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State Fact Sheets: Florida

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated October 22, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	2,242,188	7,504,773	9,746,961
1990	799,413	12,138,513	12,937,926
2000	1,009,305	14,973,073	15,982,378
2007 (latest estimates)	1,157,878	17,093,365	18,251,243
More information on Florida population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2006 dollars)
2005	25,624	36,607	35,921
2006	26,141	37,431	36,720
Percent change	2.0	2.3	2.2

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	30,931	41,876	41,382
2006	30,764	41,944	41,436
Percent change	-0.5	0.2	0.1

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	20.3	13.0	13.5
1989	17.8	12.4	12.7
1999	16.1	12.3	12.5
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	16.8	12.6	12.8
More information on Florida poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	44.7	32.6	33.3
1990	34.1	25.0	25.6
2000	26.5	19.7	20.1

Percent completing high school only
1980	34.0	35.1	35.0
1990	33.9	29.9	30.1
2000	35.4	28.3	28.7

Percent completing some college
1980	12.2	17.1	16.8
1990	21.1	26.3	26.0
2000	25.3	29.1	28.8

Percent completing college
1980	8.8	15.3	14.9
1990	10.9	18.8	18.3
2000	12.8	23.0	22.3
More information on Florida education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2005	459,638	9,725,565	10,185,203
2006	478,214	10,043,752	10,521,966

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	3.6	3.4	3.4
2007	4.3	4.0	4.0
More information on Florida unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Percent employment change
2004-2005	4.2	3.8	3.9
2005-2006	4.2	3.5	3.6
2006-2007	2.1	1.7	1.7

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Farm Characteristics

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

Total land area (million acres)	34.56	34.56	34.51
Total farmland (million acres)	10.77	10.66	10.41
Percent of total land area	31.2	30.8	30.2

Cropland (million acres)	3.84	3.61	3.72
Percent of total farmland	35.7	33.9	35.7
Percent in pasture	25.3	24.0	29.7
Percent irrigated	42.3	48.2	45.7

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	2.40	2.43	2.31

Woodland (million acres)	1.92	2.21	2.49
Percent of total farmland	17.9	20.8	23.9
Percent in pasture	56.5	50.7	62.7

Pastureland (million acres)	4.46	4.18	3.40
Percent of total farmland	41.4	39.3	32.6

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.55	0.65	0.81
Percent of total farmland	5.1	6.1	7.8

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.07	0.14	0.10
Percent of total farmland	0.7	1.3	0.9

Average farm size (acres)	306	233	236

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	70.4	76.9	76.5
100 to 499 acres	20.8	16.7	16.7
500 to 999 acres	4.1	2.9	3.0
1000 to 1,999 acres	2.2	1.6	1.9
2,000 or more acres	2.5	1.8	1.9

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	57.5	64.9	63.4
$10,000 to $49,999	22.0	18.0	19.4
$50,000 to $99,999	6.4	5.1	5.6
$100,000 to $499,999	9.8	7.4	7.3
More than $500,000	4.7	4.3	4.2

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	26,662	36,240	36,593
Percent of total	75.7	79.1	83.0

Part owner (farms)	5,853	6,667	5,510
Percent of total	16.6	14.6	12.5

Tenant owner (farms)	2,689	2,901	1,978
Percent of total	7.6	6.3	4.5

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	27,243	37,138	37,119
Percent of total	77.4	81.1	84.2

Family-held corporations (farms)	3,609	4,266	3,509
Percent of total	10.3	9.3	8.0

Partnerships (farms)	3,233	3,212	2,429
Percent of total	9.2	7.0	5.5

Non-family corporations (farms)	716	723	567
Percent of total	2.0	1.6	1.3

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	403	469	457
Percent of total	1.1	1.0	1.0

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	55.3	56.3	57.0
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	47.0	41.9	52.2
Men (persons)	30,353	38,997	35,965
Women (persons)	4,851	6,811	8,116

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2006	2007
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	41,000	40,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	5,901,213	6,332,602
+ Final animal output	1,332,426	1,449,884
+ Services and forestry	670,362	713,901
= Final agricultural sector output	7,904,001	8,496,388

- Intermediate consumption outlays	3,407,371	4,161,621
+ Net government transactions	-26,736	-83,579
= Gross value added	4,469,894	4,251,187

- Capital consumption	410,704	424,330

= Net value added	4,059,190	3,826,857

- Factor payments	1,733,221	1,915,675
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	1,297,614	1,438,263
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	54,787	74,372
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	380,820	403,040

= Net farm income	2,325,969	1,911,182

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Farm balance sheet

• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2007
1. Greenhouse/nursery	1,935,556	25.3	11.3
2. Oranges	1,178,442	15.4	79.6
3. Tomatoes	464,241	6.1	21.2
4. Dairy products	460,776	6.0	1.3
5. Cattle and calves	449,098	5.9	0.9

All commodities	7,646,041		2.7

More information on Florida's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007
1. Other	2	730.5
2. Fruits and preparations	3	729.8
3. Vegetables and preparations	5	179.1
4. Feeds and fodders	20	47.8
5. Live animals and meat	23	43.3

Overall rank	16	1,891.9

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
1. Palm Beach County	12.2	759.9
2. Miami-Dade County	9.3	578.0
3. Hillsborough County	6.3	392.4
4. Hendry County	6.0	375.8
5. Polk County	4.6	284.8

State total		6,242.3

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2006, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: October 22, 2008