Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Florida 
24,607 
26,133 
2,546,126 
9,995 
690,431 
Counties 
Alachua 
914 
965 
73,569 
382 
17,784 
Baker 
197 
208 
14,437 
51 
2,944 
Bay 
60 
60 
3,419 
27 
918 
Bradford 
232 
249 
16,379 
84 
5,932 
Brevard 
268 
283 
36,977 
101 
10,250 
Broward 
353 
383 
5,873 
159 
2,140 
Calhoun 
96 
102 
14,124 
32 
4,295 
Charlotte 
132 
137 
55,623 
49 
39,984 
Citrus 
336 
358 
18,272 
156 
5,522 
Clay 
215 
227 
14,079 
88 
2,589 
Collier 
149 
158 
31,148 
46 
1,359 
Columbia 
525 
560 
41,750 
205 
12,215 
DeSoto 
422 
437 
74,107 
172 
15,352 
Dixie 
92 
96 
16,241 
32 
(D) 
Duval 
153 
156 
9,486 
66 
1,587 
Escambia 
328 
345 
26,085 
111 
6,253 
Flagler 
49 
50 
19,612 
17 
(D) 
Franklin 
6 
7 
492 
3 
(D) 
Gadsden 
195 
205 
17,769 
107 
7,305 
Gilchrist 
334 
344 
42,884 
155 
10,640 
Glades 
144 
159 
51,902 
60 
3,478 
Gulf 
21 
21 
1,977 
11 
1,490 
Hamilton 
127 
133 
19,962 
47 
4,447 
Hardee 
398 
421 
64,528 
170 
16,574 
Hendry 
154 
164 
64,974 
60 
1 1 ,024 
Hernando 
474 
510 
26,269 
213 
6,632 
Highlands 
494 
519 
131,985 
166 
13,491 
Hillsborough 
1,207 
1,293 
64,466 
539 
21,808 
Holmes 
374 
391 
43,378 
99 
10,478 
Indian River 
188 
200 
42,620 
59 
2,340 
Jackson 
448 
473 
82,591 
188 
22,975 
Jefferson 
315 
333 
26,426 
109 
6,479 
Lafayette 
118 
121 
32,101 
32 
3,895 
Lake 
930 
997 
61,456 
363 
17,555 
Lee 
440 
469 
31,605 
183 
8,465 
Leon 
151 
159 
28,722 
65 
17,678 
Levy 
545 
563 
40,455 
233 
11,188 
Liberty 
20 
24 
7,988 
3 
210 
Madison 
322 
340 
53,990 
137 
16,205 
Manatee 
348 
361 
70,251 
139 
19,103 
Marion 
2,577 
2,716 
124,788 
1,191 
50,981 
Martin 
295 
320 
48,907 
110 
9,690 
Miami-Dade 
1,396 
1,500 
27,688 
546 
6,394 
Monroe 
14 
18 
116 
7 
38 
Nassau 
247 
264 
25,201 
89 
7,697 
Okaloosa 
245 
251 
29,224 
82 
5,662 
Okeechobee 
356 
379 
125,196 
88 
15,621 
Orange 
313 
339 
19,209 
150 
9,909 
Osceola 
187 
208 
49,702 
87 
25,373 
Palm Beach 
795 
905 
20,679 
460 
12,114 
Pasco 
544 
569 
50,759 
248 
12,145 
Pinellas 
76 
90 
1,034 
38 
354 
Polk 
1,094 
1,159 
146,052 
405 
52,137 
Putnam 
191 
200 
24,435 
72 
9,596 
St. Johns 
109 
119 
7,859 
43 
1,434 
St. Lucie 
198 
227 
34,871 
80 
10,153 
Santa Rosa 
316 
340 
21,874 
118 
6,668 
Sarasota 
154 
169 
26,870 
86 
14,741 
Seminole 
190 
208 
8,588 
108 
5,125 
Sumter 
750 
787 
59,920 
252 
9,164 
Suwannee 
721 
750 
84,636 
238 
19,576 
Taylor 
85 
90 
11,358 
23 
2,150 
Union 
128 
130 
8,187 
42 
2,076 
Volusia 
718 
762 
39,666 
336 
12,850 
Wakulla 
96 
99 
5,910 
32 
1,821 
Walton 
335 
346 
38,850 
93 
12,267 
Washington 
203 
207 
24,575 
52 
6,111 
1 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Florida 541 
