Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
21,646 
68 
609 
1,475 
4,010 
5,793 
9,691 
acres 
7,294,801 
5,115,923 
3,103 
107,681 
389,702 
854,175 
1,498,550 
2,262,712 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,981 
1,614 
18 
97 
163 
392 
432 
512 
acres 
1,190,619 
819,949 
1,280 
23,466 
100,577 
235,622 
148,837 
310,167 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
38,140 
17,468 
61 
443 
1,102 
2,934 
4,524 
8,404 
acres 
4,129,394 
2,672,145 
3,041 
57,862 
253,867 
471,364 
744,879 
1,141,132 
Partnership 
farms 
2,576 
1,396 
- 
73 
90 
304 
422 
507 
acres 
1,492,465 
1,000,646 
- 
21,403 
(D) 
(D) 
253,249 
443,542 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,947 
1,090 
- 
66 
81 
249 
315 
379 
acres 
1,305,102 
887,442 
- 
19,852 
63,585 
191,517 
216,452 
396,036 
Corporation 
farms 
6,155 
3,638 
5 
136 
363 
1,027 
1,114 
993 
acres 
3,307,933 
2,680,568 
(D) 
(D) 
136,086 
543,992 
865,005 
1,089,521 
Family held 
farms 
5,239 
3,116 
5 
117 
313 
856 
970 
855 
acres 
2,716,962 
2,244,995 
(D) 
(D) 
120,370 
470,504 
838,012 
776,976 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
135 
103 
10 
2 
20 
35 
36 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,104 
3,013 
5 
107 
311 
836 
935 
819 
Other than family held 
farms 
916 
522 
_ 
19 
50 
171 
144 
138 
acres 
590,971 
435,573 
- 
6,831 
15,716 
73,488 
26,993 
312,545 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
49 
34 
- 
1 
1 
9 
14 
9 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
867 
488 
- 
18 
49 
162 
130 
129 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
869 
400 
6 
10 
31 
94 
105 
154 
acres 
618,550 
481,958 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
273,754 
71,968 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
13,291 
8,016 
30 
294 
648 
1,819 
2,299 
2,926 
workers 
107,192 
83,482 
259 
1,397 
9,769 
24,560 
24,816 
22,681 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,132 
4,855 
17 
156 
421 
1,222 
1,500 
1,539 
workers 
48,743 
39,291 
82 
713 
3,479 
12,053 
13,255 
9,709 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
8,783 
5,069 
20 
191 
371 
1,096 
1,421 
1,970 
workers 
58,449 
44,191 
177 
684 
6,290 
12,507 
11,561 
12,972 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
665 
470 
2 
21 
40 
130 
138 
139 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
349 
173 
- 
8 
16 
26 
42 
81 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,861 
10,092 
32 
238 
717 
1,831 
2,751 
4,523 
workers 
47,526 
21,629 
73 
551 
1,666 
4,140 
5,699 
9,500 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 1 ,742 
5,324 
20 
177 
453 
1,129 
1,403 
2,142 
1 0 to 49 acres 
21,013 
9,475 
39 
265 
578 
1,828 
2,577 
4,188 
50 to 69 acres 
2,816 
1,354 
1 
21 
73 
214 
377 
668 
70 to 99 acres 
2,596 
1,213 
2 
12 
77 
208 
292 
622 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,093 
1,053 
2 
22 
66 
175 
258 
530 
140 to 179 acres 
1,259 
632 
1 
24 
30 
117 
141 
319 
180 to 219 acres 
972 
500 
2 
16 
30 
66 
141 
245 
220 to 259 acres 
710 
423 
- 
27 
25 
94 
103 
174 
260 to 499 acres 
1,846 
1,059 
4 
46 
75 
171 
308 
455 
500 to 999 acres 
1,259 
791 
1 
29 
100 
134 
220 
307 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
661 
486 
- 
13 
41 
100 
157 
175 
2,000 acres or more 
773 
592 
- 
10 
38 
123 
188 
233 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
281 
141 
2 
2 
13 
25 
38 
61 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,084 
707 
1 
47 
51 
168 
217 
223 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
7,265 
3,480 
9 
46 
166 
633 
868 
1,758 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
5,257 
2,961 
3 
102 
249 
695 
939 
973 
Other crop farming (1119) 
4,928 
2,061 
3 
94 
149 
325 
553 
937 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
124 
82 
- 
17 
6 
13 
26 
20 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
4,801 
1,976 
3 
77 
141 
312 
527 
916 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,351 
7,596 
25 
171 
391 
1,044 
1,862 
4,103 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
187 
126 
2 
6 
9 
31 
40 
38 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
581 
213 
- 
13 
30 
87 
44 
39 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
1,106 
590 
7 
13 
52 
129 
170 
219 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,796 
762 
5 
22 
43 
152 
213 
327 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,904 
4,265 
15 
146 
433 
1,070 
1,221 
1,380 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
21,255 
9,817 
34 
259 
584 
1,604 
2,450 
4,886 
number 
1,675,323 
1,242,779 
1,003 
29,925 
123,760 
177,771 
382,830 
527,490 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,675 
3,419 
15 
88 
218 
627 
833 
1,638 
1 0 to 49 
8,749 
3,914 
15 
90 
177 
565 
937 
2,130 
50 to 99 
1,581 
868 
2 
32 
50 
146 
205 
433 
100 to 199 
886 
579 
- 
22 
48 
94 
153 
262 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
208 Florida 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
