Table 85. Summary by Type of Farm: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Coffee 
Vegetables 
or melons 
Fruits and 
coconuts 
Horticultural 
specialities 
Grains or 
field crops 
Root crops 
or tubers 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
13,159 
3,425 
501 
3,350 
667 
204 
433 
Land in farms 
cuerdas 
584,988 
63,952 
16,917 
120,410 
18,411 
10,716 
1 1 ,877 
Average size of farm 
cuerdas 
44.5 
18.7 
33.8 
35.9 
27.6 
52.5 
27.4 
Farms by size: 
Less than 1 0 cuerdas 
5,129 
1,599 
150 
1,390 
406 
52 
129 
1 0 to 1 9 cuerdas 
2,859 
893 
180 
785 
164 
101 
110 
20 to 49 cuerdas 
2,872 
752 
98 
680 
40 
28 
155 
50 to 99 cuerdas 
106 
21 
197 
15 
12 
13 
1 00 to 1 74 cuerdas 
43 
36 
146 
9 
1 
13 
1 75 to 259 cuerdas 
19 
9 
77 
28 
3 
9 
260 cuerdas or more 
395 
13 
7 
75 
5 
7 
4 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
12,510 
3,425 
501 
3,350 
667 
204 
433 
cuerdas 
433,563 
48,849 
13,490 
84,954 
1 1 ,344 
7,875 
8,191 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
10,008 
3,425 
501 
3,350 
667 
204 
433 
cuerdas 
127,372 
30,153 
5,359 
40,012 
2,886 
5,336 
2,015 
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing 
farms 
4,048 
204 
65 
622 
141 
13 
48 
cuerdas 
219,533 
2,179 
3,107 
15,985 
5,991 
334 
737 
Cropland used for cover crops, legumes, and soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not pastured 
or grazed 
farms 
281 
65 
8 
68 
8 
3 
10 
cuerdas 
5,145 
579 
40 
1,062 
89 
(D) 
58 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
farms 
773 
97 
137 
245 
13 
8 
55 
cuerdas 
2,939 
432 
158 
834 
72 
(D) 
85 
Cropland idle 
farms 
4,931 
1,328 
267 
1,785 
213 
87 
309 
cuerdas 
78,575 
15,506 
4,826 
27,060 
2,306 
2,075 
5,296 
Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland 
and woodland 
farms 
2,033 
330 
120 
426 
31 
23 
94 
cuerdas 
67,150 
4,150 
1,629 
9,182 
915 
926 
855 
Woodland, forest, and underbrush that cannot 
be used for cultivation or pasture 
farms 
3,130 
583 
178 
1,063 
175 
59 
120 
cuerdas 
42,712 
5,244 
743 
14,255 
3,931 
(D) 
2,236 
All other land including land in house lots, buildings. 
ponds, roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
9,119 
2,054 
403 
2,505 
483 
175 
197 
cuerdas 
41,563 
5,710 
1,055 
12,018 
2,221 
(D) 
596 
IRRIGATION 
Land irrigated 
farms 
1,073 
34 
227 
204 
276 
17 
6 
cuerdas 
53,361 
170 
4,016 
13,442 
1,495 
3,670 
16 
water (acre-feet) 
30,829 
(D) 
7,993 
8,754 
804 
429 
2 
Public system 
farms 
229 
3 
72 
27 
52 
6 
- 
cuerdas 
14,675 
19 
756 
2,476 
81 
3,018 
- 
Private system 
farms 
862 
31 
157 
180 
229 
11 
6 
cuerdas 
38,686 
151 
3,260 
10,966 
1,414 
653 
16 
Farms by type of irrigation: 
Gravity 
198 
18 
56 
28 
26 
6 
2 
Drip 
468 
2 
160 
147 
86 
8 
2 
Sprinkler 
297 
9 
5 
15 
152 
3 
2 
Other 
109 
5 
6 
14 
12 
- 
- 
Farms by major source of irrigation water 
for private systems: 
Well 
530 
14 
92 
131 
183 
6 
4 
River or stream 
131 
6 
56 
25 
26 
1 
2 
Lake or private pond 
88 
5 
1 
12 
6 
- 
- 
Canal 
16 
- 
2 
3 
- 
4 
- 
Other 
95 
6 
6 
7 
14 
- 
- 
TENURE AND PRIMARY OCCUPATION OF 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
All operators 
13,159 
3,425 
501 
3,350 
667 
204 
433 
Full owners 
9,362 
3,183 
106 
2,550 
333 
85 
245 
Part owners 
1,069 
86 
45 
269 
39 
32 
46 
Tenants 
2,728 
156 
350 
531 
295 
87 
142 
Primary occupation - 
Agriculture: 
Full owners 
3,452 
1,650 
39 
695 
198 
19 
100 
Part owners 
683 
73 
14 
168 
37 
31 
9 
Tenants 
1,328 
75 
123 
357 
125 
37 
78 
Nonagriculture: 
Full owners 
5,910 
1,533 
67 
1,855 
135 
66 
145 
Part owners 
386 
13 
31 
101 
2 
1 
37 
Tenants 
1,400 
81 
227 
174 
170 
50 
64 
FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 
Individual or family 
farms 
1 1 ,938 
3,246 
350 
3,041 
576 
178 
405 
cuerdas 
406,461 
57,203 
10,325 
82,175 
10,166 
2,628 
8,017 
Partnership 
farms 
117 
6 
3 
72 
1 
_ 
_ 
cuerdas 
18,414 
(D) 
110 
10,935 
(D) 
_ 
_ 
Corporation 
farms 
738 
65 
92 
145 
80 
10 
11 
cuerdas 
138,152 
3,645 
5,506 
21,434 
7,564 
6,501 
2,126 
Other 
farms 
366 
108 
56 
92 
10 
16 
17 
cuerdas 
21,962 
1,761 
976 
5,865 
656 
1,587 
1,734 
CHARACTERISTICS OF PRINCIPAL OPERATORS 
Years operating present farm: 
Less than 2 years 
773 
59 
73 
164 
62 
16 
170 
2 to 4 years 
1,339 
165 
66 
384 
157 
53 
54 
5 to 9 years 
2,437 
538 
182 
673 
95 
10 
53 
1 0 years or more 
8,610 
2,663 
180 
2,129 
353 
125 
156 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
250 Puerto Rico 2012 Census of Agriculture - SUMMARY DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
