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State Fact Sheets: Idaho
• Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
• Federal Funds
• Organic Agriculture
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated January 17, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment

Population
  Rural * Urban * Total
Year
    1980 408,569 535,558 944,127
    1990 412,510 594,239 1,006,749
    2000 486,909 807,044 1,293,953
    2010 539,446 1,028,136 1,567,582

More information on Idaho population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

Income
  Rural * Urban * Total
Per-capita income (2009 dollars)
    2008 30,985 33,958 32,930
    2009 29,846 32,912 31,857
    Percent change -3.7 -3.1 -3.3
 
Earnings per job (2009 dollars)
    2008 36,001 39,918 38,582
    2009 35,320 39,958 38,363
    Percent change -1.9 0.1 -0.6
 
Poverty rate (percent)
    1979 14.7 11.0 12.6
    1989 15.6 11.7 13.3
    1999 14.4 10.2 11.8
    2010 (latest model-based estimates) 16.9 15.3 15.8

More information on Idaho poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
  2002-04 Avg. 2005-07 Avg. 2008-10 Avg.
Percent of households
    Food insecure 14.6 11.4 12.4
    Very low food security 3.7 3.4 4.6

More information on Food Insecurity
• Food Security in the United States Briefing Room
• Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
• Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report.
• Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

Education (Persons 25 and older)
  Rural * Urban * Total
Percent not completing high school
    1980 (Census) 29.2 24.1 26.3
    1990 (Census) 22.9 18.5 20.3
    2000 (Census) 17.9 13.7 15.3
    2006-2010 (ACS) 14.5 10.4 11.8
 
Percent completing high school only
    1980 (Census) 37.0 36.4 36.5
    1990 (Census) 32.3 29.1 30.4
    2000 (Census) 30.7 27.1 28.5
    2006-2010 (ACS) 31.3 27.5 28.8
 
Percent completing some college
    1980 (Census) 20.1 22.3 21.4
    1990 (Census) 29.6 33.1 31.7
    2000 (Census) 33.3 35.3 34.6
    2006-2010 (ACS) 34.1 35.5 35.1
 
Percent completing college
    1980 (Census) 14.0 17.2 15.8
    1990 (Census) 15.2 19.3 17.7
    2000 (Census) 18.1 23.8 21.7
    2006-2010 (ACS) 20.0 26.6 24.3

More information on Idaho education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

Employment
  Rural * Urban * Total
Total number of jobs
    2008 315,021 608,382 923,403
    2009 303,338 578,802 882,140
 
Percent employment change
    2007-2008 -0.4 -1.6 -1.2
    2008-2009 -3.7 -4.3 -4.1
    2009-2010 -1.1 -0.7 -0.8
 
Unemployment rate (percent)
    2009 7.3 7.9 7.7
    2010 9.4 9.3 9.3

More information on Idaho unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Federal Funds, FY 2010
  Rural * Urban * Total
Federal funding, dollars per person
   All Federal funds 9,399 10,393 10,051
 
Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
      Agriculture and natural resources 448 192 280
      Community resources 1,398 2,002 1,794
      Defense and space 788 377 519
      Human resources 207 149 169
      Income security 5,245 4,631 4,842
      National functions 1,313 3,042 2,447
 
Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
      Grants 1,445 1,176 1,269
      Direct loans 429 382 398
      Guaranteed/insured loans 1,235 1,884 1,661
      Retirement/disability payments 2,970 2,840 2,885
      Other direct payments to
      individuals		 1,418 1,047 1,175
      Direct payments, not to
      individuals		 352 115 197
      Procurement contracts 615 2,232 1,676
      Salaries and wages 935 718 792

Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level.

More information on Federal Funds
• Program Function and Object Code Definitions
• Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room
• Federal Funds Data
• Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360


* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.
 
More information on socioeconomic conditions
• Rural Emphasis Page
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Organic Agriculture

  2006 2007 2008
Number of certified operations 200 208 221
Crops (acres) 77,832 108,444 96,563
Pasture & rangeland (acres) 17,116 99,777 51,223
Total acres 94,947 208,221 147,786

More information on organic agriculture
• Organic Production Data
• Organic Agriculture Briefing Room
• Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.

