Florida Farms and Acreage
| Year |
Number Farms |
Farm Acres |
Average Acres |
% of State |
|
1997*
|
40,000
|
10,300,000
|
258
|
29.8
|
|
1992
1987
1982
1978
1974
|
35,204
36,556
36,352
36,109
32,466
|
10,766,077
11,194,090
12,814,216
13,016,288
13,199,365
|
306
306
353
360
407
|
31.1
32.3
36.9
37.5
38.0
|
|
1969
1964
1959
1954
1950
|
35,586
40,542
45,100
57,543
56,921
|
14,031,998
15,411,181
15,236,521
18,161,675
16,083,536
|
394
384
338
316
283
|
40.4
44.4
43.9
52.4
46.4
|
|
1945
1940
1935
1930
|
61,157
62,248
72,857
58,966
|
13,083,501
5,337,708
6,048,403
5,026,617
|
214
134
83
85
|
37.3
24.0
17.4
14.5
|
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census
* USDA Estimate
- A farm is defined as any agriculture operation that sells at least $1,000 worth of products a year.
|
|
Florida Farms and Acreage
Florida Farmland By Counties
|
County
|
Number County Farms |
Crop and Improved Pasture |
Range and Woodland
and Other |
Total County Farmland |
% of Total County Land |
|
Alachua
Baker
Bay
Bradford
Brevard
|
1,089
193
63
315
496
|
79,607
8,820
2,829
14,185
35,435
|
111,533
15,669
6,306
22,045
164,289
|
191,140
24,489
9,135
36,230
199,724
|
34.2
6.5
1.9
19.3
30.6
|
|
Broward
Calhoun
Charlotte
Citrus
Clay
|
393
132
214
288
210
|
9,074
30,422
35,622
15,057
6,818
|
14,661
12,892
191,580
55,615
79,208
|
23,735
43,314
227,202
70,672
86,026
|
3.1
11.9
51.2
18.9
22.4
|
|
Collier
Columbia
Dade
DeSoto
Dixie
|
254
523
1,891
804
106
|
87,628
49,628
68,795
89,670
8,412
|
214,349
47,340
14,886
244,953
23,281
|
301,977
96,968
83,681
334,623
31,693
|
23.3
19.0
6.7
82.0
7.0
|
|
Duval
Escambia
Flagler
Franklin
Gadsden
|
378
454
93
6
333
|
13,056
38,720
8,818
D
22,244
|
26,983
18,459
43,441
D
35,609
|
40,039
57,179
52,259
D
57,853
|
8.1
13.5
16.8
D
17.5
|
|
Gilchrist
Glades
Gulf
Hamilton
Hardee
|
329
206
27
224
1,169
|
43,487
43,236
6,382
32,639
99,729
|
27,500
326,729
7,821
36,766
227,882
|
70,987
369,965
14,203
69,405
327,611
|
31.8
74.7
3.9
21.1
80.3
|
|
Hendry
Hernando
Highlands
Hillsborough
Holmes
|
389
411
652
2,760
523
|
195,139
22,726
118,077
104,125
40,690
|
334,696
38,293
365,758
161,318
46,016
|
529,835
61,019
483,835
265,443
86,706
|
71.8
19.9
73.5
39.5
28.1
|
|
Indian River
Jackson
Jefferson
Lafayette
Lake
|
447
808
297
252
1,320
|
86,343
151,053
37,031
25,383
95,428
|
88,333
93,132
81,321
70,450
103,670
|
174,673
244,185
118,352
95,833
199,098
|
54.2
41.7
30.9
27.6
32.6
|
|
Manatee
Marion
Martin
Monroe
Nassau
|
728
1,654
305
15
277
|
109,143
144,134
79,264
21
13,490
|
190,556
152,108
111,524
11
31,472
|
299,699
296,242
190,788
32
44,962
|
63.2
29.3
53.6
00.0
10.8
|
|
Okaloosa
Okeechobee
Orange
Osceola
Palm Beach
|
315
418
990
499
924
|
21,978
72,717
50,507
63,060
578,699
|
34,726
279,168
87,911
653,482
59,235
|
56,704
351,885
138,418
716,542
637,934
|
9.5
71.0
23.8
84.7
49.0
|
|
Pasco
Pinellas
Polk
Putnam
St. Johns
|
922
124
2,294
400
166
|
65,105
1,888
201,621
23,655
28,658
|
156,127
2,235
409,715
81,966
20,181
|
221,232
4,123
611,336
105,621
48,839
|
46.4
2.3
50.9
22.9
12.5
|
|
St. Lucie
Santa Rosa
Sarasota
Seminole
Sumter
|
539
430
328
352
720
|
136,715
57,747
25,290
9,542
62,382
|
163,907
21,523
125,952
50,100
190,948
|
300,622
79,270
151,242
59,642
253,330
|
82.0
12.2
41.3
30.2
72.5
|
|
Suwannee
Taylor
Union
Volusia
Wakulla
|
932
125
175
978
83
|
96,048
6,162
13,076
25,068
3,623
|
65,880
71,184
35,204
113,140
5,056
|
161,936
77,346
48,280
138,208
8,679
|
36.8
11.6
31.4
19.5
2.2
|
|
Walton
Washington
|
383
274
|
51,080
24,704
|
45,650
20,510
|
96,730
45,214
|
14.3
12.2
|
|
State
|
35,204
|
3,841,505
|
6,924,572
|
10,766,077
|
31.1
|
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, 1992
Florida Farm Facts
Florida has 1,045,281 acres of its 2,252,761 crop land acres under irrigation.
Florida farmland and buildings are valued at $22.1 billion, $553,448 per farm and $2,149 per acre.
Florida farmers paid more than $1.287 billion to contracted and hired farm workers in 1997.
Florida farmers spent more than 1.299 billion on feed, seed, fertilizer and pesticides in 1997.
Total Florida production expenses were $4.66 billion in 1997.
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