Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Canyon 
Caribou 
Cassia 
Clark 
Clearwater 
Custer 
Elmore 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1 . 
2012 
889 
162 
288 
31 
99 
121 
123 
2007 
661 
173 
211 
37 
79 
79 
105 
Any 
2012 
1,442 
274 
380 
41 
157 
151 
226 
2007 
1,707 
281 
433 
44 
162 
182 
276 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
181 
38 
57 
- 
33 
23 
25 
2007 
227 
79 
74 
5 
46 
40 
33 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
71 
25 
34 
4 
15 
11 
14 
2007 
114 
27 
26 
5 
16 
26 
12 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
164 
43 
35 
10 
29 
14 
42 
2007 
187 
28 
40 
6 
29 
40 
47 
200 days or more 
2012 
1,026 
168 
254 
27 
80 
103 
145 
2007 
1,179 
147 
293 
28 
71 
76 
184 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
97 
36 
15 
4 
7 
18 
5 
2007 
120 
23 
17 
6 
6 
18 
22 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
121 
29 
19 
5 
11 
18 
23 
2007 
193 
43 
38 
1 
24 
13 
30 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
405 
82 
98 
4 
43 
43 
68 
2007 
465 
42 
100 
10 
32 
41 
64 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,708 
289 
536 
59 
195 
193 
253 
2007 
1,590 
346 
489 
64 
179 
189 
265 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
19.4 
21.2 
23.5 
24.0 
23.4 
21.3 
19.7 
2007 
17.8 
23.8 
21.5 
25.8 
20.4 
19.7 
17.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
60 
24 
7 
4 
7 
14 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
98 
21 
16 
4 
11 
12 
18 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
373 
64 
67 
3 
30 
29 
47 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,800 
327 
578 
61 
208 
217 
281 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
21.7 
23.7 
25.9 
25.8 
25.7 
23.4 
23.1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
31 
3 
. 
3 
2 
. 
2007 
8 
- 
4 
3 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
162 
49 
36 
4 
4 
27 
11 
2007 
129 
23 
42 
2 
2 
6 
23 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
274 
66 
105 
4 
10 
17 
24 
2007 
381 
42 
110 
9 
26 
19 
59 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
554 
78 
198 
8 
45 
31 
92 
2007 
708 
107 
188 
11 
45 
80 
92 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
372 
56 
95 
11 
46 
56 
61 
2007 
312 
60 
86 
15 
32 
41 
68 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
302 
47 
83 
14 
45 
53 
59 
2007 
292 
56 
84 
8 
47 
43 
47 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
226 
53 
43 
4 
46 
32 
38 
2007 
242 
44 
46 
11 
35 
39 
41 
70 years and over 
2012 
410 
84 
108 
24 
60 
54 
64 
2007 
296 
122 
84 
22 
52 
33 
51 
Average age 
2012 
55.9 
55.4 
55.7 
60.2 
62.1 
58.0 
58.6 
2007 
54.5 
59.3 
53.5 
60.0 
59.9 
57.8 
55.2 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
1,850 
354 
502 
38 
186 
205 
254 
2007 
1,660 
262 
444 
51 
149 
179 
252 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
119 
30 
20 
2 
7 
15 
21 
DSL service 
• farms, 2012 
697 
110 
238 
21 
47 
141 
87 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
182 
39 
48 
1 
13 
9 
48 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
44 
6 
30 
1 
4 
20 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
357 
60 
71 
4 
15 
29 
39 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
517 
126 
139 
7 
102 
34 
75 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
42 
10 
15 
3 
2 
- 
9 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
64 
8 
20 
- 
10 
2 
8 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
2,277 
415 
637 
68 
252 
251 
333 
acres, 2012 
283,564 
326,982 
510,998 
94,346 
71,115 
100,376 
304,117 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
169 
46 
73 
8 
5 
39 
35 
acres, 2012 
38,637 
36,070 
1 1 1 ,335 
18,930 
2,850 
56,556 
97,029 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
2,065 
322 
509 
51 
239 
212 
279 
2007 
2,073 
343 
477 
54 
222 
207 
319 
acres, 2012 
178,251 
191,900 
191,846 
(D) 
63,937 
66,895 
130,178 
2007 
163,901 
202,391 
208,092 
(D) 
59,935 
51,799 
(D) 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
109 
35 
82 
13 
6 
31 
41 
2007 
162 
46 
90 
15 
13 
34 
32 
acres, 2012 
43,122 
46,065 
190,328 
58,330 
(D) 
31,116 
122,996 
2007 
32,262 
78,373 
273,294 
31,412 
8,429 
28,687 
90,469 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
127 
49 
64 
5 
5 
9 
23 
2007 
115 
40 
57 
6 
3 
10 
26 
acres, 2012 
77,924 
104,904 
204,328 
7,573 
3,532 
33,251 
77,060 
2007 
58,601 
91,835 
131,501 
10,160 
1,093 
35,445 
116,681 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
12 
1 
6 
- 
- 
7 
3 
2007 
10 
4 
9 
3 
- 
- 
2 
acres, 2012 
870 
(D) 
13,040 
- 
- 
3,268 
(D) 
2007 
2,566 
2,721 
17,283 
2,337 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
18 
29 
7 
3 
6 
13 
3 
2007 
8 
21 
11 
3 
3 
10 
2 
acres, 2012 
3,669 
(D) 
11,513 
(D) 
(D) 
8,246 
(D) 
2007 
2,917 
46,053 
14,570 
(D) 
111 
8,260 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Idaho 427 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
