Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Monroe 
Nassau 
Okaloosa 
Okeechobee 
Orange 
Osceola 
Palm Beach 
Pasco 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
8 
203 
189 
225 
361 
149 
539 
481 
2007 
6 
124 
203 
208 
295 
160 
360 
413 
Any 
2012 
20 
241 
288 
453 
301 
216 
870 
584 
2007 
17 
325 
364 
448 
530 
221 
903 
797 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
4 
9 
36 
90 
50 
29 
229 
87 
2007 
10 
38 
77 
65 
101 
41 
134 
121 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
1 
16 
30 
42 
32 
11 
91 
89 
2007 
- 
30 
22 
39 
39 
18 
86 
98 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
- 
29 
45 
39 
40 
36 
92 
74 
2007 
- 
36 
30 
51 
70 
39 
117 
104 
200 days or more 
2012 
15 
187 
177 
282 
179 
140 
458 
334 
2007 
7 
221 
235 
293 
320 
123 
566 
474 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
2 
20 
20 
17 
14 
13 
41 
58 
2007 
- 
26 
29 
32 
48 
14 
41 
77 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
1 
29 
16 
44 
25 
15 
68 
53 
2007 
5 
33 
40 
43 
81 
11 
100 
127 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
14 
64 
109 
126 
114 
62 
310 
199 
2007 
7 
85 
102 
180 
124 
94 
358 
264 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
11 
331 
332 
491 
509 
275 
990 
755 
2007 
11 
305 
396 
401 
572 
262 
764 
742 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
13.8 
19.8 
19.7 
20.6 
20.7 
21.1 
16.6 
19.4 
2007 
9.6 
16.4 
19.9 
18.5 
17.9 
18.6 
15.0 
17.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
2 
8 
17 
11 
9 
10 
34 
51 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
1 
30 
16 
34 
20 
12 
51 
45 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
10 
53 
97 
111 
93 
48 
253 
146 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
15 
353 
347 
522 
540 
295 
1,071 
823 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
19.4 
21.0 
21.4 
23.2 
22.8 
24.0 
18.7 
22.4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
2 
. 
. 
. 
. 
1 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
2 
17 
17 
44 
20 
9 
107 
25 
2007 
- 
15 
22 
25 
11 
7 
32 
50 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
- 
46 
37 
59 
45 
37 
102 
87 
2007 
2 
76 
40 
89 
92 
43 
200 
175 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
10 
129 
80 
153 
170 
70 
456 
237 
2007 
11 
93 
108 
167 
244 
87 
385 
288 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
1 
60 
72 
79 
118 
59 
212 
142 
2007 
9 
82 
94 
75 
114 
52 
224 
155 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
10 
62 
86 
122 
84 
40 
206 
119 
2007 
- 
61 
113 
98 
110 
56 
149 
164 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
- 
39 
70 
71 
65 
62 
121 
149 
2007 
- 
48 
57 
58 
53 
54 
144 
104 
70 years and over 
2012 
5 
91 
113 
150 
160 
88 
205 
305 
2007 
1 
74 
133 
144 
197 
82 
129 
274 
Average age 
2012 
57.9 
57.8 
60.7 
58.8 
60.0 
60.9 
55.8 
61.5 
2007 
52.8 
56.4 
60.2 
57.5 
58.4 
59.6 
55.1 
57.9 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
19 
319 
310 
485 
503 
258 
1,181 
766 
2007 
12 
213 
284 
330 
460 
213 
879 
706 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
- 
19 
20 
39 
25 
25 
72 
74 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
13 
220 
195 
194 
266 
111 
576 
265 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
5 
34 
50 
63 
122 
67 
277 
128 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
1 
31 
45 
4 
98 
140 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
1 
52 
12 
103 
62 
52 
191 
159 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
- 
17 
56 
106 
25 
45 
115 
68 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
- 
5 
3 
20 
36 
7 
34 
26 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
" 
2 
2 
3 
12 
- 
9 
17 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
23 
429 
472 
618 
612 
350 
1,245 
1,018 
acres, 2012 
372 
36,480 
58,418 
318,448 
58,146 
290,941 
86,958 
153,838 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
4 
28 
19 
66 
53 
29 
148 
57 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
4,801 
6,918 
122,805 
14,897 
57,394 
(D) 
13,468 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
12 
387 
415 
503 
431 
266 
793 
862 
2007 
7 
397 
520 
526 
620 
319 
823 
1,009 
acres, 2012 
355 
28,669 
45,848 
152,647 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
69,456 
2007 
48 
27,504 
51,837 
167,680 
(D) 
172,321 
40,319 
77,384 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
3 
13 
26 
55 
37 
36 
82 
47 
2007 
2 
20 
25 
51 
39 
21 
69 
67 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
6,459 
9,384 
91,444 
5,880 
119,171 
48,333 
6,140 
2007 
(D) 
992 
9,163 
57,045 
3,667 
39,714 
24,494 
9,857 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
7 
28 
27 
92 
150 
44 
439 
107 
2007 
11 
20 
12 
65 
134 
32 
331 
121 
acres, 2012 
12 
3,143 
2,141 
187,923 
21,356 
118,932 
313,466 
64,165 
2007 
134 
2,470 
(D) 
102,887 
18,014 
114,894 
348,578 
61,955 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
2 
7 
1 
17 
28 
10 
61 
30 
2007 
- 
5 
2 
7 
18 
6 
31 
5 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
510 
(D) 
2,749 
3,766 
9,514 
(D) 
29,985 
2007 
141 
(D) 
8,648 
(D) 
318,270 
111,988 
554 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
4 
9 
8 
11 
16 
9 
34 
19 
2007 
3 
7 
8 
7 
14 
3 
9 
8 
acres, 2012 
5 
554 
(D) 
7,061 
(D) 
(D) 
1,684 
1,373 
2007 
(D) 
170 
(D) 
2,097 
505 
1,091 
279 
213 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Florida 537 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
