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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
259 
45 
76 
65 
9 
12 
2 
_ 
50 
workers 
1,577 
(D) 
226 
234 
100 
215 
(D) 
- 
585 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more farms 
103 
11 
17 
17 
5 
7 
2 
- 
44 
workers 
464 
(D) 
35 
44 
35 
23 
(D) 
- 
289 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
218 
40 
68 
55 
9 
10 
2 
- 
34 
workers 
1,113 
(D) 
191 
190 
65 
192 
(D) 
- 
296 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
" 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
393 
89 
145 
128 
6 
5 
_ 
- 
20 
workers 
990 
183 
401 
309 
17 
11 
" 
- 
69 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
247 
46 
94 
85 
2 
3 
- 
- 
17 
1 0 to 49 acres 
181 
37 
60 
62 
2 
1 
1 
- 
18 
50 to 69 acres 
29 
8 
9 
9 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
70 to 99 acres 
38 
10 
15 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
43 
11 
17 
11 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
140 to 1 79 acres 
35 
16 
10 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
25 
5 
9 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
14 
4 
5 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
260 to 499 acres 
64 
23 
20 
13 
1 
1 
1 
- 
5 
500 to 999 acres 
37 
8 
12 
10 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
7 
5 
9 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
24 
2 
4 
6 
4 
4 
- 
- 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7 
2 
2 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
108 
10 
40 
43 
2 
2 
1 
- 
10 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
15 
8 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
147 
31 
47 
53 
5 
5 
1 
- 
5 
Other crop farming (1119) 
207 
70 
75 
52 
3 
3 
- 
- 
4 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
207 
70 
75 
52 
3 
3 
- 
- 
4 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
51 
14 
20 
13 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
2 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
9 
1 
3 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
26 
3 
11 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
27 
3 
12 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
158 
33 
44 
41 
2 
1 
37 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
134 
37 
45 
40 
3 
3 
- 
- 
6 
number 
10,667 
1,545 
819 
846 
(D) 
930 
- 
- 
(□) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
67 
19 
27 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 to 49 
46 
14 
15 
14 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
50 to 99 
7 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 
6 
2 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
500 or more 
5 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
110 
28 
35 
35 
3 
3 
_ 
_ 
6 
number 
5,373 
744 
432 
429 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,576 
Beef cows farms 
98 
27 
31 
30 
3 
1 
_ 
_ 
6 
number 
(D) 
671 
348 
408 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
57 
18 
20 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 to 49 
30 
7 
10 
8 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 
50 to 99 
4 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Milk cows farms 
28 
6 
9 
10 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
number 
(D) 
73 
84 
21 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
24 
5 
8 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
10 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
110 
31 
36 
32 
3 
3 
- 
- 
5 
number 
5,294 
801 
387 
417 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
" 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
71 
19 
26 
18 
2 
3 
_ 
_ 
3 
number 
1,000 
219 
328 
233 
(D) 
114 
- 
- 
(D) 
$1,000 
1,085 
209 
348 
244 
(D) 
159 
- 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 39 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
