Farm Census

Alaska farms by county

2022 Census of Agriculture · 4 counties

1,173 farms869,852 acres in farms742 acres per farm on average

Alaska farms sold $90.8 million of products in 2022, 50th among the 50 states.

Its average farm size is the 11th-largest among the states.

Aquaculture: 47.9%Aquaculture47.9%Nursery and greenhouse: 23.8%Nursery and greenhouse23.8%Withheld groups: 11.9%Withheld groups11.9%Hay and other crops: 9.8%9.8%Cattle and calves: 4.0%4.0%Other animals: 1.3%1.3%Grains and oilseeds: 1.0%1.0%Sheep and goats: 0.3%Aquaculture: 47.9%Aquaculture47.9%Nursery and greenhouse: 23.8%23.8%Withheld groups: 11.9%Withheld groups11.9%Hay and other crops: 9.8%9.8%Cattle and calves: 4.0%4.0%Other animals: 1.3%Grains and oilseeds: 1.0%Sheep and goats: 0.3%
What Alaska farms sold in 2022. Withheld to protect individual farms: vegetables and melons, fruit and nuts, Christmas trees, milk, hogs and pigs, poultry and eggs and horses and mules.

Which county leads each crop and animal

The county with the largest published figure for each item, and how much of the state total it holds. Items are ordered by how important Alaska is for them nationally.

Crop or animalLeading countyIts share of the stateCounties with figures
BarleyFairbanks North Star area98.9%1
Hay and haylageFairbanks North Star area54.8%2
Horses and poniesAnchorage area35.1%4
GoatsAnchorage area34.1%3
PotatoesAnchorage area63.2%4
Beef cowsAleutian Islands area79.5%3
Sheep and lambsAnchorage area23.0%2
BerriesFairbanks North Star area49.3%4
Cattle and calvesAleutian Islands area77.4%3
VegetablesAnchorage area60.1%4
ApplesAnchorage area36.8%3
Laying hensAnchorage area43.1%4
Hogs and pigsAnchorage area41.8%3
Milk cowsFairbanks North Star area73.1%3

Every county in Alaska

Sorted by farm sales. None of these counties stands out enough nationally or within the state for a profile page of its own. Left out because a core figure is withheld: 1 county.

CountyFarmsAvg acresSalesLargest group
Anchorage area40199$44.0MAquaculture
Fairbanks North Star area295343$15.7MHay and other crops
Kenai Peninsula area31766$8.1MAquaculture
Aleutian Islands area6610,718$4.3MNursery and greenhouse

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms990+18.5%
Land in farms, acres849,753+2.4%
Average farm size, acres858−13.5%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$70.5 million+28.9%

Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.