Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
4,994 
4,394 
4,321 
600 
586 
577 
acres 
2,019,648 
1,802,311 
1,543,644 
217,337 
152,053 
152,051 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
95 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
37,476 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
6,155 
5,239 
5,104 
916 
867 
- 
acres 
3,307,933 
2,716,962 
2,216,985 
590,971 
222,937 
- 
Family held 
farms 
5,239 
5,239 
5,104 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,716,962 
2,716,962 
2,216,985 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
135 
135 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,104 
5,104 
5,104 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
916 
- 
- 
916 
867 
- 
acres 
590,971 
- 
- 
590,971 
222,937 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
49 
- 
- 
49 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
867 
- 
" 
867 
867 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
869 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
618,550 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,662 
3,105 
2,999 
557 
521 
338 
workers 
54,767 
41,325 
37,404 
13,442 
12,010 
1,904 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,698 
2,285 
2,194 
413 
379 
222 
workers 
27,946 
22,171 
20,076 
5,775 
4,936 
1,087 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,076 
1,747 
1,670 
329 
308 
190 
workers 
26,821 
19,154 
17,328 
7,667 
7,074 
817 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
252 
221 
210 
31 
31 
12 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
81 
69 
69 
12 
11 
14 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,340 
2,029 
1,991 
311 
307 
395 
workers 
4,776 
4,129 
4,037 
647 
641 
937 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,603 
1,357 
1,353 
246 
243 
181 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,213 
1,898 
1,878 
315 
300 
337 
50 to 69 acres 
315 
255 
251 
60 
59 
51 
70 to 99 acres 
264 
234 
229 
30 
29 
44 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
210 
181 
178 
29 
27 
42 
140 to 1 79 acres 
180 
147 
145 
33 
30 
24 
180 to 219 acres 
131 
108 
104 
23 
23 
30 
220 to 259 acres 
108 
89 
84 
19 
18 
20 
260 to 499 acres 
336 
273 
268 
63 
60 
55 
500 to 999 acres 
291 
253 
236 
38 
30 
32 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
195 
168 
150 
27 
25 
27 
2,000 acres or more 
309 
276 
228 
33 
23 
26 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
21 
21 
21 
7 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
191 
157 
148 
34 
30 
19 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,111 
967 
918 
144 
127 
189 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
1,874 
1,574 
1,557 
300 
296 
92 
Other crop farming (1119) 
381 
326 
315 
55 
48 
91 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
11 
11 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
369 
314 
303 
55 
48 
91 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
895 
779 
739 
116 
111 
275 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
57 
52 
50 
5 
5 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
16 
16 
16 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
112 
80 
78 
32 
31 
16 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
62 
52 
52 
10 
10 
19 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,435 
1,215 
1,210 
220 
209 
152 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,446 
1,257 
1,204 
189 
181 
349 
number 
519,889 
460,827 
390,042 
59,062 
30,638 
116,108 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
332 
272 
269 
60 
59 
109 
10 to 49 
445 
392 
387 
53 
51 
136 
50 to 99 
129 
114 
111 
15 
15 
33 
1 00 to 1 99 
131 
125 
120 
6 
6 
16 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Florida 153 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
