Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
380 
5 
13 
36 
62 
141 
123 
acres 
330,684 
227,588 
(D) 
317 
(D) 
(D) 
42,036 
84,208 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
65 
32 
2 
8 
5 
11 
6 
acres 
10,990 
3,228 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
525 
965 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
614 
328 
5 
11 
29 
55 
119 
109 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms 
46 
26 
- 
1 
2 
5 
12 
6 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
36 
19 
- 
1 
2 
3 
9 
4 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
56 
33 
- 
1 
6 
4 
15 
7 
acres 
315,258 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
832 
Family held 
farms 
45 
26 
- 
1 
6 
2 
11 
6 
acres 
47,414 
44,145 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
45 
26 
- 
1 
6 
2 
11 
6 
Other than family held 
farms 
11 
7 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
4 
1 
acres 
267,844 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
7 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
46 
25 
5 
6 
7 
7 
acres 
(D) 
3,739 
- 
- 
(D) 
161 
(D) 
2,782 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
259 
150 
1 
17 
20 
61 
51 
workers 
1,577 
1,110 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
123 
554 
326 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
103 
65 
1 
11 
12 
24 
17 
workers 
464 
315 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
41 
129 
85 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
218 
127 
- 
12 
15 
54 
46 
workers 
1,113 
795 
- 
- 
47 
82 
425 
241 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
. 
. 
. 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
393 
215 
2 
7 
22 
36 
81 
67 
workers 
990 
497 
(D) 
(D) 
51 
97 
185 
142 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
247 
132 
1 
8 
17 
34 
52 
20 
1 0 to 49 acres 
181 
101 
3 
4 
11 
19 
40 
24 
50 to 69 acres 
29 
18 
- 
- 
2 
4 
5 
7 
70 to 99 acres 
38 
17 
- 
- 
2 
- 
9 
6 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
43 
23 
- 
- 
- 
2 
7 
14 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
35 
18 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
11 
180 to 219 acres 
25 
13 
- 
1 
- 
1 
4 
7 
220 to 259 acres 
14 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 
260 to 499 acres 
64 
32 
- 
- 
4 
3 
11 
14 
500 to 999 acres 
37 
20 
1 
- 
3 
3 
3 
10 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
16 
- 
- 
2 
- 
9 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
24 
15 
- 
- 
1 
2 
5 
7 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7 
5 
2 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
108 
58 
- 
8 
8 
12 
20 
10 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
15 
10 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
147 
88 
3 
1 
8 
17 
42 
17 
Other crop farming (1119) 
207 
105 
2 
1 
5 
10 
34 
53 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
207 
105 
2 
1 
5 
10 
34 
53 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
51 
26 
- 
- 
3 
3 
5 
15 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
9 
6 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
26 
14 
- 
- 
5 
5 
3 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
27 
13 
- 
1 
4 
2 
5 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
158 
83 
- 
2 
7 
17 
38 
19 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
134 
79 
8 
12 
23 
36 
number 
10,667 
8,006 
- 
- 
200 
845 
5,399 
1,562 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
67 
34 
5 
7 
9 
13 
1 0 to 49 
46 
30 
- 
- 
1 
2 
9 
18 
50 to 99 
7 
5 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
1 
100 to 199 
6 
6 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
188 Alaska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
