Table 16. Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Floriculture, and Sod Grown for Sale: 2012 and 2007 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
number 
662 
524 
Farms - (Con.) 
cuerdas in open field 
2,686 
3,057 
sq. ft. under protection 
6,591,484 
11,471,337 
Cut flowers (except orchids) farms 
61 
37 
Sales 
dollars 
37,533,811 
44,575,883 
cuerdas in open field 
227 
184 
sq. ft. under protection 
15,232 
246,700 
Irrigation 
farms 
257 
293 
Sales 
dollars 
408,121 
658,029 
cuerdas in open field 
1,561 
7,187 
sq. ft. under protection 
3,930,903 
3,753,195 
Cut orchid flowers 
farms 
19 
2 
cuerdas in open field 
11 
- 
Bedding plants (including vegetable 
sq. ft. under protection 
21,200 
(D) 
plants) 
farms 
151 
93 
Sales 
dollars 
86,476 
(D) 
cuerdas in open field 
38 
13 
sq. ft. under protection 
446,654 
549,914 
Coffee trees 
farms 
66 
34 
Sales 
dollars 
1 ,434,739 
1,011,389 
cuerdas in open field 
71 
24 
sq. ft. under protection 
100,806 
468,646 
Foliage plants 
farms 
298 
170 
Sales 
dollars 
1,542,450 
480,089 
cuerdas in open field 
87 
233 
sq. ft. under protection 
1 ,784,529 
2,674,189 
Lawn grass (sod) 
farms 
54 
37 
Sales 
dollars 
5,807,663 
6,930,235 
cuerdas in open field 
1,094 
1,098 
Sales 
dollars 
7,330,277 
8,966,435 
Potted flowering plants 
(except orchids) 
farms 
227 
250 
Palm trees 
farms 
255 
183 
cuerdas in open field 
74 
89 
cuerdas in open field 
1,034 
695 
sq. ft. under protection 
2,055,906 
5,082,959 
sq. ft. under protection 
210,250 
192,317 
Sales 
dollars 
6,097,160 
9,330,284 
Sales 
dollars 
5,890,669 
7,127,850 
Orchid plants 
farms 
84 
102 
Poinsettias 
farms 
173 
53 
cuerdas in open field 
24 
- 
cuerdas in open field 
3 
- 
sq. ft. under protection 
382,050 
517,774 
sq. ft. under protection 
2,416,197 
1,300,528 
Sales 
dollars 
2,511,121 
2,771,631 
Sales 
dollars 
5,413,464 
2,871,063 
Bulbs and roots (except bulb flowering 
Other horticulture (except 
plants) 
farms 
25 
60 
hydroponics) 
farms 
35 
130 
cuerdas in open field 
11 
2 
cuerdas in open field 
67 
447 
sq. ft. under protection 
32,040 
(D) 
sq. ft. under protection 
208,861 
413,950 
Sales 
dollars 
65,266 
(D) 
Sales 
dollars 
946,405 
4,405,581 
Table 17. Fish and Aquaculture Products Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Total aquaculture sales 
farms 
51 
40 
Total aquaculture sales - (Con.) 
dollars 
687,976 
832,725 
Shrimp 
farms 
4 
20 
In-ground fish ponds 
farms 
48 
(NA) 
pounds 
(D) 
7,101 
number 
332 
406 
dollars 
(D) 
45,264 
cuerdas 
252 
178 
Other food fish 
farms 
30 
(NA) 
Above-ground fish tanks 
farms 
37 
(NA) 
dollars 
70,160 
(NA) 
number 
448 
(NA) 
Ornamental fish 
farms 
6 
7 
number 
275,135 
841,550 
Tilapia 
farms 
37 
21 
dollars 
(D) 
256,800 
pounds 
16,715 
24,210 
Other aquaculture products 
dollars 
40,241 
63,406 
(see text) 
farms 
29 
(NA) 
dollars 
194,770 
(NA) 
20 Puerto Rico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - PUERTO RICO DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
