Table 7. Hired Farm Workers, Agregados, and Sharecroppers: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Flired farm workers farms 
number 
Worked 5 months or more farms 
number 
Worked less than 5 months farms 
number 
8,337 
30,122 
5,034 
14,922 
4,282 
15,200 
7,705 
29,641 
5,416 
18,392 
3,485 
11,249 
Hired farm workers - (Con.) 
Agregado and sharecropper families 
living on place December 31 farms 
number 
1,450 
2,277 
1,024 
2,067 
Table 8. Inventory and Value of Machinery, Equipment, Land, Buildings, and Facilities: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE OF ALL 
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Automobiles, jeeps, pickups, and other motor 
trucks 
farms 
9,461 
7,695 
Total 
farms 
10,493 
8,922 
number 
15,329 
12,411 
dollars 
365,219,750 
255,450,351 
Wheel tractors 
farms 
1,941 
1,592 
Farms by value group: 
number 
4,110 
2,985 
$1 to $999 
farms 
1,950 
794 
Crawler tractors 
farms 
428 
223 
dollars 
683,573 
390,896 
number 
522 
270 
$1 ,000 to $9,999 
farms 
5,128 
5,196 
Coffee depulpers 
farms 
437 
422 
dollars 
19,857,370 
18,856,294 
number 
503 
492 
$10,000 or more 
farms 
3,415 
2,932 
Mechanical coffee dryers 
farms 
310 
219 
dollars 
344,678,807 
236,203,161 
number 
560 
454 
$10,000 to $29,999 
farms 
1,620 
1,506 
Solar or air coffee dryers 
farms 
99 
106 
dollars 
26,049,264 
23,335,847 
number 
167 
191 
$30,000 to $49,999 
farms 
396 
459 
Mechanical coffee washers 
farms 
172 
135 
dollars 
14,131,388 
16,626,730 
number 
210 
165 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
1,399 
967 
Milking machines 
farms 
315 
345 
dollars 
304,498,155 
196,240,584 
number 
4,084 
3,820 
ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE QF ALL 
Milk coolers 
farms 
315 
349 
LAND AND BUILDINGS 
number 
472 
534 
Emergency electric generators 
farms 
1,770 
1,553 
Total 
farms 
13,159 
15,729 
number 
1,990 
1,729 
dollars 
4,198,181,341 
4,780,974,951 
Farms by value group: 
SELECTED BUILDINGS 
$1 to $9,999 
farms 
180 
205 
dollars 
998,562 
987,100 
Buildings used to house iivestock 
farms 
2,654 
2,694 
$10,000 to $49,999 
farms 
1,840 
2,377 
number 
3,779 
4,607 
dollars 
50,498,465 
73,010,330 
Storage buildings for crops 
farms 
2,105 
1,667 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
3,197 
4,379 
number 
2,500 
1,841 
dollars 
226,366,102 
296,039,590 
Buildings for machinery 
farms 
2,067 
1,300 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
4,378 
4,957 
number 
2,336 
1,473 
dollars 
668,352,027 
786,100,061 
Greenhouses 
farms 
803 
508 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
1,967 
2,156 
number 
4,512 
1,718 
dollars 
641,220,226 
678,129,420 
Houses for agregados and other workers 
farms 
2,280 
689 
$500,000 or more 
farms 
1,597 
1,655 
number 
3,625 
1,070 
dollars 
2,610,745,959 
2,946,708,450 
Table 9. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms number 
Commercial fertilizer used on cropland ^ farms 
cuerdas on which used 
Commercial fertilizer used on pastureland ^ farms 
cuerdas on which used 
Organic fertilizer farms 
cuerdas on which used 
8,841 
7,687 
86,940 
558 
28,966 
507 
23,809 
7,641 
5,496 
56,511 
961 
29,627 
295 
10,672 
Chemical products (sprays, dusts, fumigants, etc.) used 
to control: 
Insects on crops farms 
cuerdas on which used 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms 
cuerdas on which used 
Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and pastures farms 
cuerdas on which used 
Nematodes on crops farms 
cuerdas on which used 
2,914 
47,356 
2,239 
32,328 
5,911 
109,026 
2,004 
28,035 
1,313 
21,533 
1,338 
18,131 
4,426 
62,323 
1,028 
12,402 
^ 2007 data do not include lime as commercial fertilizer. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - PUERTO RICO DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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