Farm Characteristics

1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture
 
  1997 2002 2007
Approximate total land area (acres) 52,960,613 52,958,212 52,894,974
    Total farmland (acres) 12,057,001 11,767,294 11,497,383
        Percent of total land area 22.8 22.2 21.7
 
        Cropland (acres) 6,435,446 6,152,611 5,918,899
            Percent of total farmland 53.4 52.3 51.5
            Percent in pasture 12.5 12.1 8.3
            Percent irrigated 48.2 46.0 48.4
 
            Harvested Cropland (acres) 4,581,227 4,313,288 4,225,786
 
        Woodland (acres) 530,326 579,238 531,767
            Percent of total farmland 4.4 4.9 4.6
            Percent in pasture 67.7 73.3 64.2
 
        Pastureland (acres) 4,640,990 4,522,883 4,602,886
            Percent of total farmland 38.5 38.4 40.0
 
        Land in house lots, ponds,
        roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)		 450,239 512,562 443,831
            Percent of total farmland 3.7 4.4 3.9
 
Conservation practices
        Farmland in conservation or
        wetlands reserve programs
        (acres)		 746,370 755,547 836,910
 
Average farm size (acres) 471 470 454
 
Farms by size (percent)
            1 to 99 acres 54.2 59.7 59.6
            100 to 499 acres 25.8 22.3 23.5
            500 to 999 acres 8.8 7.5 7.1
            1000 to 1,999 acres 6.3 5.4 4.8
            2,000 or more acres 4.9 5.2 5.0
 
Farms by sales (percent)
            Less than $9,999 52.5 62.8 60.1
            $10,000 to $49,999 21.0 16.2 16.9
            $50,000 to $99,999 7.6 5.5 5.9
            $100,000 to $499,999 13.8 10.3 10.5
            More than $500,000 5.1 5.2 6.5
 
Tenure of farmers
        Full owner (farms) 16,466 17,848 18,324
            Percent of total 64.3 71.3 72.3
 
        Part owner (farms) 6,747 5,557 5,472
            Percent of total 26.4 22.2 21.6
 
        Tenant owner (farms) 2,377 1,612 1,553
            Percent of total 9.3 6.4 6.1
 
Farm organization
        Individuals/family, sole
        proprietorship (farms)		 21,669 22,041 21,308
            Percent of total 84.7 88.1 84.1
 
        Family-held corporations
        (farms)		 1,408 1,148 1,434
            Percent of total 5.5 4.6 5.7
 
        Partnerships (farms) 2,089 1,543 2,124
            Percent of total 8.2 6.2 8.4
 
        Non-family corporations (farms) 115 70 99
            Percent of total 0.4 0.3 0.4
 
        Others - cooperative, estate or
        trust, institutional, etc. (farms)		 309 215 384
            Percent of total 1.2 0.9 1.5
 
Characteristics of principal farm operators
        Average operator age (years) 52.8 54.1 56.5
        Percent with farming as their
         primary occupation		 50.0 55.4 45.7
        Men 23,345 22,174 22,198
        Women 2,245 2,843 3,151
 

More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Farm Financial Indicators

Farm income and value added data
  2009 2010
 
Number of farms 25,500 25,700
 
  Thousands $
       Final crop output 2,652,828 2,460,019
+     Final animal output 2,567,188 3,272,730
+     Services and forestry 685,274 512,784
=   Final agricultural sector output 5,905,290 6,245,533
 
-      Intermediate consumption outlays 3,489,019 3,380,462
+     Net government transactions 13,302 35,093
=   Gross value added 2,429,573 2,900,164
 
-      Capital consumption 436,953 446,268
 
=   Net value added 1,992,620 2,453,896
 
-    Factor payments 1,088,676 1,045,988
         Employee compensation (total hired labor) 661,169 597,585
         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords 180,297 213,467
         Real estate and nonreal estate interest 247,210 234,936
 
=   Net farm income 903,945 1,407,909
 

More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Timothy Park, 202-694-5446.

Farm balance sheet
 
• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
 

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
  Value of receipts
thousand $		 Percent of state total
farm receipts		 Percent of US value
1. Dairy products 1,899,154 33.1 6.1
2. Cattle and calves 1,199,503 20.9 2.3
3. Potatoes 695,017 12.1 22.8
4. Wheat 533,409 9.3 4.9
5. Hay 345,282 6.0 6.4
 
All commodities 5,732,711   1.8
 

More information on Idaho's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities by cash receipts in Excel.
• Other cash receipts data.
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
  Rank among states Value
million $
1. Vegetables and preparations 3 469.1
2. Feeds and fodders 3 389.2
3. Wheat and products 10 299.6
4. Dairy Products 4 208.2
5. Feed grains and products 17 80.5
 
Total export value 19 1,565.7
 

More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
  Percent of state total receipts Thousands $
1. Cassia County 11.0 626,721
2. Gooding County 11.0 624,420
3. Twin Falls County 8.3 471,860
4. Jerome County 8.1 461,599
5. Canyon County 7.4 420,928
 
State total   5,688,765
 

More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.



Data Sources

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker
Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov
Updated date: January 17, 2012