Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,109 
8,744 
16,194 
2,088 
1,928 
1,490 
Not on farm operated 
12,631 
2,998 
4,819 
728 
668 
603 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
19,233 
4,294 
8,220 
1,199 
1,090 
860 
Any 
28,507 
7,448 
12,793 
1,617 
1,506 
1,233 
1 to 49 days 
4,445 
1,209 
2,055 
259 
195 
175 
50 to 99 days 
2,509 
715 
1,061 
144 
110 
99 
100 to 199 days 
4,218 
1,076 
1,860 
247 
238 
187 
200 days or more 
17,335 
4,448 
7,817 
967 
963 
772 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,559 
502 
664 
71 
78 
57 
3 or 4 years 
2,842 
961 
1,207 
116 
94 
116 
5 to 9 years 
8,685 
2,563 
4,195 
422 
389 
282 
10 years or more 
34,654 
7,716 
14,947 
2,207 
2,035 
1,638 
Average years on present farm 
19.3 
16.4 
18.0 
20.8 
21.6 
22.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,155 
372 
505 
45 
62 
45 
3 or 4 years 
2,199 
803 
930 
83 
82 
82 
5 to 9 years 
7,442 
2,258 
3,679 
362 
304 
211 
10 years or more 
36,944 
8,309 
15,899 
2,326 
2,148 
1,755 
Average years operating any farm 
21.5 
18.1 
20.2 
23.4 
24.0 
25.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
135 
42 
56 
3 
7 
2 
25 to 34 years 
1,529 
431 
620 
60 
68 
55 
35 to 44 years 
4,094 
1,175 
1,797 
174 
203 
166 
45 to 49 years 
4,300 
1,143 
1,964 
245 
204 
177 
50 to 54 years 
6,493 
1,685 
2,964 
370 
322 
250 
55 to 59 years 
6,588 
1,677 
2,891 
400 
334 
234 
60 to 64 years 
7,070 
1,707 
3,118 
434 
379 
314 
65 to 69 years 
6,168 
1,390 
2,740 
408 
352 
331 
70 years and over 
11,363 
2,492 
4,863 
722 
727 
564 
Average age 
59.8 
58.6 
59.7 
61.2 
61.3 
61.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
4,459 
2,077 
1,750 
130 
114 
94 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
386 
51 
228 
24 
21 
14 
Asian 
829 
369 
337 
36 
28 
9 
Black or African American 
1,481 
366 
665 
134 
105 
59 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
48 
26 
21 
- 
- 
- 
White 
44,793 
10,876 
19,677 
2,615 
2,430 
2,004 
More than one race reported 
203 
54 
85 
7 
12 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,302 
1,945 
3,258 
407 
386 
314 
2 people 
24,854 
5,612 
10,960 
1,575 
1,442 
1,177 
3 people 
6,744 
1,726 
3,017 
359 
348 
296 
4 people 
5,379 
1,438 
2,357 
300 
238 
181 
5 or more people 
3,461 
1,021 
1,421 
175 
182 
125 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,112 
10,015 
18,392 
2,333 
2,149 
1,673 
25 to 49 percent 
2,555 
530 
834 
155 
137 
129 
50 to 74 percent 
2,800 
541 
824 
157 
192 
139 
75 to 99 percent 
1,496 
252 
427 
78 
46 
79 
100 percent 
1,777 
404 
536 
93 
72 
73 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,290 
454 
682 
107 
91 
121 
acres 
2,954,087 
1,911 
14,988 
6,138 
7,444 
13,409 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
34,578 
8,545 
15,258 
2,001 
1,800 
1,417 
Dial-up service 
2,684 
584 
1,227 
151 
167 
113 
DSL service 
17,209 
4,170 
7,640 
1,005 
947 
687 
Cable modem service 
6,234 
2,005 
2,617 
300 
222 
211 
Fiber-optic service 
1,613 
508 
632 
71 
64 
67 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,851 
1,223 
2,614 
372 
275 
272 
Satellite service 
4,149 
723 
1,817 
298 
276 
217 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,068 
260 
471 
105 
64 
32 
Other Internet service 
435 
103 
182 
39 
15 
14 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
39,130 
9,925 
17,730 
2,289 
2,142 
1,676 
2 households 
6,482 
1,435 
2,576 
398 
339 
316 
3 households 
1,182 
218 
373 
71 
83 
65 
4 households 
578 
118 
208 
41 
23 
21 
5 or more households 
368 
46 
126 
17 
9 
15 
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 
45,570 
11,313 
20,313 
2,710 
2,481 
1,979 
acres 
7,294,801 
50,931 
439,797 
155,880 
202,513 
226,861 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
