Table 1 Area Summary Highlights: 1987 



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



Aleutian Islands 

 Area 



Anchorage Area 



Fairbanks Area 



Kenai-Cook Inlet. 

 Seward Area 



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^: 



Average per farm dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres -. 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 acres or more 



Total cropland - farms- 



acres- 



Harvested cropland farms- 



acres- 



Irrigated 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 $49.999 



$50,000 to $99.999 _ 



$100,000 or more 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years- 



Total farm production expenses^ $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



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- 

 Sheep and lambs inventory farms. 



number- 

 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms. 



number- 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms. 



number. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Barley for grain 



Oats for grain 



Irish potatoes 



Hay — alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, 

 grass silage, green chop. etc. (see text) 



574 



1 026 732 



1 789 



553 000 

 309 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 



27 



726 596 



26 911 



3 340 519 

 124 



4 

 3 



1 

 3 

 16 



10 

 (D) 



7 

 174 



1 

 (D) 



666 

 24 662 



16 



7 

 50.4 



506 

 18 738 



20 



3 639 



16 



(D) 



3 



(D) 



18 



617 



3 



(D) 

 2 



(D) 

 2 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



3 

 (D) 

 (D) 



245 



59 297 



242 



353 388 

 1 460 



39 966 



52 

 43 

 88 

 43 

 9 

 10 



199 

 16 966 



179 



10 649 



44 



1 174 



13 132 

 53 600 



7 748 

 5 384 



111 

 134 



143 



87 



49.6 



10 297 

 42 027 



64 



3 265 



37 



435 



20 



1 455 



56 



930 



24 

 310 



19 

 648 



11 

 260 



36 



943 



4 



160 



(D) 

 (D) 



12 



171 



9 444 



32 



637 

 131 708 



120 



9 180 



14 169 



25 

 286 



175 



154 913 



885 



512 434 

 579 



18 

 32 

 51 

 39 

 7 

 28 



144 

 43 362 



126 



15 270 



21 



614 



3 489 

 19 938 



2 523 

 966 



115 



53 



48.5 



3 813 

 21 788 



40 

 1 519 



25 

 532 



11 

 220 



30 

 686 



9 

 88 



6 

 (D) 



9 



167 



20 



525 



5 

 (D) 



22 



5 311 



225 834 



9 



578 



35 019 



15 



103 



13 589 



9 091 

 11 007 



8 



214 



27 



129 000 

 4 822 



6 

 (D) 



6 

 38 



1 

 (D) 



19 

 2 375 



(0) 

 (D) 



7 



3 



48.4 



37 

 4 640 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



4 

 160 



2 



(D) 

 (D) 



2 



(D) 

 (D) 



3 

 (D) 



^Data are based on a sample ol farms. 



40 ALASKA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -AREA DATA 



