Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Calhoun 
Charlotte 
Citrus 
Clay 
Collier 
Columbia 
DeSoto 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
218 
284 
559 
403 
319 
945 
836 
2007 
242 
242 
411 
374 
322 
982 
1,035 
acres, 2012 
42,850 
217,222 
40,541 
51,581 
123,608 
101,451 
302,869 
2007 
39,102 
166,045 
40,017 
41,537 
109,934 
85,952 
260,277 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
104 
94 
153 
120 
137 
322 
273 
2007 
78 
91 
113 
70 
137 
270 
481 
acres, 2012 
16,501 
15,117 
5,096 
4,450 
30,096 
22,204 
55,880 
TENURE 
2007 
13,249 
21,663 
6,146 
2,937 
35,288 
13,856 
63,585 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
190 
208 
455 
360 
250 
804 
664 
2007 
212 
192 
323 
340 
270 
863 
898 
acres, 2012 
24,909 
112,380 
22,763 
31,191 
68,793 
57,807 
155,739 
2007 
22,315 
133,325 
17,346 
29,607 
80,265 
60,283 
130,949 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
81 
81 
118 
108 
121 
244 
225 
2007 
58 
71 
77 
62 
121 
205 
444 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
12,188 
2,631 
3,538 
22,139 
9,364 
38,768 
2007 
(D) 
16,738 
2,390 
2,143 
29,004 
5,783 
40,826 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
25 
63 
93 
35 
51 
122 
141 
2007 
25 
42 
78 
29 
30 
104 
125 
acres, 2012 
17,391 
63,894 
15,378 
20,024 
34,973 
41,014 
139,899 
2007 
16,059 
31,840 
20,157 
11,676 
9,536 
24,519 
116,556 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
5,990 
12,882 
6,308 
823 
10,948 
21,014 
38,692 
2007 
6,291 
5,508 
8,984 
(D) 
590 
14,176 
57,036 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
11,401 
51,012 
9,070 
19,201 
24,025 
20,000 
101,207 
2007 
9,768 
26,332 
11,173 
(D) 
8,946 
10,343 
59,520 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
21 
8 
28 
10 
9 
68 
41 
2007 
18 
16 
30 
8 
5 
58 
30 
acres, 2012 
11,175 
2,124 
2,214 
(D) 
(D) 
11,672 
(D) 
2007 
11,105 
4,500 
3,077 
794 
74 
7,915 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
3 
13 
11 
8 
18 
19 
31 
2007 
5 
8 
10 
5 
22 
15 
12 
acres, 2012 
550 
40,948 
2,400 
366 
19,842 
2,630 
7,231 
2007 
728 
880 
2,514 
254 
20,133 
1,150 
12,772 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
2 
5 
7 
2 
7 
10 
7 
2007 
2 
4 
6 
- 
11 
7 
7 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
805 
251 
(D) 
(D) 
1,168 
(D) 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
(D) 
425 
679 
6,210 
158 
(D) 
Total operators 
number 
346 
454 
910 
627 
493 
1,495 
1,316 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
124 
149 
274 
205 
169 
483 
452 
2 operators 
75 
113 
246 
181 
135 
383 
329 
3 operators 
14 
16 
20 
10 
12 
72 
41 
4 operators 
2 
5 
15 
5 
1 
6 
8 
5 or more operators 
3 
1 
4 
2 
2 
1 
6 
Total women operators 
number 
106 
142 
363 
231 
159 
565 
460 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
88 
125 
313 
203 
139 
487 
406 
2 operators 
6 
7 
22 
8 
10 
36 
16 
3 operators 
2 
1 
2 
4 
- 
2 
2 
4 operators 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
2 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
375 
393 
713 
615 
502 
1,517 
1,625 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
132 
113 
181 
173 
179 
537 
579 
2 operators 
96 
109 
183 
171 
117 
384 
364 
3 operators 
13 
18 
38 
22 
17 
33 
71 
4 operators 
“ 
2 
5 
6 
7 
27 
15 
5 or more operators 
1 
" 
4 
2 
2 
1 
6 
Total women operators 
number 
139 
142 
296 
251 
180 
578 
504 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
125 
130 
246 
216 
136 
510 
442 
2 operators 
7 
6 
16 
7 
22 
25 
23 
3 operators 
- 
- 
6 
7 
- 
6 
4 
4 operators 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
1 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
186 
235 
403 
315 
273 
740 
664 
2007 
202 
194 
287 
285 
246 
753 
874 
acres, 2012 
38,555 
177,238 
35,019 
48,992 
122,249 
89,236 
287,517 
2007 
35,461 
164,492 
34,832 
38,405 
108,258 
73,793 
228,586 
Female 
farms, 2012 
32 
49 
156 
88 
46 
205 
172 
2007 
40 
48 
124 
89 
76 
229 
161 
acres, 2012 
4,295 
39,984 
5,522 
2,589 
1,359 
12,215 
15,352 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
3,641 
1,553 
5,185 
3,132 
1,676 
12,159 
31,691 
Farming 
2012 
68 
145 
278 
180 
140 
439 
405 
2007 
86 
119 
193 
156 
171 
412 
406 
Other 
2012 
150 
139 
281 
223 
179 
506 
431 
Place of residence: 
2007 
156 
123 
218 
218 
151 
570 
629 
On farm operated 
2012 
158 
185 
451 
348 
222 
814 
565 
2007 
196 
155 
343 
338 
185 
885 
720 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
60 
99 
108 
55 
97 
131 
271 
2007 
46 
87 
68 
36 
137 
97 
315 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Florida 523 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
