Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
104 
- 
18 
2 
24 
17 
- 
55 to 59 years 
163 
1 
20 
1 
34 
34 
- 
60 to 64 years 
124 
3 
15 
1 
30 
42 
- 
65 to 69 years 
69 
- 
7 
4 
9 
29 
- 
70 years and over 
119 
3 
8 
5 
18 
51 
- 
Average age 
57.1 
66.1 
52.3 
66.5 
56.5 
61.0 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
- 
2 
- 
4 
3 
- 
Asian 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
725 
7 
106 
14 
140 
202 
- 
More than one race reported 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
Farms by number ef persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
131 
1 
13 
3 
25 
43 
- 
2 people 
353 
6 
46 
7 
75 
99 
- 
3 people 
96 
- 
10 
2 
19 
22 
- 
4 people 
96 
- 
18 
2 
16 
23 
- 
5 or more people 
86 
- 
21 
1 
12 
20 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
539 
2 
75 
14 
87 
149 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
78 
2 
11 
1 
16 
29 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
64 
- 
7 
- 
22 
15 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
43 
3 
7 
- 
12 
8 
- 
1 00 percent 
38 
- 
8 
- 
10 
6 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
53 
- 
8 
- 
6 
8 
- 
acres 
76,438 
- 
(D) 
- 
160 
(D) 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
645 
7 
99 
9 
130 
161 
- 
Dial-up service 
73 
- 
9 
1 
11 
28 
- 
DSL service 
310 
3 
47 
4 
72 
66 
- 
Cable modem service 
62 
- 
13 
2 
20 
8 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
18 
- 
4 
- 
2 
3 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
77 
- 
10 
- 
15 
20 
- 
Satellite service 
143 
4 
22 
2 
20 
41 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
- 
1 
- 
5 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
10 
- 
4 
- 
2 
2 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
679 
2 
95 
12 
127 
192 
- 
2 households 
67 
3 
11 
3 
19 
12 
- 
3 households 
12 
2 
2 
- 
1 
3 
- 
4 households 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
7 
98 
15 
142 
203 
- 
acres 
330,684 
34,177 
9,965 
660 
5,758 
78,567 
- 
Limited Liability Corperation farms 
65 
1 
4 
2 
23 
8 
- 
acres 
10,990 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,173 
2,689 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
614 
4 
92 
13 
109 
188 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
9,454 
(D) 
4,976 
72,655 
- 
Partnership farms 
46 
2 
2 
1 
18 
6 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
359 
(D) 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
36 
- 
1 
1 
13 
6 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Corporation farms 
56 
1 
9 
1 
19 
6 
- 
acres 
315,258 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,471 
- 
Family held farms 
45 
1 
9 
17 
6 
- 
acres 
47,414 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2,471 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
45 
1 
9 
- 
17 
6 
- 
Other than family held farms 
11 
_ 
_ 
1 
2 
_ 
_ 
acres 
267,844 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
162 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
