Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
21,821 
14,767 
5,469 
1,585 
10,414 
11,407 
Female 
2,995 
2,508 
374 
113 
1,382 
1,613 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,349 
7,366 
3,887 
1,096 
6,012 
6,337 
Other 
12,467 
9,909 
1,956 
602 
5,784 
6,683 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,556 
14,506 
5,140 
910 
9,319 
1 1 ,237 
Not on farm operated 
4,260 
2,769 
703 
788 
2,477 
1,783 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,473 
6,193 
2,656 
624 
4,773 
4,700 
Any 
15,343 
1 1 ,082 
3,187 
1,074 
7,023 
8,320 
1 to 49 days 
2,297 
1,623 
503 
171 
1,247 
1,050 
50 to 99 days 
1,123 
767 
262 
94 
525 
598 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,066 
1,472 
431 
163 
944 
1,122 
200 days or more 
9,857 
7,220 
1,991 
646 
4,307 
5,550 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
921 
588 
139 
194 
378 
543 
3 or 4 years 
1,187 
737 
200 
250 
520 
667 
5 to 9 years 
3,995 
2,878 
715 
402 
1,660 
2,335 
1 0 years or more 
18,713 
13,072 
4,789 
852 
9,238 
9,475 
Average years on present farm 
21.7 
21.6 
24.3 
14.0 
23.0 
20.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
623 
427 
84 
112 
246 
377 
3 or 4 years 
897 
571 
137 
189 
420 
477 
5 to 9 years 
3,279 
2,382 
553 
344 
1,385 
1,894 
1 0 years or more 
20,017 
13,895 
5,069 
1,053 
9,745 
10,272 
Average years operating any farm 
24.3 
24.2 
26.9 
17.5 
25.4 
23.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
111 
27 
26 
58 
70 
41 
25 to 34 years 
1,436 
570 
410 
456 
667 
769 
35 to 44 years 
2,559 
1,547 
739 
273 
964 
1,595 
45 to 49 years 
2,089 
1,346 
579 
164 
904 
1,185 
50 to 54 years 
3,410 
2,294 
897 
219 
1,542 
1,868 
55 to 59 years 
4,019 
2,801 
1,017 
201 
1,855 
2,164 
60 to 64 years 
3,746 
2,764 
856 
126 
1,826 
1,920 
65 to 69 years 
2,793 
2,126 
565 
102 
1,383 
1,410 
70 years and over 
4,653 
3,800 
754 
99 
2,585 
2,068 
Average age 
57.6 
59.6 
55.3 
46.2 
58.9 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
695 
528 
121 
46 
380 
315 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
154 
119 
26 
9 
67 
87 
Asian 
85 
32 
35 
18 
32 
53 
Black or African American 
14 
8 
2 
4 
8 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
18 
11 
1 
6 
10 
8 
White 
24,424 
17,017 
5,751 
1,656 
1 1 ,628 
12,796 
More than one race reported 
121 
88 
28 
5 
51 
70 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,865 
2,191 
486 
188 
2,362 
503 
2 people 
12,785 
9,357 
2,807 
621 
5,652 
7,133 
3 people 
3,068 
2,076 
772 
220 
1,271 
1,797 
4 people 
2,796 
1,728 
748 
320 
1,121 
1,675 
5 or more people 
3,302 
1,923 
1,030 
349 
1,390 
1,912 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,982 
13,551 
2,626 
805 
7,973 
9,009 
25 to 49 percent 
1,900 
1,103 
582 
215 
920 
980 
50 to 74 percent 
2,311 
1,244 
838 
229 
1,165 
1,146 
75 to 99 percent 
1,821 
728 
880 
213 
831 
990 
1 00 percent 
1,802 
649 
917 
236 
907 
895 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,036 
516 
349 
171 
442 
594 
acres 
2,159,058 
1,185,733 
806,663 
166,662 
1,142,320 
1,016,738 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
19,211 
12,928 
4,850 
1,433 
8,342 
10,869 
Dial-up service 
1,451 
1,014 
365 
72 
692 
759 
DSL service 
7,659 
5,094 
1,986 
579 
3,291 
4,368 
Cable modem service 
2,032 
1,467 
381 
184 
948 
1,084 
Fiber-optic service 
545 
337 
143 
65 
224 
321 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,376 
2,144 
907 
325 
1,382 
1,994 
Satellite service 
5,323 
3,576 
1,389 
358 
2,208 
3,115 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
386 
248 
115 
23 
175 
211 
Other Internet service 
684 
468 
178 
38 
256 
428 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
20,199 
14,479 
4,435 
1,285 
10,226 
9,973 
2 households 
3,310 
2,086 
951 
273 
1,144 
2,166 
3 households 
763 
411 
269 
83 
219 
544 
4 households 
307 
169 
105 
33 
122 
185 
5 or more households 
237 
130 
83 
24 
85 
152 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 Idaho 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
