Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
37,490 
6,243 
1,837 
24,662 
20,908 
acres 
7,294,801 
3,883,567 
2,905,371 
505,863 
3,783,308 
3,511,493 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,981 
2,331 
452 
198 
1,469 
1,512 
acres 
1,190,619 
600,551 
493,076 
96,992 
503,613 
687,006 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
38,140 
31,737 
5,128 
1,275 
21,434 
16,706 
acres 
4,129,394 
2,113,379 
1,770,657 
245,358 
2,374,318 
1,755,076 
Partnership 
farms 
2,576 
1,985 
418 
173 
1,054 
1,522 
acres 
1,492,465 
781,392 
618,590 
92,483 
474,862 
1,017,603 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,947 
1,510 
305 
132 
831 
1,116 
acres 
1,305,102 
684,756 
539,316 
81,030 
423,693 
881,409 
Corporation 
farms 
6,155 
4,710 
910 
535 
2,776 
3,379 
acres 
3,307,933 
1,992,488 
1,039,931 
275,514 
1,571,334 
1,736,599 
Family held 
farms 
5,239 
4,037 
784 
418 
2,292 
2,947 
acres 
2,716,962 
1,649,120 
833,724 
234,118 
1,314,304 
1,402,658 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
135 
91 
27 
17 
58 
77 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,104 
3,946 
757 
401 
2,234 
2,870 
Other than family held 
farms 
916 
673 
126 
117 
484 
432 
acres 
590,971 
343,368 
206,207 
41,396 
257,030 
333,941 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
49 
45 
2 
2 
31 
18 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
867 
628 
124 
115 
453 
414 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
869 
740 
81 
48 
494 
375 
acres 
618,550 
458,275 
147,192 
13,083 
214,080 
404,470 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
13,291 
9,809 
2,550 
932 
6,828 
6,463 
workers 
107,192 
56,335 
33,872 
16,985 
44,718 
62,474 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,132 
5,164 
1,420 
548 
3,362 
3,770 
workers 
48,743 
26,883 
13,442 
8,418 
19,740 
29,003 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
8,783 
6,354 
1,826 
603 
4,600 
4,183 
workers 
58,449 
29,452 
20,430 
8,567 
24,978 
33,471 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
665 
418 
171 
76 
312 
353 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
349 
272 
47 
30 
214 
135 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,861 
17,998 
3,142 
721 
9,895 
11,966 
workers 
47,526 
38,251 
7,731 
1,544 
18,663 
28,863 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 1 ,742 
10,936 
270 
536 
6,630 
5,112 
1 0 to 49 acres 
21,013 
18,477 
1,937 
599 
11,036 
9,977 
50 to 69 acres 
2,816 
2,192 
532 
92 
1,571 
1,245 
70 to 99 acres 
2,596 
1,934 
555 
107 
1,410 
1,186 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,093 
1,457 
500 
136 
1,127 
966 
140 to 179 acres 
1,259 
845 
346 
68 
706 
553 
180 to 219 acres 
972 
632 
258 
82 
567 
405 
220 to 259 acres 
710 
419 
214 
77 
375 
335 
260 to 499 acres 
1,846 
1,051 
690 
105 
1,011 
835 
500 to 999 acres 
1,259 
573 
577 
109 
647 
612 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
661 
302 
304 
55 
329 
332 
2,000 acres or more 
773 
354 
354 
65 
349 
424 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
281 
188 
77 
16 
172 
109 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,084 
695 
257 
132 
521 
563 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
7,265 
6,700 
385 
180 
4,132 
3,133 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
5,257 
4,470 
391 
396 
3,007 
2,250 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
4,928 
3,787 
956 
185 
3,084 
1,844 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
3 
- 
3 
- 
2 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
124 
31 
76 
17 
82 
42 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
4,801 
3,756 
877 
168 
3,000 
1,801 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,351 
13,190 
3,470 
691 
9,604 
7,747 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
187 
122 
56 
9 
78 
109 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
581 
531 
44 
6 
278 
303 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,106 
980 
113 
13 
421 
685 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,796 
1,653 
121 
22 
883 
913 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,904 
6,856 
667 
381 
3,578 
4,326 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
21,255 
15,884 
4,577 
794 
11,366 
9,889 
number 
1,675,323 
817,487 
735,404 
122,432 
759,353 
915,970 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,675 
7,714 
809 
152 
4,655 
4,020 
10 to 49 
8,749 
6,353 
2,046 
350 
4,793 
3,956 
50 to 99 
1,581 
843 
629 
109 
822 
759 
100 to 199 
886 
396 
421 
69 
454 
432 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
226 Florida 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
