Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
37,745 
1,144 
753 
1,034 
1,828 
2,131 
Female 
9,995 
85 
63 
141 
226 
407 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
22,902 
1,038 
668 
864 
1,426 
1,496 
Other 
24,838 
191 
148 
311 
628 
1,042 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,109 
441 
363 
546 
1,089 
1,542 
Not on farm operated 
12,631 
788 
453 
629 
965 
996 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
19,233 
817 
498 
644 
1,050 
1,040 
Any 
28,507 
412 
318 
531 
1,004 
1,498 
1 to 49 days 
4,445 
65 
57 
93 
170 
260 
50 to 99 days 
2,509 
48 
42 
46 
113 
134 
100 to 199 days 
4,218 
44 
26 
78 
113 
230 
200 days or more 
17,335 
255 
193 
314 
608 
874 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,559 
19 
18 
29 
78 
50 
3 or 4 years 
2,842 
41 
44 
49 
99 
119 
5 to 9 years 
8,685 
102 
75 
130 
251 
391 
10 years or more 
34,654 
1,067 
679 
967 
1,626 
1,978 
Average years on present farm 
19.3 
25.5 
23.6 
23.5 
22.6 
21.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,155 
10 
6 
20 
40 
33 
3 or 4 years 
2,199 
27 
28 
27 
65 
83 
5 to 9 years 
7,442 
73 
64 
102 
195 
321 
10 years or more 
36,944 
1,119 
718 
1,026 
1,754 
2,101 
Average years operating any farm 
21.5 
28.0 
26.5 
26.3 
25.6 
24.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
135 
2 
5 
3 
7 
3 
25 to 34 years 
1,529 
24 
34 
70 
113 
102 
35 to 44 years 
4,094 
132 
108 
116 
189 
238 
45 to 49 years 
4,300 
128 
84 
135 
189 
204 
50 to 54 years 
6,493 
197 
118 
163 
235 
361 
55 to 59 years 
6,588 
206 
148 
169 
308 
377 
60 to 64 years 
7,070 
203 
105 
170 
319 
370 
65 to 69 years 
6,168 
148 
75 
124 
199 
317 
70 years and over 
1 1 ,363 
189 
139 
225 
495 
566 
Average age 
59.8 
57.9 
56.5 
57.6 
59.0 
59.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
4,459 
107 
82 
117 
224 
304 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
386 
3 
1 
12 
3 
20 
Asian 
829 
21 
20 
21 
56 
74 
Black or African American 
1,481 
5 
7 
12 
33 
49 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
48 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
White 
44,793 
1,194 
786 
1,125 
1,958 
2,387 
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 
107 
82 
140 
255 
332 
2 people 
24,854 
637 
443 
601 
1,133 
1,381 
3 people 
6,744 
155 
92 
158 
240 
369 
4 people 
5,379 
182 
126 
179 
242 
264 
5 or more people 
3,461 
148 
73 
97 
184 
192 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,112 
310 
251 
470 
957 
1,438 
25 to 49 percent 
2,555 
117 
80 
116 
232 
361 
50 to 74 percent 
2,800 
238 
170 
213 
391 
309 
75 to 99 percent 
1,496 
263 
132 
176 
224 
216 
1 00 percent 
1,777 
301 
183 
200 
250 
214 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,290 
401 
206 
227 
273 
216 
acres 
2,954,087 
2,186,104 
232,966 
228,432 
123,925 
55,689 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
34,578 
1,111 
710 
985 
1,599 
1,902 
Dial-up service 
2,684 
55 
42 
63 
115 
155 
DSL service 
17,209 
606 
371 
515 
767 
917 
Cable modem service 
6,234 
222 
118 
200 
338 
408 
Fiber-optic service 
1,613 
116 
51 
51 
67 
102 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,851 
231 
146 
198 
291 
309 
Satellite service 
4,149 
124 
80 
131 
210 
211 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,068 
53 
21 
23 
65 
73 
Other Internet service 
435 
18 
11 
9 
23 
24 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
39,130 
591 
493 
774 
1,411 
1,951 
2 households 
6,482 
340 
182 
218 
477 
427 
3 households 
1,182 
142 
56 
93 
97 
104 
4 households 
578 
66 
41 
46 
37 
41 
5 or more households 
368 
90 
44 
44 
32 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
