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.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
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 
Non-family 
farms 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
69 
31 
15 
19 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
70 years and over 
119 
68 
14 
25 
3 
4 
2 
- 
3 
Average age 
57.1 
67.0 
53.0 
54.7 
57.0 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
53.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
12 
2 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
28 
2 
9 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
Asian 
4 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
725 
172 
246 
225 
15 
14 
2 
- 
51 
More than one race reported 
5 
2 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
131 
33 
40 
35 
2 
3 
- 
- 
18 
2 people 
353 
103 
95 
118 
8 
8 
2 
- 
19 
3 people 
96 
23 
38 
28 
2 
1 
- 
- 
4 
4 people 
96 
6 
47 
28 
1 
1 
- 
- 
13 
5 or more people 
86 
12 
40 
25 
2 
1 
- 
" 
6 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
539 
136 
233 
131 
2 
2 
- 
- 
35 
25 to 49 percent 
78 
26 
15 
33 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
64 
9 
5 
35 
5 
2 
- 
- 
8 
75 to 99 percent 
43 
1 
4 
17 
4 
6 
2 
- 
9 
100 percent 
38 
5 
3 
18 
3 
3 
- 
6 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
53 
1 
4 
6 
2 
3 
- 
- 
37 
acres 
76,438 
(D) 
(D) 
1,365 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
73,391 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
645 
126 
234 
200 
15 
13 
2 
- 
55 
Dial-up service 
73 
15 
26 
22 
1 
3 
1 
- 
5 
DSL service 
310 
57 
111 
100 
4 
8 
- 
- 
30 
Cable modem service 
62 
13 
30 
10 
2 
4 
1 
- 
2 
Fiber-optic service 
18 
- 
3 
5 
1 
2 
- 
- 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
77 
14 
33 
23 
1 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Satellite service 
143 
32 
41 
47 
6 
3 
- 
- 
14 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
1 
4 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
10 
1 
3 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
679 
161 
238 
206 
13 
9 
2 
- 
50 
2 households 
67 
14 
18 
23 
2 
4 
- 
- 
6 
3 households 
12 
2 
2 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
4 households 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
2 
- 
- 
1 
" 
- 
- 
- 
1 
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 
177 
260 
234 
15 
14 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
330,684 
82,691 
42,227 
102,724 
70,117 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
65 
13 
24 
18 
2 
3 
1 
- 
4 
acres 
10,990 
1,117 
3,658 
902 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
431 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
614 
160 
228 
207 
11 
7 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(□) 
37,420 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Partnership farms 
46 
8 
14 
15 
- 
1 
- 
- 
8 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
2,521 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Registered under state law farms 
36 
6 
11 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Corporation farms 
56 
7 
13 
10 
3 
5 
1 
- 
17 
acres 
315,258 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Family held farms 
45 
6 
13 
7 
3 
5 
1 
- 
10 
acres 
47,414 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
45 
6 
13 
7 
3 
5 
1 
- 
10 
Other than family held farms 
11 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
acres 
267,844 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
10 or less stockholders farms 
7 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
46 
2 
5 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
35 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
38 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
