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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
3,410 
400 
107 
38 
62 
989 
- 
55 to 59 years 
4,019 
488 
120 
66 
107 
1,204 
- 
60 to 64 years 
3,746 
425 
116 
74 
81 
1,110 
- 
65 to 69 years 
2,793 
286 
62 
63 
69 
922 
- 
70 years and over 
4,653 
407 
101 
70 
67 
1,806 
- 
Average age 
57.6 
55.1 
54.1 
60.2 
57.2 
59.7 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
695 
54 
24 
11 
16 
191 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
154 
3 
- 
- 
6 
42 
- 
Asian 
85 
10 
23 
- 
- 
35 
- 
Black or African American 
14 
3 
- 
- 
4 
4 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
18 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
24,424 
2,842 
733 
367 
490 
7,463 
- 
More than one race reported 
121 
9 
2 
1 
4 
35 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,865 
289 
79 
40 
46 
1,020 
- 
2 people 
12,785 
1,357 
351 
209 
289 
4,123 
- 
3 people 
3,068 
399 
94 
45 
51 
885 
- 
4 people 
2,796 
379 
93 
38 
49 
713 
- 
5 or more people 
3,302 
450 
141 
36 
69 
838 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,982 
898 
348 
313 
341 
5,257 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
1,900 
352 
91 
20 
39 
607 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
2,311 
585 
70 
29 
56 
728 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
1,821 
517 
120 
1 
40 
511 
- 
1 00 percent 
1,802 
522 
129 
5 
28 
476 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,036 
209 
73 
17 
44 
299 
- 
acres 
2,159,058 
331,120 
158,353 
3,035 
(D) 
757,968 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
19,211 
2,355 
659 
306 
427 
5,599 
- 
Dial-up service 
1,451 
169 
32 
30 
26 
402 
- 
DSL service 
7,659 
904 
297 
123 
166 
2,239 
- 
Cable modem service 
2,032 
229 
83 
26 
53 
597 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
545 
99 
16 
7 
10 
171 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,376 
439 
167 
48 
69 
1,004 
- 
Satellite service 
5,323 
635 
169 
98 
115 
1,585 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
386 
67 
7 
5 
8 
85 
- 
Other Internet service 
684 
87 
20 
14 
19 
239 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
20,199 
2,099 
502 
313 
440 
6,138 
- 
2 households 
3,310 
542 
151 
38 
38 
1,005 
- 
3 households 
763 
131 
62 
10 
15 
266 
- 
4 households 
307 
72 
19 
4 
5 
92 
- 
5 or more households 
237 
30 
24 
3 
6 
78 
- 
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 
23,913 
2,727 
695 
356 
469 
7,257 
- 
acres 
10,046,693 
2,228,553 
681,346 
13,966 
18,979 
2,909,678 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,861 
259 
104 
26 
38 
575 
- 
acres 
1,601,748 
284,708 
90,874 
1,458 
2,335 
456,254 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
20,716 
2,137 
492 
314 
359 
6,227 
- 
acres 
5,606,530 
1,264,255 
223,966 
(D) 
9,354 
1,670,349 
- 
Partnership farms 
1,802 
325 
123 
13 
34 
575 
- 
acres 
2,512,213 
647,119 
313,992 
450 
(D) 
677,226 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
1,475 
286 
116 
13 
27 
451 
- 
acres 
2,296,351 
618,519 
297,605 
450 
(D) 
612,368 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,792 
376 
118 
36 
94 
559 
- 
acres 
2,650,800 
503,205 
254,291 
(D) 
(D) 
676,833 
- 
Family held farms 
1,611 
353 
100 
28 
81 
505 
- 
acres 
2,475,548 
475,247 
231,777 
(D) 
(D) 
607,283 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
42 
6 
- 
4 
10 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
1,569 
347 
100 
28 
77 
495 
- 
Other than family held farms 
181 
23 
18 
8 
13 
54 
_ 
acres 
175,252 
27,958 
22,514 
292 
(D) 
69,550 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Idaho 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
