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 (continued) 
[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 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
Ethanol 
■ Con. 
farms 
28 
12 
13 
2 
1 
Other 
farms 
33 
13 
13 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
7 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
39,172 
14,644 
14,256 
6,870 
582 
669 
389 
80 
1,682 
Part owners 
farms 
6,537 
1,770 
2,167 
1,284 
288 
401 
279 
54 
294 
Tenants 
farms 
2,031 
315 
725 
476 
102 
127 
74 
18 
194 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
45,806 
16,433 
16,466 
8,173 
875 
1,076 
669 
134 
1,980 
acres 
7,379,770 
1,176,680 
1,014,799 
580,031 
357,165 
608,829 
887,029 
726,828 
2,028,409 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
45,709 
16,414 
16,423 
8,154 
870 
1,070 
668 
134 
1,976 
acres 
6,891,800 
1,080,876 
936,021 
528,574 
346,394 
563,534 
846,515 
718,778 
1,871,108 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
8,620 
2,107 
2,903 
1,776 
390 
530 
354 
72 
488 
acres 
2,703,204 
328,593 
379,938 
359,439 
253,689 
465,701 
394,730 
109,334 
411,780 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
8,568 
2,085 
2,892 
1,760 
390 
528 
353 
72 
488 
acres 
2,656,542 
320,755 
377,564 
356,810 
253,617 
462,946 
393,283 
109,134 
382,433 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,146 
1,252 
1,036 
449 
53 
99 
52 
15 
190 
acres 
534,632 
103,642 
81,152 
54,086 
10,843 
48,050 
41,961 
8,250 
186,648 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
... number 
74,539 
24,799 
26,995 
13,334 
1,590 
2,069 
1,452 
377 
3,923 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
25,758 
9,778 
8,661 
4,708 
534 
588 
326 
67 
1,096 
2 operators 
18,549 
6,049 
7,424 
3,280 
336 
418 
272 
26 
744 
3 operators 
2,706 
755 
856 
556 
63 
143 
93 
33 
207 
4 operators 
469 
106 
160 
56 
19 
30 
23 
10 
65 
5 or more operators 
258 
41 
47 
30 
20 
18 
28 
16 
58 
Total women operators 
... number 
26,643 
8,789 
10,229 
5,315 
476 
500 
269 
45 
1,020 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
23,012 
7,853 
8,939 
4,520 
359 
412 
195 
31 
703 
2 operators 
1,475 
381 
568 
317 
36 
41 
21 
7 
104 
3 operators 
168 
51 
39 
41 
7 
2 
6 
- 
22 
4 operators 
19 
4 
4 
4 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
18 
1 
3 
4 
" 
" 
2 
- 
8 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
37,745 
13,367 
13,736 
6,076 
867 
1,083 
678 
147 
1,791 
Female 
9,995 
3,362 
3,412 
2,554 
105 
114 
64 
5 
379 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
22,902 
10,337 
- 
8,630 
972 
954 
621 
132 
1,256 
Other 
24,838 
6,392 
17,148 
- 
- 
243 
121 
20 
914 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
35,109 
13,490 
12,678 
6,581 
539 
572 
305 
27 
917 
Not on farm operated 
12,631 
3,239 
4,470 
2,049 
433 
625 
437 
125 
1,253 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
19,233 
11,588 
1,290 
3,505 
597 
716 
470 
114 
953 
Any 
28,507 
5,141 
15,858 
5,125 
375 
481 
272 
38 
1,217 
1 to 49 days 
4,445 
1,456 
1,762 
782 
69 
89 
43 
8 
236 
50 to 99 days 
2,509 
882 
890 
510 
37 
56 
39 
1 
94 
100 to 199 days 
4,218 
873 
1,996 
1,032 
55 
55 
37 
4 
166 
200 days or more 
17,335 
1,930 
11,210 
2,801 
214 
281 
153 
25 
721 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,559 
368 
722 
302 
21 
26 
15 
- 
105 
3 or 4 years 
2,842 
644 
1,340 
610 
38 
53 
21 
2 
134 
5 to 9 years 
8,685 
2,344 
3,910 
1,800 
119 
138 
44 
7 
323 
10 years or more 
34,654 
13,373 
11,176 
5,918 
794 
980 
662 
143 
1,608 
Average years on present farm 
19.3 
23.1 
15.6 
17.4 
23.2 
23.2 
26.5 
28.5 
19.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,155 
275 
559 
213 
17 
12 
6 
- 
73 
3 or 4 years 
2,199 
484 
1,077 
478 
19 
28 
15 
1 
97 
5 to 9 years 
7,442 
1,985 
3,467 
1,490 
84 
122 
33 
4 
257 
1 0 years or more 
36,944 
13,985 
12,045 
6,449 
852 
1,035 
688 
147 
1,743 
Average years operating any farm ... 
21.5 
25.7 
17.3 
19.8 
25.9 
25.9 
28.8 
30.5 
22.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
135 
- 
60 
62 
2 
5 
- 
- 
6 
25 to 34 years 
1,529 
2 
821 
481 
65 
59 
14 
1 
86 
35 to 44 years 
4,094 
188 
2,261 
1,064 
107 
146 
86 
14 
228 
45 to 49 years 
4,300 
373 
2,243 
1,115 
110 
132 
79 
13 
235 
50 to 54 years 
6,493 
763 
3,454 
1,489 
116 
181 
117 
26 
347 
55 to 59 years 
6,588 
1,225 
3,124 
1,382 
199 
198 
123 
22 
315 
60 to 64 years 
7,070 
2,571 
2,418 
1,312 
150 
160 
113 
29 
317 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
134 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
