Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,650 
1,496 
1,459 
154 
124 
400 
Female 
142 
115 
110 
27 
27 
106 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,287 
1,191 
1,156 
96 
89 
212 
Other 
505 
420 
413 
85 
62 
294 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,304 
1,200 
1,173 
104 
88 
319 
Not on farm operated 
488 
411 
396 
77 
63 
187 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
925 
859 
830 
66 
59 
195 
Any 
867 
752 
739 
115 
92 
311 
1 to 49 days 
181 
160 
155 
21 
17 
60 
50 to 99 days 
78 
74 
73 
4 
4 
16 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
105 
93 
93 
12 
8 
43 
200 days or more 
503 
425 
418 
78 
63 
192 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
60 
50 
50 
10 
10 
44 
3 or 4 years 
57 
42 
42 
15 
9 
50 
5 to 9 years 
228 
185 
183 
43 
36 
67 
1 0 years or more 
1,447 
1,334 
1,294 
113 
96 
345 
Average years on present farm 
24.2 
25.1 
25.0 
16.4 
17.1 
21.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
42 
35 
35 
7 
7 
35 
3 or 4 years 
33 
22 
22 
11 
5 
41 
5 to 9 years 
180 
139 
139 
41 
36 
68 
1 0 years or more 
1,537 
1,415 
1,373 
122 
103 
362 
Average years operating any farm 
27.0 
28.0 
27.9 
18.9 
19.3 
23.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
98 
80 
80 
18 
14 
33 
35 to 44 years 
210 
174 
170 
36 
28 
44 
45 to 49 years 
167 
150 
143 
17 
16 
42 
50 to 54 years 
280 
245 
238 
35 
25 
42 
55 to 59 years 
334 
310 
302 
24 
22 
55 
60 to 64 years 
287 
266 
263 
21 
20 
65 
65 to 69 years 
160 
147 
145 
13 
11 
72 
70 years and over 
248 
231 
220 
17 
15 
152 
Average age 
56.2 
56.7 
56.6 
52.2 
52.7 
60.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
41 
41 
40 
- 
- 
14 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
14 
Asian 
17 
16 
16 
1 
1 
2 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
White 
1,765 
1,586 
1,544 
179 
149 
485 
More than one race reported 
8 
7 
7 
1 
1 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
130 
109 
109 
21 
19 
103 
2 people 
923 
849 
823 
74 
65 
266 
3 people 
260 
221 
215 
39 
28 
52 
4 people 
229 
208 
203 
21 
17 
43 
5 or more people 
250 
224 
219 
26 
22 
42 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
725 
615 
596 
110 
86 
388 
25 to 49 percent 
163 
153 
150 
10 
9 
38 
50 to 74 percent 
249 
230 
224 
19 
18 
42 
75 to 99 percent 
309 
300 
292 
9 
7 
20 
1 00 percent 
346 
313 
307 
33 
31 
18 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
386 
327 
309 
59 
38 
90 
acres 
869,655 
797,532 
639,097 
72,123 
38,020 
579,147 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,577 
1,422 
1,386 
155 
129 
372 
Dial-up service 
89 
78 
77 
11 
8 
32 
DSL service 
737 
658 
647 
79 
58 
125 
Cable modem service 
127 
111 
110 
16 
16 
56 
Fiber-optic service 
84 
75 
70 
9 
9 
24 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
282 
264 
254 
18 
16 
69 
Satellite service 
425 
394 
378 
31 
29 
105 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
39 
37 
37 
2 
2 
5 
Other Internet service 
47 
43 
43 
4 
3 
26 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,168 
1,049 
1,027 
119 
95 
383 
2 households 
365 
325 
316 
40 
35 
70 
3 households 
154 
138 
131 
16 
16 
29 
4 households 
58 
53 
52 
5 
4 
15 
5 or more households 
47 
46 
43 
1 
1 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Idaho 149 
