Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
49 
3 
1 
15 
5 
11 
- 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
28 
3 
1 
6 
2 
6 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
33 
- 
2 
3 
5 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
7 
1 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
39,172 
188 
695 
6,700 
4,470 
3,787 
_ 
Part owners 
.... farms 
6,537 
77 
257 
385 
391 
956 
3 
Tenants 
.... farms 
2,031 
16 
132 
180 
396 
185 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
45,806 
265 
955 
7,091 
4,874 
4,755 
3 
acres 
7,379,770 
141,564 
332,708 
1,278,230 
325,709 
1,511,914 
639 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
45,709 
265 
952 
7,085 
4,861 
4,743 
3 
acres 
6,891,800 
106,802 
301,582 
1,146,652 
311,204 
1,404,753 
639 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
8,620 
93 
389 
572 
791 
1,152 
3 
acres 
2,703,204 
18,689 
214,707 
178,358 
73,956 
455,902 
686 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
8,568 
93 
389 
565 
787 
1,141 
3 
acres 
2,656,542 
18,249 
210,453 
153,743 
73,342 
452,090 
686 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
3,146 
44 
83 
469 
263 
613 
- 
acres 
534,632 
35,202 
35,380 
156,193 
15,119 
110,973 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
74,539 
427 
1,922 
11,154 
8,253 
7,143 
4 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
25,758 
172 
521 
4,132 
3,007 
3,084 
2 
2 operators 
18,549 
92 
403 
2,583 
1,796 
1,566 
1 
3 operators 
2,706 
10 
117 
439 
359 
219 
- 
4 operators 
469 
3 
22 
75 
43 
41 
- 
5 or more operators 
258 
4 
21 
36 
52 
18 
- 
Total women operators 
. number 
26,643 
123 
516 
3,493 
2,539 
2,092 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
23,012 
83 
419 
3,079 
2,163 
1,912 
- 
2 operators 
1,475 
8 
44 
173 
149 
69 
- 
3 operators 
168 
6 
- 
17 
13 
10 
- 
4 operators 
19 
- 
1 
3 
6 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
18 
1 
1 
1 
3 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
37,745 
255 
948 
6,032 
4,363 
4,152 
3 
Female 
9,995 
26 
136 
1,233 
894 
776 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
22,902 
141 
707 
3,480 
2,961 
2,061 
3 
Other 
24,838 
140 
377 
3,785 
2,296 
2,867 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,109 
208 
706 
4,439 
3,024 
3,488 
3 
Not on farm operated 
12,631 
73 
378 
2,826 
2,233 
1,440 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
19,233 
136 
517 
2,908 
2,387 
2,206 
3 
Any 
28,507 
145 
567 
4,357 
2,870 
2,722 
- 
1 to 49 days 
4,445 
19 
95 
806 
508 
467 
- 
50 to 99 days 
2,509 
16 
64 
515 
338 
208 
- 
100 to 199 days 
4,218 
26 
77 
627 
419 
449 
- 
200 days or more 
17,335 
84 
331 
2,409 
1,605 
1,598 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,559 
18 
74 
234 
164 
183 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,842 
22 
96 
441 
236 
249 
- 
5 to 9 years 
8,685 
26 
187 
1,250 
936 
710 
1 
10 years or more 
34,654 
215 
727 
5,340 
3,921 
3,786 
2 
Average years on present farm 
19.3 
23.6 
19.3 
19.8 
18.9 
21.6 
22.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,155 
13 
46 
166 
107 
145 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,199 
19 
75 
352 
177 
191 
- 
5 to 9 years 
7,442 
20 
156 
1,116 
794 
627 
1 
10 years or more 
36,944 
229 
807 
5,631 
4,179 
3,965 
2 
Average years operating any farm 
21.5 
25.7 
22.0 
22.0 
20.9 
23.8 
24.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
135 
2 
6 
12 
17 
9 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,529 
8 
72 
128 
171 
173 
- 
35 to 44 years 
4,094 
28 
78 
470 
496 
375 
2 
45 to 49 years 
4,300 
17 
111 
537 
490 
364 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
