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State Fact Sheets: Idaho

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated May 9, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	408,569	535,558	944,127
1990	412,510	594,239	1,006,749
2000	486,909	807,044	1,293,953
2007 (latest estimates)	519,131	980,271	1,499,402
More information on Idaho population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2006 dollars)
2005	26,125	30,913	29,214
2006	26,698	31,655	29,920
Percent change	2.2	2.4	2.4

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	30,579	37,603	35,210
2006	30,317	38,028	35,431
Percent change	-0.9	1.1	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
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	15.5	12.3	13.4
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 Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	29.2	24.1	26.3
1990	22.9	18.5	20.3
2000	17.9	13.7	15.3

Percent completing high school only
1980	37.0	36.4	36.5
1990	32.3	29.1	30.4
2000	30.7	27.1	28.5

Percent completing some college
1980	20.1	22.3	21.4
1990	29.6	33.1	31.7
2000	33.3	35.3	34.6

Percent completing college
1980	14.0	17.2	15.8
1990	15.2	19.3	17.7
2000	18.1	23.8	21.7
More information on Idaho education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2005	298,308	577,516	875,824
2006	308,230	606,791	915,021

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	3.7	2.9	3.2
2007	3.0	2.6	2.7
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

Percent employment change
2004-2005	3.4	4.8	4.3
2005-2006	2.1	3.5	3.0
2006-2007	1.8	2.3	2.1

Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs
Total	23.5	15.1	18.1
Production	9.0	2.8	5.0
Farm inputs	0.7	0.4	0.5
Processing & marketing	3.7	1.7	2.4
Wholesale & retail trade	9.0	9.6	9.4
More information on farm employment • Farm and Farm-Related Employment data • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Farm Characteristics

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

Total land area (million acres)	52.96	52.96	52.96
Total farmland (million acres)	13.47	12.06	11.77
Percent of total land area	25.4	22.8	22.2

Cropland (million acres)	6.30	6.44	6.15
Percent of total farmland	46.8	53.4	52.3
Percent in pasture	12.9	12.5	12.1
Percent irrigated	45.7	48.2	46.0

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	4.23	4.58	4.31

Woodland (million acres)	1.03	0.53	0.58
Percent of total farmland	7.7	4.4	4.9
Percent in pasture	86.3	67.7	73.3

Pastureland (million acres)	5.81	4.64	4.52
Percent of total farmland	43.2	38.5	38.4

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.32	0.45	0.51
Percent of total farmland	2.4	3.7	4.4

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.55	0.75	0.76
Percent of total farmland	4.1	6.2	6.4

Average farm size (acres)	609	471	470

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	46.8	54.2	59.7
100 to 499 acres	30.3	25.8	22.3
500 to 999 acres	10.3	8.8	7.5
1000 to 1,999 acres	6.9	6.3	5.4
2,000 or more acres	5.8	4.9	5.2

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	42.2	52.5	62.8
$10,000 to $49,999	25.0	21.0	16.2
$50,000 to $99,999	10.2	7.6	5.5
$100,000 to $499,999	17.1	13.8	10.3
More than $500,000	5.0	5.1	5.2

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	13,000	16,466	17,848
Percent of total	58.8	64.3	71.3

Part owner (farms)	6,502	6,747	5,557
Percent of total	29.4	26.4	22.2

Tenant owner (farms)	2,622	2,377	1,612
Percent of total	11.9	9.3	6.4

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	18,534	21,669	22,041
Percent of total	83.8	84.7	88.1

Family-held corporations (farms)	1,177	1,408	1,148
Percent of total	5.3	5.5	4.6

Partnerships (farms)	2,074	2,089	1,543
Percent of total	9.4	8.2	6.2

Non-family corporations (farms)	110	115	70
Percent of total	0.5	0.4	0.3

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	229	309	215
Percent of total	1.0	1.2	0.9

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	52.2	52.8	54.1
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	59.1	50.0	55.4
Men (persons)	20,745	23,345	22,174
Women (persons)	1,379	2,245	2,843

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2005	2006
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	25,000	25,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	1,817,584	1,994,517
+ Final animal output	2,653,773	2,503,408
+ Services and forestry	509,898	516,140
= Final agricultural sector output	4,981,255	5,014,065

- Intermediate consumption outlays	2,680,534	2,952,480
+ Net government transactions	76,495	5,467
= Gross value added	2,377,216	2,067,052

- Capital consumption	366,952	391,751

= Net value added	2,010,264	1,675,301

- Factor payments	858,847	916,879
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	474,155	503,781
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	170,242	170,033
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	214,450	243,065

= Net farm income	1,151,417	758,422

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

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

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2006
1. Dairy products	1,281,952	29.0	5.5
2. Cattle and calves	1,022,197	23.2	2.1
3. Potatoes	648,089	14.7	22.1
4. Wheat	343,711	7.8	4.7
5. Hay	329,461	7.5	6.7

All commodities	4,415,602		1.8

More information on Idaho's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2006
1. Vegetables and preparations	3	313.3
2. Wheat and products	9	215.9
3. Other	16	133.1
4. Dairy products	4	109.4
5. Feeds and fodders	14	57.4

Overall rank	25	910.7

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

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
1. Cassia County	9.8	382.5
2. Gooding County	9.0	352.7
3. Elmore County	7.5	292.9
4. Twin Falls County	7.5	291.9
5. Jerome County	7.4	288.8

State total		3,908.3

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

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Regional Economic Information System, June 2005, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

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

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: May 9, 2008