Table 13. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Idaho: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
2,793 
1,454 
567 
337 
116 
127 
73 
23 
70 years and over 
4,653 
2,924 
573 
586 
124 
147 
91 
13 
Average age 
57.6 
69.2 
53.0 
54.1 
53.1 
54.0 
55.8 
55.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
695 
170 
257 
172 
28 
34 
12 
5 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
154 
51 
70 
16 
5 
3 
1 
- 
Asian 
85 
8 
12 
13 
1 
24 
13 
1 
Black or African American 
14 
3 
4 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
18 
- 
8 
6 
3 
1 
- 
- 
White 
24,424 
6,151 
9,357 
4,362 
1,304 
1,353 
826 
194 
More than one race reported 
121 
36 
53 
25 
1 
4 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,865 
1,118 
796 
554 
126 
94 
36 
13 
2 people 
12,785 
4,394 
4,145 
2,034 
621 
626 
391 
90 
3 people 
3,068 
462 
1,387 
583 
174 
193 
126 
31 
4 people 
2,796 
166 
1,445 
591 
182 
196 
111 
24 
5 or more people 
3,302 
109 
1,731 
663 
211 
276 
177 
37 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,982 
5,080 
8,476 
2,465 
166 
174 
87 
22 
25 to 49 percent 
1,900 
463 
548 
476 
138 
120 
66 
15 
50 to 74 percent 
2,311 
487 
363 
652 
296 
271 
114 
20 
75 to 99 percent 
1,821 
173 
88 
458 
352 
388 
213 
48 
1 00 percent 
1,802 
46 
29 
374 
362 
432 
361 
90 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
1,036 
76 
134 
202 
91 
138 
142 
44 
acres 
2,159,058 
37,137 
68,821 
130,549 
77,781 
204,462 
430,104 
279,225 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
19,211 
4,047 
7,909 
3,306 
1,089 
1,204 
784 
184 
Dial-up service 
1,451 
462 
471 
269 
81 
84 
31 
4 
DSL service 
7,659 
1,524 
3,141 
1,340 
441 
515 
341 
75 
Cable modem service 
2,032 
450 
944 
277 
80 
99 
72 
18 
Fiber-optic service 
545 
105 
155 
103 
46 
50 
24 
15 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,376 
594 
1,408 
638 
190 
228 
162 
56 
Satellite service 
5,323 
1,231 
2,047 
890 
304 
357 
238 
67 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
386 
75 
142 
46 
24 
29 
32 
14 
Other Internet service 
684 
128 
338 
94 
46 
25 
26 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
20,199 
5,268 
8,331 
3,663 
1,031 
927 
439 
77 
2 households 
3,310 
810 
893 
604 
190 
290 
215 
48 
3 households 
763 
103 
166 
88 
57 
98 
105 
48 
4 households 
307 
38 
60 
41 
31 
39 
41 
10 
5 or more households 
237 
30 
54 
29 
5 
31 
41 
12 
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 
6,249 
9,504 
4,425 
1,314 
1,385 
841 
195 
acres 
10,046,693 
1,087,975 
1,318,569 
1,246,129 
1,209,524 
2,001,507 
2,218,148 
964,841 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
1,861 
339 
529 
324 
118 
188 
141 
63 
acres 
1,601,748 
106,609 
117,045 
141,188 
103,118 
294,552 
323,508 
294,925 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
20,716 
5,695 
8,727 
3,957 
980 
906 
375 
76 
acres 
5,606,530 
810,235 
861,206 
950,505 
818,513 
1,110,207 
786,306 
269,558 
Partnership 
.farms 
1,802 
266 
330 
221 
118 
174 
190 
75 
acres 
2,512,213 
131,514 
96,225 
124,184 
178,650 
336,677 
613,367 
467,003 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
1,475 
220 
249 
164 
106 
150 
177 
74 
acres 
2,296,351 
121,140 
75,551 
102,470 
156,950 
276,179 
594,670 
462,503 
Corporation 
.farms 
1,792 
165 
319 
204 
196 
295 
266 
43 
acres 
2,650,800 
(D) 
154,462 
109,943 
188,233 
(D) 
759,498 
(D) 
Family held 
.farms 
1,611 
157 
280 
189 
188 
284 
254 
39 
acres 
2,475,548 
(D) 
143,373 
107,993 
186,237 
496,226 
729,365 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
42 
6 
2 
5 
2 
7 
3 
5 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
1,569 
151 
278 
184 
186 
277 
251 
34 
Other than family held 
.farms 
181 
8 
39 
15 
8 
11 
12 
4 
acres 
175,252 
(D) 
11,089 
1,950 
1,996 
(D) 
30,133 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
30 
3 
- 
1 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
151 
8 
36 
15 
7 
10 
11 
4 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
506 
123 
128 
43 
20 
10 
10 
1 
acres 
990,566 
(D) 
206,676 
61,497 
24,128 
(D) 
58,977 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
96 
195 
58.5 
17 
8 
13 
3 
877 
2 
128 
484 
112 
81 
98 
512 
74 
108 
101 
108 
209 
930,979 
688 
49 
282 
92 
47 
100 
189 
24 
19 
463 
260 
98 
47 
35 
1 59 
220,803 
428 
564,593 
335 
506,888 
304 
623,766 
220 
522,653 
12 
208 
84 
101,113 
24 
60 
171 
525,057 
-continued 
176 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
