Table 34. Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Equipment; Total Land Area; Area in Production; and 
Marketing Channels by Kind of Business: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Annual 
bedding/ 
garden 
plants 
Potted 
herbaceous 
perennial 
plants 
Potted 
flowering 
plants 
for indoor or 
patio use 
Foliage 
plants 
for indoor or 
patio use 
Cut 
flowers 
Cut 
cultivated 
greens 
Nursery 
stock 
(see text) 
Propagative 
horticultural 
materials, 
bareroot, 
and 
unfinished 
plants 
VALUE OF LAND, BUILDINGS, MACHINERY 
AND EQUIPMENT 
Land and buildings 
operations 
23,221 
5,543 
913 
831 
593 
1,011 
322 
5,963 
445 
value ($1 ,000) 
23,184,945 
3,191,484 
474,327 
931,972 
534,665 
1,019,318 
194,634 
6,954,601 
661,672 
Machinery and equipment 
operations 
23,221 
5,543 
913 
831 
593 
1,011 
322 
5,963 
445 
value ($1 ,000) 
4,169,192 
81 6,555 
99,063 
166,422 
55,047 
119,649 
22,252 
1,246,907 
132,444 
TOTAL LAND AREA USED TO GROW CROPS 
Total land area covered by 
greenhouses 
operations 
14,593 
5,492 
735 
762 
451 
621 
66 
3,102 
310 
square feet (1,000) 
894,907 
282,790 
31,262 
63,039 
40,164 
57,514 
3,269 
203,861 
29,492 
Glass covered 
operations 
1,485 
671 
61 
120 
37 
72 
3 
208 
28 
square feet (1,000) 
122,502 
42,439 
1,536 
13,136 
1,563 
8,298 
(D) 
4,554 
2,941 
Rigid plastic 
operations 
3,178 
1,310 
137 
230 
86 
164 
12 
540 
89 
square feet (1,000) 
132,189 
32,373 
2,919 
13,669 
4,751 
19,455 
(D) 
22,266 
8,129 
Plastic film (single or multi-layer poly) operations 
12,757 
5,028 
665 
586 
381 
485 
56 
2,663 
261 
square feet (1,000) 
640,216 
207,978 
26,806 
36,234 
33,849 
29,761 
2,207 
177,042 
18,421 
Greenhouse area erected in 2014 
operations 
1,002 
333 
49 
30 
17 
39 
1 
224 
29 
square feet (1,000) 
16,194 
4,352 
384 
1,860 
439 
1,126 
(D) 
3,677 
418 
Total land area covered by shade structures operations 
4,058 
849 
278 
179 
319 
144 
158 
1,531 
91 
square feet (1,000) 
429,708 
17,537 
8,857 
21,576 
104,013 
11,378 
166,717 
83,640 
2,459 
Total land area covered by natural 
shade 
operations 
1,804 
241 
231 
29 
23 
86 
142 
808 
33 
acres 
5,404 
195 
292 
16 
47 
97 
2,159 
2,224 
94 
Total land area in the open 
operations 
12,927 
2,194 
656 
280 
199 
832 
132 
5,411 
281 
acres 
497,339 
7,294 
5,397 
1,794 
1,828 
15,931 
2,295 
302,202 
12,346 
GREENHOUSE AREA IN PRODUCTION 
Cut flowers and cut lei flowers (see 
text) 
operations 
969 
163 
11 
38 
4 
537 
3 
15 
3 
square feet (1,000) 
54,851 
688 
16 
1,044 
8 
51,021 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cut flowers, anthurium (see text) 
operations 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
- 
- 
- 
Cut flowers, dendrobium orchids (see 
text) 
operations 
15 
- 
- 
2 
- 
13 
- 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
342 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cut flowers, all other (see text) 
operations 
27 
- 
- 
3 
- 
21 
1 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
483 
- 
- 
24 
- 
451 
(D) 
- 
- 
Potted flowering plants for indoor or patio 
use (see text) 
operations 
3,632 
1,812 
104 
690 
66 
42 
- 
212 
35 
square feet (1,000) 
127,512 
53,426 
1,303 
44,704 
1,748 
1,118 
4,799 
1,652 
Potted flowering plants, dendrobium 
