Table 3. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Alaska: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Ethanol farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
3 
- 
1 
2 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
546 
144 
201 
159 
7 
6 
2 
- 
27 
Part owners farms 
122 
25 
38 
43 
5 
5 
- 
- 
6 
Tenants farms 
94 
8 
21 
32 
3 
3 
- 
- 
27 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
669 
170 
239 
202 
12 
11 
2 
_ 
33 
acres 
204,343 
25,974 
35,206 
26,343 
(D) 
30,559 
(D) 
- 
73,013 
Owned land in farms farms 
668 
169 
239 
202 
12 
11 
2 
- 
33 
acres 
200,333 
24,755 
35,088 
(D) 
(D) 
30,367 
(D) 
- 
72,412 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
216 
33 
59 
75 
8 
8 
_ 
_ 
33 
acres 
633,678 
57,936 
7,239 
78,129 
(D) 
2,096 
- 
- 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
216 
33 
59 
75 
8 
8 
- 
- 
33 
acres 
633,528 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,096 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
42 
13 
7 
14 
2 
1 
1 
- 
4 
acres 
4,160 
1,219 
218 
1,748 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
601 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
1,230 
265 
407 
371 
26 
29 
3 
- 
129 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
387 
100 
131 
117 
7 
4 
1 
- 
27 
2 operators 
315 
67 
115 
102 
5 
6 
1 
- 
19 
3 operators 
40 
9 
11 
10 
3 
3 
- 
- 
4 
4 operators 
12 
1 
2 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
5 or more operators 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
" 
" 
7 
Total women operators number 
525 
94 
185 
194 
9 
10 
1 
- 
32 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
438 
87 
164 
152 
7 
8 
1 
- 
19 
2 operators 
34 
2 
7 
18 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 
3 operators 
5 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 operators 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
512 
147 
171 
119 
13 
11 
2 
- 
49 
Female 
250 
30 
89 
115 
2 
3 
- 
- 
11 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
412 
117 
- 
234 
15 
12 
2 
- 
32 
Other 
350 
60 
260 
- 
- 
2 
- 
28 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
616 
152 
211 
206 
13 
7 
1 
- 
26 
Not on farm operated 
146 
25 
49 
28 
2 
7 
1 
- 
34 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
322 
114 
16 
134 
12 
11 
2 
- 
33 
Any 
440 
63 
244 
100 
3 
3 
- 
- 
27 
1 to 49 days 
63 
27 
7 
24 
1 
1 
- 
- 
3 
50 to 99 days 
40 
8 
14 
17 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
105 
8 
67 
26 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
200 days or more 
232 
20 
156 
33 
" 
1 
" 
- 
22 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
39 
2 
22 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 or 4 years 
79 
14 
35 
25 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 to 9 years 
146 
21 
74 
36 
2 
2 
- 
- 
11 
10 years or more 
498 
140 
129 
159 
12 
12 
2 
- 
44 
Average years on present farm 
18.4 
24.2 
14.0 
18.3 
22.1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
17.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
28 
- 
16 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 or 4 years 
70 
10 
32 
24 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
5 to 9 years 
113 
15 
58 
29 
2 
- 
- 
- 
9 
10 years or more 
551 
152 
154 
170 
12 
14 
2 
- 
47 
Average years operating any farm 
20.9 
27.5 
16.3 
19.8 
26.1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
19.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
" 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
31 
- 
17 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
35 to 44 years 
81 
1 
34 
33 
2 
1 
- 
- 
10 
45 to 49 years 
65 
7 
27 
20 
1 
1 
- 
- 
9 
50 to 54 years 
104 
4 
53 
32 
3 
- 
- 
- 
12 
55 to 59 years 
163 
28 
59 
56 
4 
- 
- 
- 
16 
60 to 64 years 
124 
38 
40 
31 
2 
7 
- 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 37 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
