Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
725 
424 
99 
76 
500 or more 
639 
249 
128 
122 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
18,655 
16,043 
1,015 
717 
number 
1,106,010 
515,367 
184,458 
167,625 
Beef cows farms 
18,433 
15,900 
993 
698 
number 
982,790 
493,202 
(D) 
141,783 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,702 
7,967 
304 
185 
1 0 to 49 
6,906 
6,085 
345 
230 
50 to 99 
1,221 
948 
99 
75 
100 to 199 
645 
445 
73 
50 
200 to 499 
600 
337 
84 
73 
500 or more 
359 
118 
88 
85 
Milk cows farms 
425 
316 
25 
22 
number 
123,220 
22,165 
(D) 
25,842 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
295 
263 
7 
7 
1 0 to 49 
15 
12 
1 
1 
50 to 99 
8 
6 
2 
2 
100 to 199 
15 
9 
1 
1 
200 to 499 
28 
13 
3 
2 
500 or more 
64 
13 
11 
9 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
15,296 
13,017 
819 
601 
number 
569,313 
261,816 
77,685 
72,534 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
13,971 
11,815 
811 
586 
number 
860,429 
362,226 
143,530 
131,332 
$1,000 
531,869 
213,923 
100,084 
93,154 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
10,697 
9,040 
632 
452 
number 
448,031 
205,290 
63,485 
57,113 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
9,906 
8,216 
642 
489 
number 
412,398 
156,936 
80,045 
74,219 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
1,642 
1,461 
62 
41 
number 
14,915 
11,239 
669 
566 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,530 
1,370 
57 
36 
25 to 49 
68 
57 
3 
3 
50 to 99 
28 
24 
1 
1 
100 to 199 
7 
4 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
6 
5 
1 
1 
500 or more 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
748 
657 
33 
28 
number 
3,509 
2,709 
157 
138 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
1,249 
1,112 
41 
22 
number 
11,406 
8,530 
512 
428 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
1,104 
987 
50 
38 
number 
19,006 
14,585 
571 
318 
$1,000 
2,158 
1,568 
(D) 
25 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
1,161 
996 
49 
36 
number 
18,232 
14,336 
887 
799 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
700 
605 
34 
24 
number 
7,365 
5,801 
451 
416 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
529 
460 
21 
18 
number 
11,790 
9,987 
(D) 
341 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
13,755 
11,084 
693 
513 
number 
121,034 
76,675 
12,424 
10,631 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
13,215 
10,661 
664 
489 
number 
96,944 
65,699 
8,467 
6,948 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
3,442 
2,593 
206 
163 
number 
15,119 
8,971 
2,145 
2,008 
Goats, all inventory farms 
3,746 
3,356 
109 
71 
number 
52,052 
46,001 
1,783 
1,064 
Goats, all sold farms 
1,745 
1,592 
48 
37 
number 
21,272 
18,534 
661 
421 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
5,328 
4,751 
174 
104 
number 
9,386,611 
488,825 
21,686 
19,280 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
5,266 
4,708 
167 
100 
400 to 3,199 
35 
26 
5 
2 
3,200 to 9,999 
6 
3 
2 
2 
10,000 to 19,999 
4 
4 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
9 
9 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
6 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
632 
556 
20 
8 
number 
1,644,472 
664,650 
14,956 
14,640 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
154 Florida 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
