Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
519 
116 
67 
360 
342 
acres 
330,684 
106,369 
76,899 
147,416 
182,276 
148,408 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
65 
43 
7 
15 
30 
35 
acres 
10,990 
9,233 
1,531 
226 
5,740 
5,250 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
614 
464 
101 
49 
330 
284 
acres 
(D) 
73,060 
50,681 
(D) 
(D) 
65,527 
Partnership 
farms 
46 
31 
7 
8 
10 
36 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,375 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
36 
24 
4 
8 
9 
27 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
24,582 
Corporation 
farms 
56 
35 
9 
12 
23 
33 
acres 
315,258 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
45 
30 
8 
7 
20 
25 
acres 
47,414 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
45 
30 
8 
7 
20 
25 
Other than family held 
farms 
11 
5 
1 
5 
3 
8 
acres 
267,844 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
4 
2 
- 
2 
2 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
7 
3 
1 
3 
1 
6 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
46 
16 
5 
25 
24 
22 
acres 
(D) 
4,369 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,041 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
259 
152 
57 
50 
123 
136 
workers 
1,577 
679 
288 
610 
611 
966 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
103 
55 
15 
33 
49 
54 
workers 
464 
176 
63 
225 
175 
289 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
218 
123 
52 
43 
104 
114 
workers 
1,113 
503 
225 
385 
436 
677 
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 
274 
74 
45 
173 
220 
workers 
990 
647 
213 
130 
377 
613 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
247 
184 
12 
51 
140 
107 
1 0 to 49 acres 
181 
141 
21 
19 
84 
97 
50 to 69 acres 
29 
21 
7 
1 
14 
15 
70 to 99 acres 
38 
30 
5 
3 
8 
30 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
43 
24 
19 
- 
19 
24 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
35 
29 
4 
2 
24 
11 
180 to 219 acres 
25 
13 
11 
1 
13 
12 
220 to 259 acres 
14 
10 
4 
- 
11 
3 
260 to 499 acres 
64 
49 
12 
3 
26 
38 
500 to 999 acres 
37 
22 
12 
3 
22 
15 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
14 
6 
5 
14 
11 
2,000 acres or more 
24 
9 
9 
6 
12 
12 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7 
6 
1 
2 
5 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
108 
79 
14 
15 
39 
69 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
15 
13 
1 
1 
8 
7 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
147 
125 
12 
10 
72 
75 
Other crop farming (1119) 
207 
145 
53 
9 
116 
91 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
207 
145 
53 
9 
116 
91 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
51 
35 
11 
5 
28 
23 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
3 
3 
- 
4 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
9 
6 
3 
- 
4 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
26 
25 
1 
- 
14 
12 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
27 
25 
1 
1 
9 
18 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
158 
84 
21 
53 
90 
68 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
134 
78 
45 
11 
69 
65 
number 
10,667 
2,628 
(D) 
(D) 
3,831 
6,836 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
67 
49 
15 
3 
35 
32 
10 to 49 
46 
23 
18 
5 
24 
22 
50 to 99 
7 
3 
4 
- 
2 
5 
100 to 199 
6 
- 
5 
1 
3 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
204 Alaska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
