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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
6,168 
3,601 
1,371 
695 
77 
104 
96 
22 
70 years and over 
11,363 
8,006 
1,396 
1,030 
146 
212 
114 
25 
Average age 
59.8 
68.8 
54.2 
55.0 
56.1 
56.6 
57.7 
59.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
4,459 
1,302 
1,526 
1,085 
94 
120 
45 
10 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
386 
142 
150 
78 
3 
5 
1 
- 
Asian 
829 
230 
258 
220 
20 
34 
17 
- 
Black or African American 
1,481 
746 
462 
197 
9 
9 
6 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
48 
11 
23 
7 
- 
- 
2 
- 
White 
44,793 
15,542 
16,184 
8,070 
937 
1,147 
714 
151 
More than one race reported 
203 
58 
71 
58 
3 
2 
2 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
7,302 
3,197 
2,200 
1,280 
95 
113 
60 
13 
2 people 
24,854 
10,758 
7,511 
3,885 
520 
647 
379 
82 
3 people 
6,744 
1,595 
3,092 
1,379 
122 
148 
99 
13 
4 people 
5,379 
599 
2,707 
1,329 
139 
180 
101 
25 
5 or more people 
3,461 
580 
1,638 
757 
96 
109 
103 
19 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
39,112 
14,746 
15,786 
6,147 
306 
409 
210 
28 
25 to 49 percent 
2,555 
881 
593 
619 
107 
103 
67 
26 
50 to 74 percent 
2,800 
722 
514 
771 
185 
225 
150 
21 
75 to 99 percent 
1,496 
252 
157 
408 
149 
194 
151 
43 
1 00 percent 
1,777 
128 
98 
685 
225 
266 
164 
34 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
2,290 
281 
344 
514 
140 
247 
185 
72 
acres 
2,954,087 
47,397 
39,513 
91,416 
111,350 
246,995 
347,064 
580,640 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
34,578 
10,545 
13,268 
6,535 
797 
1,041 
655 
149 
Dial-up service 
2,684 
1,107 
827 
504 
56 
53 
38 
11 
DSL service 
17,209 
5,060 
6,727 
3,265 
419 
550 
358 
86 
Cable modem service 
6,234 
1,878 
2,320 
1,175 
147 
178 
129 
32 
Fiber-optic service 
1,613 
424 
630 
272 
30 
65 
51 
22 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
5,851 
1,500 
2,235 
1,259 
164 
204 
113 
38 
Satellite service 
4,149 
1,406 
1,501 
728 
105 
129 
61 
20 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
1,068 
362 
302 
255 
28 
27 
24 
14 
Other Internet service 
435 
132 
175 
63 
14 
19 
10 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
39,130 
13,805 
14,876 
7,187 
709 
784 
384 
73 
2 households 
6,482 
2,470 
1,758 
1,112 
169 
232 
213 
34 
3 households 
1,182 
264 
300 
202 
60 
85 
75 
22 
4 households 
578 
160 
146 
78 
11 
47 
25 
15 
5 or more households 
368 
30 
68 
51 
23 
49 
45 
8 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
45,570 
16,729 
17,148 
8,630 
972 
1,197 
742 
152 
acres 
7,294,801 
1,401,631 
1,313,585 
885,384 
600,011 
1,026,480 
1,239,798 
827,912 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,981 
663 
936 
703 
136 
148 
87 
17 
acres 
1,190,619 
127,515 
171,224 
121,052 
95,581 
151,706 
222,904 
113,420 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
38,140 
15,017 
14,850 
6,923 
512 
555 
249 
34 
acres 
4,129,394 
1,045,374 
1,001,844 
690,665 
341,260 
464,017 
462,436 
123,798 
Partnership 
farms 
2,576 
535 
572 
370 
94 
142 
129 
17 
acres 
1,492,465 
124,611 
103,568 
61,737 
(D) 
169,246 
372,637 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,947 
374 
418 
287 
87 
120 
107 
15 
acres 
1,305,102 
100,877 
74,340 
43,574 
51,482 
150,993 
323,699 
102,317 
Corporation 
farms 
6,155 
941 
1,543 
1,237 
344 
479 
351 
99 
acres 
3,307,933 
189,076 
175,009 
117,449 
183,728 
369,081 
399,736 
585,569 
Family held 
farms 
5,239 
848 
1,358 
1,093 
304 
401 
306 
84 
acres 
2,716,962 
160,189 
159,432 
105,438 
178,859 
307,701 
315,951 
574,741 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
135 
10 
12 
6 
5 
15 
13 
12 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
5,104 
838 
1,346 
1,087 
299 
386 
293 
72 
Other than family held 
farms 
916 
93 
185 
144 
40 
78 
45 
15 
acres 
590,971 
28,887 
15,577 
12,011 
4,869 
61,380 
83,785 
10,828 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
49 
- 
1 
3 
1 
2 
6 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
867 
93 
184 
141 
39 
76 
39 
14 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
869 
236 
183 
100 
22 
21 
13 
2 
acres 
618,550 
42,570 
33,164 
15,533 
(D) 
24,136 
4,989 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
202 
434 
57.9 
277 
7 
50 
52 
5 
2,048 
8 
344 
1,072 
296 
299 
159 
1,480 
159 
212 
142 
177 
507 
1,489,712 
1,588 
88 
744 
375 
119 
338 
199 
56 
18 
1,312 
494 
174 
96 
94 
291 
187,217 
717 
498,757 
539 
457,820 
1,161 
1,288,285 
845 
914,651 
62 
783 
316 
373,634 
35 
281 
292 
466,499 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 135 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
