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Florida Agricultural Facts
Florida Farmland |
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Florida Farms and Acreage
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Year
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Number Farms
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Farm Acres
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Average Acres
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% of State
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1998**
1997*
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45,000
34,799
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10,600,000
10,454,217
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235
300
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30.5
30.3
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1992
1987
1982
1978
1974
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35,204
36,556
36,352
36,109
32,466
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10,766,077
11,194,090
12,814,216
13,016,288
13,199,365
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306
306
353
360
407
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31.1
32.3
36.9
37.5
38.0
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1969
1964
1959
1954
1950
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35,586
40,542
45,100
57,543
56,921
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14,031,998
15,411,181
15,236,521
18,161,675
16,083,536
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394
384
338
316
283
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40.4
44.4
43.9
52.4
46.4
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1945
1940
1935
1930
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61,157
62,248
72,857
58,966
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13,083,501
5,337,708
6,048,403
5,026,617
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214
134
83
85
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37.3
24.0
17.4
14.5
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Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census prior to 1997,
* USDA Agriculture Census Since 1997
* *USDA Survey
- A farm is defined as any agriculture operation that sells at least $1,000 worth of products a year.
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1998 Florida Land Utilization
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| Utilization |
Acres
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% of State
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| Total State Acres |
34,731,617
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100.0
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| Farm Acres |
10,600,000
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30.5
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Range-Pastureland
Woodland
Field Crops
Improved Pastureland
Citrus Groves
Vegetable Fields
Others
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4,069,927
2,132,308
995,300
895,684
785,900
314,450
1,406,431
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11.7
6.1
2.8
2.5
2.2
0.9
4.0
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| Commercial Forest |
13,007,265
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37.4
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| National/State Forest |
3,541,747
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10.1
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| Urban/Suburban/Industrial |
7,842,560
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22.5
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Census;U.S. Forest Service;USDA Survey
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Florida Farms and Acreage
Florida Farmland By Counties
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County
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Number Farms
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Cropland Acres
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Pastureland Acres
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Total Farmland
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% of Total Land
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Alachua
Baker
Bay
Bradford
Brevard
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1,086
157
70
274
470
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31,132
3,032
2,176
4,866
23,116
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126,966
6,633
3,258
30,706
238,619
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198,193
13,035
6,732
43,579
276,573
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35.4
3.5
1.4
23.2
42.4
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Broward
Calhoun
Charlotte
Citrus
Clay
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347
130
209
294
211
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6,569
27,223
44,577
20,661
7,863
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23,805
5,266
181,571
35,091
47,211
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30,897
43,799
290,340
49,192
70,834
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4.0
12.1
65.4
13.2
18.4
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Collier
Columbia
Dade
DeSoto
Dixie
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235
600
1,576
715
155
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69,212
46,268
67,550
126,633
6,371
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51,877
54,016
895
189,864
25,926
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277,279
97,968
83,681
322,402
33,508
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21.4
19.0
6.8
79.0
7.4
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Duval
Escambia
Flagler
Franklin
Gadsden
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320
466
91
19
290
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11,127
34,942
12,656
D
23,827
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15,801
11,801
59,550
D
13,487
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35,531
54,617
87,737
5,125
57,933
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7.2
12.9
28.3
1.5
17.5
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Gilchrist
Glades
Gulf
Hamilton
Hardee
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365
189
33
256
1,045
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43,552
41,361
968
25,398
1,041
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32,939
314,047
1,824
25,994
257,198
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78,090
380,377
3,823
66,379
345,643
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35.0
76.8
1.1
20.1
84.7
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Hendry
Hernando
Highlands
Hillsborough
Holmes
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403
432
779
2,639
578
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204,996
21,024
121,762
103,266
41,243
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333,231
40,698
361,449
150,983
30,335
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604,677
52,999
489,579
247,502
87,582
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82.0
17.3
74.4
36.8
28.4
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Indian River
Jackson
Jefferson
Lafayette
Lake
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437
844
342
221
1,389
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85,820
136,123
33,477
22,221
80,063
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52,090
58,908
48,426
43,974
99,765
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168,399
244,552
126,590
93,434
185,311
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52.3
41.7
33.1
26.9
30.4
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Lee
Leon
Levy
Liberty
Madison
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509
243
549
47
486
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34,155
16,467
68,488
1,179
54,254
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89,842
10,332
95,843
4,280
46,035
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129,081
67,539
157,376
7,238
131,577
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25.1
15.8
22.0
1.4
29.7
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Manatee
Marion
Martin
Monroe
Nassau
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697
1,669
305
13
238
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105,743
100,264
75,180
D
6,131
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178,836
186,788
91,382
D
14,652
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267,993
265,572
183,724
D
35,165
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56.5
26.3
51.7
0.2
8.4
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Okaloosa
Okeechobee
Orange
Osceola
Palm Beach
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342
459
862
485
855
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21,161
72,659
44,266
50,505
529,138
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16,485
320,266
114,697
554,270
19,588
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50,822
391,871
175,017
610,825
604,703
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8.5
79.1
30.1
72.2
46.4
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Pasco
Pinellas
Polk
Putnam
St. Johns
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951
129
2,464
391
149
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58,038
902
186,878
17,218
24,597
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115,261
716
427,881
43,660
12,750
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161,939
1,895
621,489
85,794
49,631
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34.0
1.1
51.8
18.6
12.7
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St. Lucie
Santa Rosa
Sarasota
Seminole
Sumter
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500
438
315
344
718
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136,131
59,263
18,781
6,599
54,692
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84,614
18,960
117,251
30,450
135,832
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227,414
87,971
128,655
37,222
183,374
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62.1
13.5
35.2
18.9
52.5
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Suwannee
Taylor
Union
Volusia
Wakulla
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840
126
213
910
88
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86,524
6,027
15,504
30,134
3,640
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57,529
43,751
27,171
73,037
4,983
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158,406
56,784
62,503
111,502
11,426
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36.0
8.5
40.6
15.8
2.9
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Walton
Washington
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476
322
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35,304
25,583
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27,865
15,376
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78,844
55,268
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11.6
14.9
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| State |
34,799
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3,639,850
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6,056,777
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10,454,217
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30.3
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Source: USDA Census, 1997
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Florida Farm Facts 
- Florida has 1,862,404 acres of its 3,639,850 crop land acres under irrigation.
- Florida farmland and buildings are valued at $23 billion, $662,538 per farm and $2,241 per acre.
- Florida farmers paid more than $1.306 billion to contracted and hired farm workers in 1998.
- Florida farmers spent more than 1.322 billion on feed, seed, fertilizer and pesticides in 1998.
- Total Florida production expenses were $4.80 billion in 1998.
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