Table 10. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Florida: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.number 
47,740 
16,729 
17,148 
8,630 
972 
1,197 
742 
152 
2,170 
percent 
100.0 
35.0 
35.9 
18.1 
2.0 
2.5 
1.6 
0.3 
4.5 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
9,548,342 
1,401,631 
1,313,585 
885,384 
600,011 
1,026,480 
1,239,798 
827,912 
2,253,541 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
200 
84 
77 
103 
617 
858 
1,671 
5,447 
1,038 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
47,740 
16,729 
17,148 
8,630 
972 
1,197 
742 
152 
2,170 
$1,000 
7,741,695 
261,389 
249,756 
210,576 
257,742 
701,688 
1,489,132 
2,036,282 
2,535,130 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
162,164 
15,625 
14,565 
24,400 
265,166 
586,205 
2,006,916 
13,396,595 
1,168,263 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
15,524 
5,697 
6,739 
2,611 
28 
9 
1 
439 
$1,000 to $2,499 
5,306 
2,255 
2,158 
751 
4 
1 
- 
- 
137 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,113 
2,141 
2,050 
789 
4 
- 
- 
- 
129 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,223 
2,190 
1,995 
895 
- 
3 
- 
- 
140 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,759 
2,316 
2,033 
1,179 
5 
2 
- 
- 
224 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,003 
955 
888 
1,001 
7 
5 
_ 
_ 
147 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,538 
655 
739 
927 
31 
2 
- 
- 
184 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2,054 
422 
423 
439 
536 
19 
1 
- 
214 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,175 
80 
115 
7 
319 
500 
4 
- 
150 
$500,000 to $999,999 
816 
5 
3 
26 
12 
633 
16 
- 
121 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,229 
13 
5 
5 
26 
23 
720 
152 
285 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
685 
9 
3 
5 
19 
11 
519 
- 
119 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
281 
2 
2 
- 
7 
11 
201 
- 
58 
$5,000,000 or more 
263 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
" 
152 
108 
Total sales 
.... farms 
47,740 
16,729 
17,148 
8,630 
972 
1,197 
742 
152 
2,170 
$1,000 
7,701,532 
254,913 
244,469 
205,535 
253,744 
693,559 
1,482,856 
2,035,810 
2,530,645 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
897 
231 
220 
128 
74 
98 
96 
11 
39 
$1,000 
75,177 
3,827 
3,764 
2,040 
(D) 
11,319 
22,243 
(D) 
21,484 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
253 
17 
26 
14 
35 
58 
70 
9 
24 
$1,000 
68,672 
2,088 
2,370 
(D) 
(D) 
10,403 
21,812 
(D) 
21,253 
Corn 
... farms 
649 
172 
166 
90 
53 
69 
63 
6 
30 
$1,000 
43,711 
2,548 
2,073 
1,430 
3,161 
6,544 
15,338 
3,811 
8,806 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
167 
11 
18 
8 
23 
33 
50 
6 
18 
$1,000 
38,993 
1,227 
1,274 
665 
2,730 
5,622 
15,051 
3,811 
8,612 
Wheat 
... farms 
100 
11 
20 
8 
5 
31 
19 
- 
6 
$1,000 
4,582 
169 
314 
170 
141 
1,431 
2,154 
- 
204 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
26 
- 
2 
- 
1 
12 
11 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,073 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
919 
1,954 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
... farms 
181 
33 
48 
24 
18 
31 
21 
2 
4 
$1,000 
9,620 
622 
1,193 
380 
(D) 
2,751 
2,801 
(D) 
355 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
64 
2 
6 
4 
11 
20 
17 
1 
3 
$1,000 
7,633 
(D) 
529 
244 
1,150 
2,428 
2,700 
(D) 
(D) 
Sorghum 
... farms 
49 
5 
6 
2 
6 
3 
19 
2 
6 
$1,000 
1,408 
(D) 
49 
(D) 
174 
(D) 
617 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
3 
$1,000 
845 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
388 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
... farms 
14 
4 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
6 
$1,000 
12,577 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
6 
$1,000 
12,566 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
168 
51 
28 
25 
11 
16 
22 
3 
12 
$1,000 
3,280 
421 
136 
44 
(D) 
(D) 
1,333 
(D) 
289 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
22 
1 
- 
- 
1 
3 
11 
2 
4 
$1,000 
2,371 
(D) 
" 
- 
(D) 
476 
1,201 
(D) 
200 
Tobacco 
... farms 
10 
4 
- 
_ 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,411 
8 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,403 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
339 
53 
57 
25 
35 
107 
58 
2 
2 
$1,000 
73,256 
2,286 
2,827 
2,150 
3,590 
23,681 
37,570 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
258 
19 
31 
12 
30 
106 
56 
2 
2 
$1,000 
71,399 
1,539 
2,312 
1,815 
3,468 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
1,636 
452 
400 
362 
35 
86 
127 
46 
128 
$1,000 
1,348,961 
6,311 
6,525 
7,597 
4,499 
30,036 
205,871 
570,825 
517,297 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
454 
29 
31 
47 
20 
77 
125 
46 
79 
$1,000 
1,337,873 
2,658 
3,670 
3,958 
(D) 
29,854 
(D) 
570,825 
516,870 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
7,404 
2,660 
2,209 
1,184 
211 
353 
221 
53 
513 
$1,000 
1,847,805 
73,337 
66,714 
34,280 
36,056 
171,980 
348,902 
540,559 
575,978 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
2,104 
418 
350 
228 
183 
331 
210 
50 
334 
$1,000 
1,779,737 
45,848 
44,786 
19,956 
35,650 
171,490 
348,734 
540,485 
572,787 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
6,429 
2,401 
1,884 
994 
161 
290 
186 
46 
467 
$1,000 
1,614,649 
68,296 
59,082 
27,695 
28,317 
140,655 
283,920 
486,547 
520,137 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,806 
390 
311 
176 
137 
271 
175 
43 
303 
$1,000 
1,554,073 
43,310 
40,017 
15,476 
27,796 
140,262 
283,702 
486,473 
517,038 
Berries 
... farms 
1,170 
326 
371 
246 
56 
70 
41 
7 
53 
$1,000 
233,156 
5,040 
7,632 
6,584 
7,739 
31,325 
64,982 
54,012 
55,841 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
309 
27 
40 
50 
47 
66 
39 
7 
33 
$1,000 
224,829 
(□) 
4,641 
4,320 
7,712 
31,228 
(D) 
54,012 
55,642 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 127 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
