Table 1 Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 

 All farms 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres. . 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of 

 all machinery and 



equipment' $1.000.. 



Average per farm doHars. 



Fanns by size 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres _ 



50 to 179 acres 



160 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1,999 acres. 

 2.000 acres or more . 



1987 



Total cropland- farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



In-igated land farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agricultural 



products sold^ $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery 

 and greenhouse crops .. $1,000_ 

 Livestock, poultry, and 

 their products $1,000. 



Farms by value of sales^: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $4,999 - 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $24,999* _ 



$25,000 to $49,9995 



$50,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 to $499.999 



$500,000 or more 



Farms by type of 

 organization: 

 Individual or family (sole 



propnetorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other — cooperative, 

 estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



Operators by days worked 

 off farm®: 



None... 



Any - 



200 days or more 



Operators by principal 

 occupation*: 



Farming 



Other - 



Average age of operator* years. _ 



Total farm production 

 expenses^ $1.000.. 



Selected farm production 

 expenses V 

 Livestock and poultry 



purchased $1.000.. 



Feed for livestock and 



poultry $1,000-. 



Commerctal fertilizer' $1.000.. 



Petroleum products $1.000.. 



Hired farm labor $1.000.. 



Interest expense^ $1,000.. 



Agncultural chemicals' ..- $1.000.. 



Livestock and poultry: 

 Cattle and calves 



inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Beef cows - farms.. 



number.- 



Milk cows farms. - 



number-. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number. - 



Hogs and pigs inventory-., farms. - 



number-. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Chickens 3 months old or 

 older inventory^ farms-- 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat- 

 type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



574 



1 026 732 



1 789 



553 000 

 309 



22 290 

 38 901 



96 

 113 

 172 

 97 

 24 

 24 

 48 



1982 



173 

 369 

 182 



248 

 326 



15 774 



386 



2 978 

 1 413 



1 140 



2 647 

 1 275 



166 



170 

 9 433 



112 



3 199 



50 



1 713 



134 



2 538 



45 

 573 



37 



1 100 



82 



2 385 



12 



4 141 I 



570 



1 323 953 



2 323 



463 849 

 200 



18 562 

 32 912 



91 

 115 

 184 

 88 

 23 

 13 

 56 



460 



54 311 



395 



25 694 



46 

 667 



11 399 

 19 9S9 



6 010 

 5 389 



267 

 110 

 85 

 46 

 25 

 11 

 23 

 3 



489 

 42 

 29 



10 



132 

 397 

 200 



231 

 339 



45.8 

 (NA) 



507 



2 293 

 1 118 

 1 113 

 1 925 

 1 466 

 45 



207 



8 729 



129 



2 994 



64 

 963 



151 

 1 640 



88 



3 741 



70 

 6 244 



110 

 (D) 



19 



4 610 



383 



1 286 463 



3 359 



364 527 

 109 



291 



1 633 070 



5 612 



237 938 



42 



7 762 



21 683 



33 

 71 



130 

 68 

 30 

 10 

 41 



320 

 29 341 



303 

 20 538 



35 

 920 



8 225 



21 475 



4 661 

 3 564 



152 

 64 

 58 

 45 

 21 

 13 

 19 

 1 



} 



327 

 29 

 15 



12 



103 

 276 

 127 



150 

 233 



(NA) 



569 



1 665 



776 



507 



1 823 



(NA) 



68 



141 

 8 743 



80 

 2 773 



59 

 1 330 



102 

 1 616 



55 



845 



36 



(D) 



33 012 



13 

 1 418 



5 004 

 17 315 



17 

 40 

 107 

 58 

 13 

 19 

 37 



249 

 23 970 



237 

 16 750 



28 

 888 



6 695 

 23 007 



2 808 



3 827 



108 

 37 

 56 



18 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



55 

 205 

 10B 



97 

 176 



48.6 



180 



1 675 

 636 

 338 

 785 



(NA) 

 24 



124 



9 695 



332 



1 604 211 

 4 832 



61 541 

 13 



382 



1 959 440 

 5 129 



47 150 

 9 



1959 



2 628 

 8 316 



16 

 32 

 140 

 85 

 IB 

 6 

 35 



282 

 22 035 



251 

 13 105 



28 

 823 



3 617 

 10 895 



208 

 25 

 25 



62 



6 



367 



888 331 



2 421 



48 379 

 20 



> 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 244 

 147 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



47,0 

 3 358 



246 



809 

 237 

 195 

 472 

 (NA) 

 19 



136 



8 466 



(NA) 



2 653 



76 



1 662 



112 



2 029 



24 

 975 



13 

 836 



67 

 26 956 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



11 

 16 

 207 

 81 

 21 

 7 

 39 



346 

 23 271 



305 

 16 410 



10 

 158 



3 768 

 9 865 



951 

 2 733 



224 

 40 

 24 



> 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



26 



26 



187 



98 



13 



17 



325 

 24 119 



302 

 14 482 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 233 

 145 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



46.6 

 (NA) 



204 



1 132 

 497 

 251 

 574 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



203 



8 193 



68 



2 186 



123 

 2 477 



123 

 1 874 



32 



1 105 



21 



657 



92 

 31 218 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



3 214 

 8 758 



840 

 2 367 



205 

 28 



31 

 100 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 215 

 116 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



46.2 

 (NA) 



158 



674 

 (NA) 

 190 

 487 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



188 

 6 010 

 (NA) 

 973 

 126 

 2 186 



127 

 1 229 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



ALASKA 7 



