Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
38,140 
1,859 
1,408 
acres 
7,294,801 
4,129,394 
993,708 
847,282 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,981 
1,929 
957 
889 
acres 
1,190,619 
574,561 
578,582 
544,911 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
38,140 
38,140 
- 
- 
acres 
4,129,394 
4,129,394 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,576 
- 
2,576 
1,947 
acres 
1,492,465 
- 
1,492,465 
1,305,102 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,947 
- 
1,947 
1,947 
acres 
1,305,102 
- 
1,305,102 
1,305,102 
Corporation 
farms 
6,155 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3,307,933 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
5,239 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,716,962 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
135 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,104 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
916 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
590,971 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
49 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
867 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
869 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
618,550 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
13,291 
8,150 
1,141 
951 
workers 
107,192 
35,701 
14,820 
13,633 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,132 
3,499 
713 
614 
workers 
48,743 
12,420 
7,290 
6,634 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
8,783 
5,829 
688 
553 
workers 
58,449 
23,281 
7,530 
6,999 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
665 
306 
95 
82 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
349 
209 
45 
36 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,861 
18,052 
1,074 
793 
workers 
47,526 
39,371 
2,442 
1,771 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
11,742 
9,538 
420 
315 
1 0 to 49 acres 
21,013 
17,606 
857 
605 
50 to 69 acres 
2,816 
2,300 
150 
117 
70 to 99 acres 
2,596 
2,165 
123 
104 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,093 
1,690 
151 
123 
140 to 179 acres 
1,259 
962 
93 
71 
180 to 219 acres 
972 
731 
80 
53 
220 to 259 acres 
710 
514 
68 
49 
260 to 499 acres 
1,846 
1,267 
188 
141 
500 to 999 acres 
1,259 
756 
180 
142 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
661 
330 
109 
94 
2,000 acres or more 
773 
281 
157 
133 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
281 
241 
12 
6 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,084 
768 
106 
80 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
7,265 
5,413 
552 
475 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
5,257 
2,973 
318 
279 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
4,928 
4,182 
274 
193 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
124 
103 
10 
4 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
4,801 
4,077 
264 
189 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,351 
15,413 
768 
524 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
187 
105 
18 
15 
Hog and pig farming (1 1 22) 
581 
536 
27 
20 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,106 
938 
40 
22 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,796 
1,670 
45 
23 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,904 
5,901 
416 
310 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
21,255 
18,387 
1,073 
756 
number 
1,675,323 
777,183 
262,143 
240,159 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,675 
7,959 
275 
170 
1 0 to 49 
8,749 
7,794 
374 
247 
50 to 99 
1,581 
1,298 
121 
79 
100 to 199 
886 
663 
76 
62 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 Florida 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