orchids (see text) 
operations 
30 
- 
- 
23 
- 
2 
- 
1 
3 
square feet (1,000) 
664 
- 
- 
607 
- 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
28 
Potted flowering plants, all other (see 
text) 
operations 
71 
- 
- 
51 
- 
9 
- 
3 
3 
square feet (1,000) 
2,178 
- 
- 
1,979 
- 
62 
- 
27 
60 
Potted herbaceous perennial 
plants 
operations 
4,745 
2,377 
607 
125 
31 
33 
6 
854 
35 
square feet (1,000) 
97,763 
37,073 
16,686 
1,865 
329 
70 
46 
26,887 
2,478 
Annual bedding/garden plants 
operations 
7,665 
5,452 
289 
264 
67 
74 
2 
356 
55 
square feet (1,000) 
268,430 
202,137 
6,298 
10,028 
3,694 
725 
(D) 
10,153 
5,321 
Foliage plants, pots 
operations 
1,906 
876 
47 
119 
414 
8 
4 
122 
15 
square feet (1,000) 
48,662 
5,313 
127 
2,976 
29,337 
22 
74 
1,719 
426 
Foliage plants, hanging baskets 
operations 
940 
518 
17 
62 
117 
4 
- 
16 
6 
square feet (1,000) 
18,293 
8,711 
79 
1,600 
5,715 
(D) 
- 
36 
75 
Cut cultivated greens 
operations 
197 
27 
3 
2 
2 
38 
58 
12 
3 
square feet (1,000) 
4,570 
23 
3 
(D) 
(□) 
1,426 
2,909 
78 
(D) 
Nursery stock (see text) 
operations 
3,815 
495 
180 
32 
20 
7 
4 
2,637 
160 
square feet (1,000) 
174,232 
4,178 
4,803 
382 
268 
29 
15 
148,704 
8,764 
All other horticultural specialty crops .... 
operations 
3,731 
810 
62 
73 
13 
74 
6 
136 
156 
square feet (1,000) 
140,584 
8,441 
401 
1,189 
615 
779 
14 
1,169 
12,089 
SHADE STRUCTURE AREA IN PRODUCTION 
Cut flowers and cut lei flowers (see 
text) 
operations 
119 
11 
4 
2 
- 
73 
4 
3 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
3,080 
36 
2 
(D) 
- 
2,958 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Cut flowers, anthurium (see text) 
operations 
36 
- 
- 
3 
- 
30 
3 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
5,072 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
4,812 
(D) 
- 
- 
Cut flowers, dendrobium orchids (see 
text) 
operations 
21 
- 
- 
2 
- 
19 
- 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
1,486 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cut flowers, all other (see text) 
operations 
25 
- 
- 
1 
- 
21 
2 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
585 
- 
- 
(□) 
- 
488 
(D) 
- 
- 
Potted flowering plants (see text) 
operations 
367 
108 
3 
100 
21 
4 
1 
56 
8 
square feet (1,000) 
19,912 
1,500 
3 
9,784 
(D) 
433 
(D) 
432 
(□) 
Potted flowering plants, dendrobium orchids 
(see text) 
operations 
26 
- 
- 
21 
1 
3 
- 
- 
1 
square feet (1,000) 
783 
- 
- 
615 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants, all other (see 
text) 
operations 
46 
1 
- 
31 
1 
3 
- 
1 
1 
square feet (1,000) 
1,003 
(D) 
- 
692 
(D) 
40 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Potted herbaceous perennial 
plants 
operations 
1,140 
354 
231 
12 
13 
2 
4 
358 
11 
square feet (1,000) 
26,654 
4,251 
5,702 
156 
6,142 
(□) 
67 
8,249 
127 
Annual bedding/garden plants 
operations 
692 
447 
28 
29 
8 
2 
1 
63 
3 
square feet (1,000) 
22,259 
7,737 
(□) 
845 
(□) 
(□) 
(D) 
2,271 
(D) 
Foliage plants, pots 
operations 
487 
32 
9 
21 
304 
2 
2 
65 
2 
square feet (1,000) 
94,929 
389 
13 
8,352 
82,669 
(D) 
(D) 
2,043 
(D) 
-continued 
42 2014 CHS - United States Data 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
