Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
47,740 
47,463 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
9,548,342 
9,231,570 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
24,544 
51.4 
26,555 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
2,744,064 
28.7 
2,953,340 
summer fallow 
farms 
519 
1.1 
441 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
21,011 
44.0 
20,486 
acres 
47,277 
0.5 
31,752 
acres 
2,184,485 
22.9 
2,112,129 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
14,649 
30.7 
12,946 
1 to 49 acres 
16,877 
35.4 
16,298 
acres 
2,398,545 
25.1 
2,330,336 
1 to 9 acres 
9,702 
20.3 
9,065 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
7,933 
16.6 
6,603 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
3,445 
7.2 
3,537 
acres 
1,368,171 
14.3 
1,307,815 
20 to 29 acres 
1,876 
3.9 
1,831 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
8,572 
18.0 
7,871 
30 to 49 acres 
1,854 
3.9 
1,865 
acres 
1,030,374 
10.8 
1,022,521 
50 to 99 acres 
1,514 
3.2 
1,645 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
971 
2.0 
970 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
917 
1.9 
845 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
27,235 
57.0 
24,721 
500 to 999 acres 
389 
0.8 
384 
acres 
3,749,647 
39.3 
3,221,202 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
193 
0.4 
192 
2,000 acres or more 
150 
0.3 
152 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
27,145 
56.9 
21,619 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
656,086 
6.9 
726,692 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
2,611 
5.5 
7,331 
acres 
277,911 
2.9 
571,490 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
4,336 
9.1 
3,662 
acres 
281,668 
2.9 
269,721 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
825 
(X) 
2,418 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
54,291 
(X) 
224,867 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
2,972 
6.2 
2,536 
acres 
188,691 
2.0 
200,215 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
3,650 
(X) 
5,427 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,232 
2.6 
992 
acres 
1,231,211 
(X) 
881,151 
acres 
45,700 
0.5 
37,754 
16 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
