Population, Income, 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 |
| 2008 (latest estimates) |
523,669 |
1,000,147 |
1,523,816 |
More information on Idaho population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
27,407 |
33,303 |
31,239 |
| 2007 |
28,634 |
33,480 |
31,804 |
| Percent change |
9.0 |
1.1 |
3.6 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
31,635 |
38,874 |
36,401 |
| 2007 |
32,128 |
38,236 |
36,155 |
| Percent change |
3.1 |
-3.3 |
-1.4 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
14.7 |
11.0 |
12.6 |
| 1989 |
15.6 |
11.7 |
13.3 |
| 1999 |
14.4 |
10.2 |
11.8 |
| 2007 (latest model-based estimates) |
14.2 |
11.1 |
12.1 |
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
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| 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
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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.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2007 |
2008 |
| |
| Number of farms |
25,400 |
25,200 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
2,453,885 |
3,011,556 |
| + Final animal output |
3,318,718 |
3,289,751 |
| + Services and forestry |
583,400 |
592,390 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
6,356,003 |
6,893,696 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
3,359,416 |
3,638,914 |
| + Net government transactions |
-9,007 |
19,241 |
| = Gross value added |
2,987,580 |
3,274,024 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
405,170 |
426,565 |
| |
| = Net value added |
2,582,410 |
2,847,459 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
977,451 |
1,011,432 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
595,984 |
581,960 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
132,939 |
191,679 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
248,528 |
237,793 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
1,604,959 |
1,836,027 |
| |
More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
| |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2008
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Dairy products |
2,100,564 |
32.7 |
6.0 |
| 2. Cattle and calves |
1,183,446 |
18.4 |
2.5 |
| 3. Potatoes |
781,307 |
12.2 |
21.2 |
| 4. Hay |
675,612 |
10.5 |
9.1 |
| 5. Wheat |
666,035 |
10.4 |
3.8 |
| |
| All commodities |
6,415,352 |
|
2.0 |
| |
More information on Idaho's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in a text file
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008 |
| |
Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Wheat and products |
10 |
497.4 |
| 2. Vegetables and preparations |
3 |
413.1 |
| 3. Dairy products |
4 |
239.6 |
| 4. Feeds and fodders |
5 |
210.1 |
| 5. Other |
13 |
183.4 |
| |
| Overall rank |
20 |
1,778.8 |
| |
More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| 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.
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Data Sources
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, April 2008, 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.
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