years 
1,187 
17 
20 
58 
86 
77 
5 to 9 years 
3,995 
97 
82 
122 
259 
232 
1 0 years or more 
18,713 
1,059 
750 
1,054 
1,462 
1,243 
Average years on present farm 
21.7 
27.3 
27.1 
26.0 
25.1 
24.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
623 
- 
10 
22 
43 
43 
3 or 4 years 
897 
9 
12 
35 
46 
59 
5 to 9 years 
3,279 
58 
55 
88 
183 
210 
1 0 years or more 
20,017 
1,113 
794 
1,129 
1,596 
1,322 
Average years operating any farm 
24.3 
30.3 
29.9 
28.6 
28.3 
27.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
111 
- 
- 
3 
23 
9 
25 to 34 years 
1,436 
43 
72 
168 
218 
144 
35 to 44 years 
2,559 
147 
113 
135 
203 
163 
45 to 49 years 
2,089 
127 
77 
118 
133 
128 
50 to 54 years 
3,410 
225 
156 
182 
261 
236 
55 to 59 years 
4,019 
229 
151 
226 
297 
221 
60 to 64 years 
3,746 
181 
128 
188 
272 
215 
65 to 69 years 
2,793 
104 
76 
108 
206 
179 
70 years and over 
4,653 
124 
98 
146 
255 
339 
Average age 
57.6 
55.6 
54.7 
53.9 
54.7 
57.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
695 
19 
12 
36 
73 
46 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
154 
3 
4 
2 
6 
10 
Asian 
85 
20 
15 
14 
3 
5 
Black or African American 
14 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
18 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
White 
24,424 
1,156 
848 
1,257 
1,850 
1,612 
More than one race reported 
121 
- 
3 
1 
5 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,865 
65 
57 
91 
197 
176 
2 people 
12,785 
538 
418 
610 
907 
804 
3 people 
3,068 
171 
112 
180 
216 
221 
4 people 
2,796 
162 
110 
186 
228 
208 
5 or more people 
3,302 
244 
174 
207 
320 
225 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,982 
131 
110 
193 
474 
645 
25 to 49 percent 
1,900 
92 
63 
120 
230 
279 
50 to 74 percent 
2,311 
158 
155 
277 
456 
361 
75 to 99 percent 
1,821 
302 
256 
352 
370 
237 
1 00 percent 
1,802 
497 
287 
332 
338 
112 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,036 
224 
120 
131 
141 
103 
acres 
2,159,058 
1,340,716 
304,732 
141,384 
137,610 
53,122 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
19,211 
1,105 
771 
1,079 
1,464 
1,261 
Dial-up service 
1,451 
46 
47 
88 
109 
102 
DSL service 
7,659 
460 
333 
465 
563 
486 
Cable modem service 
2,032 
107 
65 
75 
142 
124 
Fiber-optic service 
545 
48 
25 
67 
44 
61 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,376 
242 
134 
208 
292 
219 
Satellite service 
5,323 
355 
250 
289 
411 
343 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
386 
51 
26 
18 
22 
23 
Other Internet service 
684 
40 
14 
31 
56 
35 
Farms by number ef households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
20,199 
562 
524 
889 
1,437 
1,289 
2 households 
3,310 
317 
199 
261 
311 
263 
3 households 
763 
175 
84 
81 
70 
50 
4 households 
307 
64 
36 
26 
28 
21 
5 or more households 
237 
62 
28 
17 
22 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Idaho 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
