Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
762 
100.0 
686 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
833,861 
100.0 
881,585 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
561 
73.6 
512 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
84,114 
10.1 
86,238 
summer fallow 
farms 
58 
7.6 
62 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
495 
65.0 
424 
acres 
3,982 
0.5 
5,936 
acres 
31,315 
3.8 
30,772 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
329 
43.2 
364 
1 to 49 acres 
367 
48.2 
282 
acres 
36,826 
4.4 
41,698 
1 to 9 acres 
267 
35.0 
173 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
104 
13.6 
105 
1 0 to 19 acres 
31 
4.1 
24 
acres 
6,240 
0.7 
4,271 
20 to 29 acres 
30 
3.9 
39 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
269 
35.3 
314 
30 to 49 acres 
39 
5.1 
46 
acres 
30,586 
3.7 
37,427 
50 to 99 acres 
48 
6.3 
68 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
36 
4.7 
33 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
30 
3.9 
30 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
246 
32.3 
213 
500 to 999 acres 
9 
1.2 
9 
acres 
696,359 
83.5 
737,746 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5 
0.7 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
544 
71.4 
448 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
16,562 
2.0 
15,903 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
37 
4.9 
94 
acres 
4,183 
0.5 
7,114 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
211 
27.7 
213 
acres 
48,616 
5.8 
48,352 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
25 
(X) 
38 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
17,089 
(X) 
28,298 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
146 
19.2 
153 
acres 
42,519 
5.1 
40,533 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
11 
(X) 
19 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
49 
6.4 
62 
acres 
4,557 
(X) 
6,212 
acres 
2,115 
0.3 
1,883 
16 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
