Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
616 
189 
151 
27 
32 
38 
Not on farm operated 
146 
58 
30 
2 
6 
5 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
322 
106 
75 
10 
12 
24 
Any 
440 
141 
106 
19 
26 
19 
1 to 49 days 
63 
16 
13 
6 
4 
2 
50 to 99 days 
40 
16 
9 
2 
4 
1 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
105 
31 
26 
6 
4 
5 
200 days or more 
232 
78 
58 
5 
14 
11 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
39 
20 
8 
- 
3 
- 
3 or 4 years 
79 
48 
19 
2 
2 
3 
5 to 9 years 
146 
62 
38 
4 
8 
6 
1 0 years or more 
498 
117 
116 
23 
25 
34 
Average years on present farm 
18.4 
13.0 
17.3 
22.2 
21.5 
21.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
28 
17 
4 
- 
3 
- 
3 or 4 years 
70 
46 
14 
2 
2 
3 
5 to 9 years 
113 
56 
29 
1 
7 
2 
1 0 years or more 
551 
128 
134 
26 
26 
38 
Average years operating any farm 
20.9 
14.4 
19.8 
25.7 
22.4 
24.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
31 
16 
11 
1 
1 
- 
35 to 44 years 
81 
29 
19 
3 
6 
2 
45 to 49 years 
65 
26 
15 
1 
3 
3 
50 to 54 years 
104 
50 
30 
4 
2 
3 
55 to 59 years 
163 
62 
38 
5 
10 
12 
60 to 64 years 
124 
28 
32 
4 
6 
7 
65 to 69 years 
69 
13 
13 
8 
3 
6 
70 years and over 
119 
21 
20 
3 
7 
10 
Average age 
57.1 
53.8 
55.2 
58.2 
58.9 
61.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
6 
9 
- 
- 
2 
Asian 
4 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
725 
237 
170 
29 
38 
41 
More than one race reported 
5 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
131 
40 
27 
3 
7 
7 
2 people 
353 
105 
89 
16 
21 
23 
3 people 
96 
39 
24 
4 
4 
8 
4 people 
96 
31 
21 
2 
3 
3 
5 or more people 
86 
32 
20 
4 
3 
2 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
539 
179 
134 
22 
29 
29 
25 to 49 percent 
78 
23 
15 
- 
3 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
64 
19 
15 
3 
1 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
43 
12 
9 
2 
3 
3 
1 00 percent 
38 
14 
8 
2 
2 
3 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
53 
13 
18 
- 
3 
2 
acres 
76,438 
52 
387 
- 
255 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
645 
213 
160 
25 
32 
35 
Dial-up service 
73 
18 
14 
3 
3 
7 
DSL service 
310 
107 
86 
17 
16 
19 
Cable modem service 
62 
29 
13 
1 
3 
2 
Fiber-optic service 
18 
6 
6 
1 
- 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
77 
24 
15 
4 
4 
6 
Satellite service 
143 
36 
32 
1 
7 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Other Internet service 
10 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
679 
229 
158 
26 
33 
43 
2 households 
67 
14 
22 
3 
5 
- 
3 households 
12 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 households 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage. 
or adoption farms 
702 
230 
163 
28 
33 
42 
acres 
330,684 
(D) 
3,792 
1,623 
2,648 
4,802 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
64 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
