Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
5,328 
3,361 
1,707 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
9,386,611 
11,787,758 
10,581,159 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
388 
248 
446 
468 
321 
363 
402 
433 
number 
58,644,898 
73,353,351 
109,236,689 
139,309,122 
105,967,210 
97,854,566 
93,224,832 
76,456,724 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
606 
513 
519 
1,324 
1,268 
1,548 
2,088 
2,987 
acres 
39,330 
33,915 
26,790 
67,439 
69,623 
86,407 
95,874 
190,254 
bushels 
4,781,859 
2,991,208 
2,456,508 
5,247,737 
5,440,956 
6,377,801 
6,628,740 
12,559,553 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
99 
119 
131 
162 
148 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
27,715 
27,005 
27,049 
28,151 
28,316 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
500,959 
484,308 
425,131 
398,131 
401,097 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
100 
79 
68 
184 
189 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
15,456 
9,157 
6,108 
16,078 
16,231 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
691,103 
497,844 
211,973 
583,322 
585,557 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
100 
79 
68 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
15,456 
9,157 
6,108 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
691,103 
497,844 
211,973 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
62 
49 
76 
122 
124 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
4,631 
3,222 
4,368 
5,601 
5,836 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
165,515 
200,966 
190,940 
298,906 
311,981 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
31 
21 
18 
21 
22 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
3,541 
1,331 
1,385 
925 
945 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
149,346 
68,866 
60,951 
41,895 
42,395 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
40 
35 
35 
23 
23 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
8,385 
4,290 
3,524 
3,662 
3,662 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
83,334 
48,495 
35,053 
38,170 
38,170 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
181 
101 
77 
391 
404 
415 
708 
2,091 
acres 
19,409 
12,066 
7,478 
39,680 
41,021 
49,072 
89,938 
334,401 
bushels 
723,143 
291,981 
242,878 
988,263 
1,025,521 
1,523,227 
2,257,392 
8,529,087 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
28 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
900 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Cotton, all 
farms 
339 
213 
268 
329 
343 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
105,420 
80,053 
101,766 
91,025 
93,504 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bales 
202,008 
109,206 
93,915 
125,714 
128,600 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Tobacco 
farms 
10 
23 
115 
196 
186 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
482 
1,040 
3,851 
6,951 
6,881 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
779,900 
3,061,788 
9,609,134 
16,350,368 
16,191,980 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
6,554 
5,755 
4,600 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
398,231 
354,860 
299,435 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
1,071,778 
1,120,290 
860,405 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rice 
farms 
15 
7 
10 
10 
10 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
11,376 
14,108 
10,691 
10,691 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
(D) 
975,319 
722,435 
445,619 
445,619 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
16 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
14,000 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
145 
108 
120 
162 
152 
139 
138 
123 
acres 
401,491 
378,587 
440,768 
421,727 
421,421 
431,677 
403,014 
343,680 
tons 
13,574,853 
14,127,121 
16,174,145 
15,728,855 
15,718,897 
16,151,380 
13,586,040 
10,359,951 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
698 
423 
494 
724 
750 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
196,320 
118,637 
76,459 
74,447 
76,682 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
751,180,406 
341,137,148 
210,036,443 
204,343,523 
209,914,666 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
farms 
1,614 
1,493 
1,507 
1,792 
1,500 
1,988 
2,053 
2,455 
acres 
251,011 
265,835 
219,411 
253,321 
250,562 
299,867 
311,659 
283,780 
Potatoes 
farms 
322 
181 
106 
156 
140 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
35,251 
26,526 
35,386 
41,258 
41,255 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
40 
31 
38 
35 
36 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
5,988 
2,859 
3,105 
1,570 
1,575 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
7,529 
8,993 
10,115 
11,080 
9,379 
10,258 
9,965 
11,214 
acres 
579,068 
677,403 
894,955 
996,717 
981,910 
914,642 
762,068 
938,527 
1 Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
