Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
- 
989 
1,106 
17 
103 
33 
58 
104 
393 
55 to 59 years 
- 
1,204 
1,082 
31 
124 
35 
56 
163 
543 
60 to 64 years 
- 
1,110 
1,125 
15 
73 
30 
55 
112 
530 
65 to 69 years 
- 
922 
825 
12 
51 
4 
27 
82 
390 
70 years and over 
- 
1,806 
1,397 
32 
58 
16 
58 
127 
514 
Average age 
- 
59.7 
57.3 
57.6 
54.4 
50.5 
57.0 
56.5 
57.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
- 
191 
255 
1 
23 
4 
8 
31 
77 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
42 
50 
1 
2 
- 
6 
4 
40 
Asian 
- 
35 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
Black or African American 
- 
4 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
7 
White 
- 
7,463 
7,407 
149 
586 
217 
332 
804 
3,034 
More than one race reported 
- 
35 
39 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 
21 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
- 
1,020 
840 
22 
43 
11 
35 
99 
341 
2 people 
- 
4,123 
3,829 
76 
228 
83 
154 
405 
1,681 
3 people 
- 
885 
911 
13 
89 
20 
54 
95 
412 
4 people 
- 
713 
901 
10 
83 
48 
41 
107 
334 
5 or more people 
- 
838 
1,024 
29 
146 
55 
61 
109 
344 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
- 
5,257 
5,707 
73 
113 
203 
311 
710 
2,708 
25 to 49 percent 
- 
607 
549 
19 
41 
3 
3 
43 
133 
50 to 74 percent 
- 
728 
571 
16 
78 
7 
15 
27 
129 
75 to 99 percent 
- 
511 
386 
13 
120 
4 
7 
22 
80 
1 00 percent 
- 
476 
292 
29 
237 
- 
9 
13 
62 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
- 
299 
206 
15 
69 
2 
7 
9 
86 
acres 
- 
757,968 
620,776 
11,700 
77,701 
(D) 
(D) 
79,490 
110,521 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
- 
5,599 
5,597 
112 
526 
170 
280 
652 
2,528 
Dial-up service 
- 
402 
469 
21 
30 
10 
15 
47 
200 
DSL service 
- 
2,239 
2,189 
38 
218 
87 
123 
270 
1,005 
Cable modem service 
- 
597 
625 
9 
37 
4 
24 
76 
269 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
171 
145 
4 
12 
- 
1 
13 
67 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
- 
1,004 
911 
9 
101 
20 
37 
131 
440 
Satellite service 
- 
1,585 
1,557 
34 
168 
56 
82 
144 
680 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
85 
106 
1 
26 
2 
3 
18 
58 
Other Internet service 
- 
239 
166 
4 
15 
2 
16 
20 
82 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
- 
6,138 
6,275 
106 
344 
191 
320 
741 
2,730 
2 households 
- 
1,005 
962 
35 
139 
16 
23 
61 
300 
3 households 
- 
266 
147 
2 
57 
3 
2 
10 
58 
4 households 
- 
92 
63 
3 
27 
7 
- 
1 
14 
5 or more households 
- 
78 
58 
4 
22 
- 
- 
2 
10 
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 
- 
7,257 
7,330 
136 
555 
217 
344 
810 
3,017 
acres 
- 
2,909,678 
2,915,870 
90,668 
383,839 
9,171 
17,410 
256,827 
520,386 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
- 
575 
391 
10 
141 
15 
28 
38 
236 
acres 
- 
456,254 
504,339 
18,961 
156,854 
259 
513 
2,074 
83,119 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
- 
6,227 
6,719 
113 
359 
205 
311 
741 
2,739 
acres 
- 
1,670,349 
1 ,905,827 
68,515 
194,643 
8,834 
8,007 
(D) 
183,163 
Partnership 
.. farms 
- 
575 
401 
17 
135 
6 
13 
31 
129 
acres 
- 
677,226 
613,484 
20,851 
135,791 
42 
(D) 
(D) 
74,712 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
- 
451 
302 
13 
116 
6 
13 
23 
109 
acres 
- 
612,368 
540,132 
(D) 
120,250 
42 
(D) 
(D) 
63,144 
Corporation 
.. farms 
- 
559 
304 
18 
83 
6 
19 
28 
151 
acres 
- 
676,833 
869,164 
(D) 
(D) 
295 
9,291 
168,537 
27,908 
Family held 
.. farms 
- 
505 
269 
16 
77 
6 
19 
28 
129 
acres 
- 
607,283 
832,472 
(D) 
100,736 
295 
9,291 
168,537 
25,895 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
- 
10 
9 
2 
3 
1 
2 
4 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
- 
495 
260 
14 
74 
5 
17 
24 
128 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
_ 
54 
35 
2 
6 
_ 
_ 
_ 
22 
acres 
- 
69,550 
36,692 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
2,013 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
idaho 177 
