Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
16 
2 
3 
_ 
4 
3 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
19 
2 
- 
- 
2 
9 
- 
Other farms 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
61 
14 
3 
- 
- 
29 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
17,275 
1,138 
352 
345 
414 
5,607 
_ 
Part owners farms 
5,843 
1,229 
275 
19 
50 
1,538 
- 
Tenants farms 
1,698 
507 
131 
4 
40 
434 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
23,195 
2,386 
631 
364 
465 
7,174 
_ 
acres 
9,282,999 
1,354,920 
440,329 
18,978 
19,753 
3,386,363 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
23,118 
2,367 
627 
364 
464 
7,145 
- 
acres 
8,169,709 
1,251,160 
412,286 
15,199 
16,907 
2,756,678 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
7,592 
1,742 
409 
24 
91 
1,990 
_ 
acres 
3,639,738 
1 ,226,204 
391,674 
753 
4,101 
834,241 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
7,541 
1,736 
406 
23 
90 
1,972 
- 
acres 
3,590,400 
1,217,462 
381,200 
730 
3,981 
813,759 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
3,313 
455 
126 
58 
36 
1,307 
_ 
acres 
1,162,628 
112,502 
38,517 
3,802 
2,966 
650,167 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
40,590 
4,419 
1,373 
593 
879 
11,770 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
11,796 
1,681 
334 
158 
221 
4,091 
- 
2 operators 
11,109 
955 
306 
197 
232 
2,933 
- 
3 operators 
1,427 
178 
79 
11 
34 
452 
- 
4 operators 
304 
35 
21 
2 
8 
76 
- 
5 or more operators 
180 
25 
18 
- 
9 
27 
- 
Total women operators number 
13,345 
933 
345 
233 
337 
3,600 
_ 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
11,992 
817 
299 
221 
276 
3,225 
- 
2 operators 
530 
43 
17 
3 
22 
147 
- 
3 operators 
74 
6 
4 
2 
3 
24 
- 
4 operators 
12 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
21,821 
2,779 
658 
312 
385 
6,675 
- 
Female 
2,995 
95 
100 
56 
119 
904 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,349 
2,175 
534 
146 
250 
3,525 
- 
Other 
12,467 
699 
224 
222 
254 
4,054 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,556 
2,192 
572 
336 
380 
5,765 
- 
Not on farm operated 
4,260 
682 
186 
32 
124 
1,814 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,473 
1,511 
346 
105 
172 
2,948 
- 
Any 
15,343 
1,363 
412 
263 
332 
4,631 
- 
1 to 49 days 
2,297 
270 
92 
42 
60 
825 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,123 
111 
33 
23 
28 
377 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,066 
203 
68 
46 
61 
604 
- 
200 days or more 
9,857 
779 
219 
152 
183 
2,825 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
921 
107 
43 
16 
24 
278 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,187 
146 
71 
27 
22 
306 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,995 
365 
129 
72 
81 
1,200 
- 
1 0 years or more 
18,713 
2,256 
515 
253 
377 
5,795 
- 
Average years on present farm 
21.7 
24.7 
20.5 
18.5 
18.0 
22.8 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
623 
70 
31 
16 
18 
190 
- 
3 or 4 years 
897 
93 
56 
26 
20 
247 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,279 
283 
102 
61 
72 
1,025 
- 
1 0 years or more 
20,017 
2,428 
569 
265 
394 
6,117 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
24.3 
27.8 
23.1 
19.8 
20.2 
25.2 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
111 
13 
11 
- 
4 
35 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,436 
312 
86 
14 
18 
346 
- 
35 to 44 years 
2,559 
317 
92 
25 
62 
634 
- 
45 to 49 years 
2,089 
226 
63 
18 
34 
533 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
174 Idaho 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
