Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
49 
9 
1 
1 
737 
24 
Land in farms 
acres 
307,701 
3,762 
(D) 
(D) 
526,741 
1,642 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
20 
3 
1 
_ 
242 
8 
1 0 to 49 acres 
14 
2 
- 
- 
174 
9 
50 to 1 79 acres 
3 
1 
- 
1 
143 
5 
1 80 to 499 acres 
2 
1 
- 
- 
102 
1 
500 acres or more 
10 
2 
- 
- 
76 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
39 
8 
1 
1 
652 
23 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
129,153 
1,608 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
16 
1 
204 
7 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
397,588 
34 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
33 
8 
1 
1 
533 
17 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
107,236 
1,476 
Part owners 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
119 
6 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
73,781 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
10 
1 
- 
- 
85 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
345,724 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
49 
9 
1 
1 
737 
24 
$1,000 
1,292 
125 
(D) 
(D) 
60,509 
2,579 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
49 
9 
1 
1 
737 
24 
$1,000 
1,086 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
58,219 
2,530 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
19 
4 
1 
1 
464 
16 
$1,000 
273 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
24,780 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
32 
7 
1 
1 
312 
10 
$1,000 
813 
59 
(D) 
(D) 
33,439 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
13 
3 
1 
_ 
190 
8 
$1,000 
206 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,290 
49 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
5 
1 
_ 
_ 
114 
3 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
7 
2 
- 
- 
93 
4 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7 
2 
- 
1 
82 
2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7 
- 
- 
- 
95 
3 
$10,000 to $24,999 
14 
2 
- 
- 
154 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
2 
1 
- 
69 
3 
$50,000 or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
130 
5 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
23 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
561 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
13 
3 
1 
- 
187 
8 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,729 
49 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
4 
- 
- 
- 
107 
3 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
1 
- 
1 
14 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
10 
- 
1 
- 
145 
10 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5 
3 
- 
- 
204 
4 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
5 
3 
- 
- 
204 
4 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6 
1 
- 
- 
46 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
- 
1 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3 
- 
- 
- 
26 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3 
1 
- 
- 
27 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
16 
2 
- 
- 
145 
5 
-continued 
46 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
