Indicators Idaho

The USDA's Census of Agriculture provides data on the nation's farms every five years. A farm is defined as "any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year."

In Thurston County in 1900:

there were NA farms,
the number of farms accounted for NA percent of all Idaho farms, and
the number of farms increased NA percent from ten years earlier.

To get the most out of this indicator . . .

Ask questions:

· Does the county have a large or small number of farms?

· Is the number of farms increasing or decreasing, and how does that compare to change across the state?

Look at other indicators:

· “County types: County economic base codes” – What is your county’s primary economic activity, a.k.a. economic base?

· “Employment: Agricultural workers” – How does your county rank by annual average number of agricultural workers?

· “Employment by industry” - What percentage of all employment is in the agriculture industry?

Dig deeper:

· Download data for your county and state to see the number of farms from year to year.

· Take a Big Picture view of your county.

· If you have specific questions, send us an e-mail.

Source: 2002-2017: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service - 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 Census of Agriculture (https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/); DATE LAST UPDATED: April 15, 2019.