Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
512 
11 
9 
19 
37 
36 
Female 
250 
1 
1 
4 
8 
9 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
412 
8 
6 
20 
29 
31 
Other 
350 
4 
4 
3 
16 
14 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
616 
2 
4 
14 
35 
38 
Not on farm operated 
146 
10 
6 
9 
10 
7 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
322 
8 
5 
16 
19 
28 
Any 
440 
4 
5 
7 
26 
17 
1 to 49 days 
63 
- 
- 
2 
4 
3 
50 to 99 days 
40 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
105 
- 
1 
2 
10 
3 
200 days or more 
232 
4 
4 
3 
10 
7 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
39 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 or 4 years 
79 
1 
- 
1 
1 
1 
5 to 9 years 
146 
1 
2 
1 
7 
5 
1 0 years or more 
498 
10 
8 
21 
36 
38 
Average years on present farm 
18.4 
22.3 
25.8 
25.3 
21.9 
25.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
28 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 or 4 years 
70 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
5 to 9 years 
113 
1 
1 
- 
4 
3 
1 0 years or more 
551 
10 
9 
22 
39 
41 
Average years operating any farm 
20.9 
24.0 
26.8 
31.0 
24.6 
27.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
25 to 34 years 
31 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
35 to 44 years 
81 
2 
2 
2 
4 
5 
45 to 49 years 
65 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
50 to 54 years 
104 
3 
2 
2 
8 
3 
55 to 59 years 
163 
1 
1 
3 
10 
12 
60 to 64 years 
124 
2 
- 
8 
11 
6 
65 to 69 years 
69 
- 
1 
- 
3 
5 
70 years and over 
119 
3 
3 
6 
5 
10 
Average age 
57.1 
57.3 
58.3 
60.8 
56.8 
59.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
Asian 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
725 
12 
10 
23 
42 
43 
More than one race reported 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
131 
5 
2 
8 
11 
8 
2 people 
353 
5 
4 
10 
20 
25 
3 people 
96 
- 
1 
3 
2 
5 
4 people 
96 
2 
1 
1 
6 
5 
5 or more people 
86 
- 
2 
1 
6 
2 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
539 
5 
1 
7 
13 
21 
25 to 49 percent 
78 
- 
2 
1 
14 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
64 
1 
1 
5 
9 
11 
75 to 99 percent 
43 
5 
5 
7 
6 
3 
1 00 percent 
38 
1 
1 
3 
3 
8 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
53 
8 
4 
7 
5 
6 
acres 
76,438 
208 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
645 
12 
9 
23 
41 
37 
Dial-up service 
73 
1 
1 
3 
1 
4 
DSL service 
310 
6 
7 
10 
19 
19 
Cable modem service 
62 
1 
2 
6 
5 
2 
Fiber-optic service 
18 
2 
2 
1 
1 
3 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
77 
- 
1 
4 
7 
2 
Satellite service 
143 
3 
3 
8 
10 
10 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
679 
11 
7 
16 
35 
35 
2 households 
67 
1 
2 
4 
8 
10 
3 households 
12 
- 
1 
3 
2 
- 
4 households 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
112 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
