Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,109 
436 
355 
546 
1,073 
1,496 
Not on farm operated 
12,631 
786 
448 
620 
960 
968 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
19,233 
812 
493 
641 
1,039 
1,012 
Any 
28,507 
410 
310 
525 
994 
1,452 
1 to 49 days 
4,445 
65 
55 
94 
165 
258 
50 to 99 days 
2,509 
48 
42 
44 
115 
132 
100 to 199 days 
4,218 
42 
28 
77 
109 
216 
200 days or more 
17,335 
255 
185 
310 
605 
846 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,559 
19 
18 
26 
77 
49 
3 or 4 years 
2,842 
41 
44 
49 
95 
109 
5 to 9 years 
8,685 
102 
73 
128 
254 
367 
1 0 years or more 
34,654 
1,060 
668 
963 
1,607 
1,939 
Average years on present farm 
19.3 
25.5 
23.4 
23.7 
22.5 
21.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,155 
10 
6 
19 
38 
32 
3 or 4 years 
2,199 
27 
28 
27 
63 
75 
5 to 9 years 
7,442 
73 
63 
99 
198 
306 
10 years or more 
36,944 
1,112 
706 
1,021 
1,734 
2,051 
Average years operating any farm 
21.5 
28.1 
26.4 
26.4 
25.6 
24.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
135 
2 
5 
3 
7 
3 
25 to 34 years 
1,529 
24 
34 
68 
107 
106 
35 to 44 years 
4,094 
129 
107 
117 
187 
230 
45 to 49 years 
4,300 
128 
83 
133 
182 
197 
50 to 54 years 
6,493 
197 
116 
158 
235 
345 
55 to 59 years 
6,588 
206 
144 
167 
311 
364 
60 to 64 years 
7,070 
201 
106 
167 
320 
362 
65 to 69 years 
6,168 
147 
75 
122 
195 
312 
70 years and over 
11,363 
188 
133 
231 
489 
545 
Average age 
59.8 
57.9 
56.5 
57.7 
59.0 
59.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
4,459 
105 
80 
120 
215 
260 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
386 
3 
1 
12 
3 
19 
Asian 
829 
21 
20 
21 
55 
65 
Black or African American 
1,481 
5 
7 
12 
32 
47 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
48 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
White 
44,793 
1,187 
773 
1,116 
1,939 
2,325 
More than one race reported 
203 
4 
2 
2 
4 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,302 
106 
83 
138 
247 
309 
2 people 
24,854 
634 
438 
594 
1,119 
1,364 
3 people 
6,744 
155 
87 
155 
241 
356 
4 people 
5,379 
179 
124 
180 
244 
257 
5 or more people 
3,461 
148 
71 
99 
182 
178 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,112 
309 
244 
466 
940 
1,408 
25 to 49 percent 
2,555 
117 
78 
114 
228 
344 
50 to 74 percent 
2,800 
238 
169 
208 
393 
297 
75 to 99 percent 
1,496 
257 
134 
175 
225 
209 
1 00 percent 
1,777 
301 
178 
203 
247 
206 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,290 
401 
205 
227 
269 
206 
acres 
2,954,087 
2,186,104 
232,788 
225,610 
124,055 
45,572 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
34,578 
1,106 
696 
982 
1,589 
1,868 
Dial-up service 
2,684 
51 
46 
61 
114 
149 
DSL service 
17,209 
606 
363 
515 
762 
896 
Cable modem service 
6,234 
222 
115 
201 
337 
399 
Fiber-optic service 
1,613 
116 
51 
51 
63 
106 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,851 
228 
145 
196 
290 
308 
Satellite service 
4,149 
120 
78 
130 
206 
218 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,068 
53 
19 
24 
66 
73 
Other Internet service 
435 
18 
11 
9 
23 
21 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
39,130 
585 
481 
773 
1,400 
1,877 
2 households 
6,482 
339 
182 
215 
466 
424 
3 households 
1,182 
142 
56 
92 
96 
105 
4 households 
578 
66 
41 
41 
41 
41 
5 or more households 
368 
90 
43 
45 
30 
17 
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 
937 
684 
1,017 
1,826 
2,283 
acres 
7,294,801 
2,049,746 
585,308 
765,633 
816,076 
545,089 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,981 
138 
104 
153 
264 
299 
acres 
1,190,619 
401,690 
104,633 
170,678 
152,426 
131,274 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Florida 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
