Table 84. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Less 
than 
$1,000 
$1,000 
to 
$2,499 
$2,500 
to 
$4,999 
$5,000 
to 
$7,499 
$7,500 
to 
$9,999 
$10,000 
to 
$19,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
13,159 
1,837 
2,015 
1,986 
1,209 
771 
1,521 
Land in farms 
cuerdas 
584,988 
19,357 
31,344 
41,199 
27,300 
22,619 
59,567 
Average size of farm 
cuerdas 
44.5 
10.5 
15.6 
20.7 
22.6 
29.3 
39.2 
Farms by size: 
Less than 1 0 cuerdas 
5,129 
1,190 
1,068 
771 
555 
235 
310 
1 0 to 1 9 cuerdas 
2,859 
386 
488 
509 
323 
217 
438 
20 to 49 cuerdas 
2,872 
238 
356 
533 
196 
228 
478 
50 to 99 cuerdas 
10 
84 
143 
74 
40 
133 
1 00 to 1 74 cuerdas 
7 
11 
14 
49 
17 
106 
1 75 to 259 cuerdas 
6 
2 
13 
3 
31 
30 
260 cuerdas or more 
395 
- 
6 
3 
9 
3 
26 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
12,510 
1,713 
1,979 
1,823 
1,156 
760 
1,478 
cuerdas 
433,563 
12,868 
22,085 
28,008 
20,424 
16,771 
45,889 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
10,008 
1,341 
1,658 
1,455 
977 
676 
1,301 
cuerdas 
127,372 
2,567 
5,113 
7,325 
5,709 
4,794 
13,812 
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing 
farms 
4,048 
618 
461 
559 
328 
125 
458 
cuerdas 
219,533 
6,274 
1 1 ,346 
10,190 
11,163 
9,346 
19,811 
Cropland used for cover crops, legumes, and soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not pastured 
or grazed 
farms 
281 
38 
22 
33 
35 
7 
35 
cuerdas 
5,145 
583 
170 
397 
187 
40 
274 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
farms 
773 
78 
96 
65 
101 
17 
175 
cuerdas 
2,939 
313 
189 
335 
166 
43 
267 
Cropland idle 
farms 
4,931 
527 
941 
811 
332 
239 
732 
cuerdas 
78,575 
3,130 
5,267 
9,760 
3,199 
2,548 
11,726 
Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland 
and woodland 
farms 
2,033 
229 
315 
349 
182 
107 
156 
cuerdas 
67,150 
1,606 
4,487 
6,236 
2,880 
2,061 
5,183 
Woodland, forest, and underbrush that cannot 
be used for cultivation or pasture 
farms 
3,130 
337 
397 
639 
288 
169 
288 
cuerdas 
42,712 
2,838 
2,043 
4,204 
1,998 
1,151 
4,665 
All other land including land in house lots, buildings. 
ponds, roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
9,119 
1,160 
1,320 
1,381 
837 
547 
1,097 
cuerdas 
41,563 
2,046 
2,729 
2,751 
1,999 
2,637 
3,830 
IRRIGATION 
Land irrigated 
farms 
1,073 
69 
31 
86 
88 
18 
111 
cuerdas 
53,361 
291 
64 
154 
218 
131 
549 
water (acre-feet) 
30,829 
9 
14 
61 
63 
31 
79 
Public system 
farms 
229 
3 
5 
5 
72 
8 
22 
cuerdas 
14,675 
3 
7 
9 
147 
80 
259 
Private system 
farms 
862 
66 
26 
82 
17 
13 
92 
cuerdas 
38,686 
288 
57 
145 
71 
51 
290 
Farms by type of irrigation: 
Gravity 
198 
11 
13 
67 
6 
3 
10 
Drip 
468 
7 
9 
7 
63 
7 
32 
Sprinkler 
297 
4 
5 
5 
15 
7 
61 
Other 
109 
47 
4 
5 
4 
1 
8 
Farms by major source of irrigation water 
for private systems: 
Well 
530 
15 
20 
18 
7 
8 
74 
River or stream 
131 
3 
2 
52 
4 
- 
6 
Lake or private pond 
88 
- 
- 
3 
1 
1 
3 
Canal 
16 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Other 
95 
48 
4 
9 
4 
4 
7 
TENURE AND PRIMARY OCCUPATION OF 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
All operators 
13,159 
1,837 
2,015 
1,986 
1,209 
771 
1,521 
Full owners 
9,362 
1,481 
1,709 
1,508 
891 
547 
1,049 
Part owners 
1,069 
52 
28 
54 
101 
58 
74 
Tenants 
2,728 
304 
278 
424 
217 
166 
398 
Primary occupation - 
Agriculture: 
Full owners 
3,452 
295 
587 
440 
383 
233 
469 
Part owners 
683 
6 
9 
8 
20 
10 
51 
Tenants 
1,328 
7 
58 
169 
75 
102 
212 
Nonagriculture: 
Full owners 
5,910 
1,186 
1,122 
1,068 
508 
314 
580 
Part owners 
386 
46 
19 
46 
81 
48 
23 
Tenants 
1,400 
297 
220 
255 
142 
64 
186 
FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 
Individual or family 
farms 
1 1 ,938 
1,803 
1,969 
1,803 
1,121 
705 
1,408 
cuerdas 
406,461 
18,772 
29,746 
33,188 
24,692 
19,208 
50,110 
Partnership 
farms 
117 
1 
5 
24 
4 
4 
5 
cuerdas 
18,414 
(D) 
247 
482 
209 
71 
189 
Corporation 
farms 
738 
19 
17 
94 
22 
54 
73 
cuerdas 
138,152 
385 
384 
4,985 
1,009 
2,887 
5,827 
Other 
farms 
366 
14 
24 
65 
62 
8 
35 
cuerdas 
21,962 
200 
968 
2,544 
1,390 
454 
3,441 
CHARACTERISTICS OF PRINCIPAL OPERATORS 
Years operating present farm: 
Less than 2 years 
773 
161 
168 
47 
115 
19 
100 
2 to 4 years 
1,339 
124 
192 
182 
92 
141 
140 
5 to 9 years 
2,437 
326 
386 
415 
127 
106 
355 
1 0 years or more 
8,610 
1,226 
1,269 
1,342 
875 
505 
926 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
230 Puerto Rico 2012 Census of Agriculture - SUMMARY DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
