Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
512 
404 
34 
25 
Female 
250 
210 
12 
11 
Primary eccupation: 
Farming 
412 
328 
26 
19 
Other 
350 
286 
20 
17 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
616 
523 
32 
25 
Not on farm operated 
146 
91 
14 
11 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
322 
254 
14 
10 
Any 
440 
360 
32 
26 
1 to 49 days 
63 
52 
4 
3 
50 to 99 days 
40 
35 
2 
1 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
105 
94 
3 
3 
200 days or more 
232 
179 
23 
19 
Years en present farm: 
2 years or less 
39 
35 
2 
2 
3 or 4 years 
79 
65 
7 
7 
5 to 9 years 
146 
116 
6 
5 
1 0 years or more 
498 
398 
31 
22 
Average years on present farm 
18.4 
18.5 
18.8 
16.9 
Years eperating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
28 
24 
2 
2 
3 or 4 years 
70 
59 
5 
5 
5 to 9 years 
113 
86 
7 
6 
1 0 years or more 
551 
445 
32 
23 
Average years operating any farm 
20.9 
21.1 
20.2 
18.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
5 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
31 
25 
4 
4 
35 to 44 years 
81 
59 
4 
4 
45 to 49 years 
65 
45 
8 
5 
50 to 54 years 
104 
85 
6 
5 
55 to 59 years 
163 
130 
12 
8 
60 to 64 years 
124 
99 
6 
6 
65 to 69 years 
69 
64 
- 
- 
70 years and over 
119 
102 
6 
4 
Average age 
57.1 
57.7 
55.0 
54.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
12 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
16 
2 
2 
Asian 
4 
4 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
725 
590 
44 
34 
More than one race reported 
5 
4 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
131 
102 
4 
4 
2 people 
353 
290 
25 
17 
3 people 
96 
76 
4 
4 
4 people 
96 
72 
7 
6 
5 or more people 
86 
74 
6 
5 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
539 
447 
35 
29 
25 to 49 percent 
78 
67 
5 
3 
50 to 74 percent 
64 
50 
2 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
43 
26 
3 
2 
1 00 percent 
38 
24 
1 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
53 
6 
2 
2 
acres 
76,438 
1,025 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
645 
508 
43 
33 
Dial-up service 
73 
63 
3 
3 
DSL service 
310 
237 
24 
16 
Cable modem service 
62 
50 
5 
5 
Fiber-optic service 
18 
7 
1 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
77 
65 
4 
4 
Satellite service 
143 
108 
10 
9 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
7 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
10 
8 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
679 
558 
35 
31 
2 households 
67 
48 
8 
4 
3 households 
12 
5 
3 
1 
4 households 
2 
2 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
2 
1 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
136 Alaska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
