Puerto Rico

2012 2007 % change

Number of Farms 13,159 15,745 - 16

Land in Farms 584,988 cuerdas 557,528 cuerdas +5

Average Size of Farm 44 cuerdas 35 cuerdas + 26

Market Value of Products Sold $547,628,613 $515,685,532 +6

Crop Sales $271,320,069 (50 percent)
Livestock Sales $276,303,084 (50 percent)
Average Per Farm $41,616 $32,752 + 27

Government Payments $35,351,806 $30,171,304 + 17

Farms by Size, 2012 Land in Farms, 2012

by Type of Land
6,000

5,000 Cropland-Pasture
37.5%

4,000 Woodland
7.3%
Farms

3,000

2,000

Cropland-Harvested Pasture & Rangeland

1,000 21.8% 11.5%

0 Other Cropland-Idle
1-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 100-174 175-259 260+ 8.5% 13.4%

Cuerdas/Farm
 Item Quantity
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($)

Total value of agricultural products sold 547,628,613

Value of crops sold 271,320,069
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products 276,303,084

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($)

Nursery and greenhouse crops 37,533,811

Plantains 80,505,103
Coffee 29,273,215
Vegetables or melons 47,134,996
Fruit 31,541,191
Bananas 12,106,293
Root crops or tubers 8,191,970
Grains 8,539,117
Grasses 14,588,630
Poultry and eggs 40,375,759
Cattle and calves 33,605,544
Milk and other dairy products from cows sold 189,425,127
Hogs and pigs 8,019,245
Aquaculture 687,976
Other livestock and other livestock products 4,194,893

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)

Poultry 10,894,530
Cattle and Calves 257,285
Hogs and Pigs 48,262
Rabbits 15,927
Sheep 12,539

TOP CROP ITEMS (cuerdas)

Grasses 37,848
Coffee 33,213
Plantains 22,719
Oranges 8,759
Vegetables 7,014

Other Island Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics Quantity Operator Characteristics Quantity
Farms by value of sales: Principal operators by primary occupation:
Less than $1,000 2,973 Agricultural 5,463
$1,000 to $2,499 2,015 Nonagricultural 7,696
$2,500 to $4,999 1,986
$5,000 to $7,499 1,209 Principal operators by sex:
$7,500 to $9,999 771 Male 12,066
$10,000 to $19,999 1,521 Female 627
$20,000 to $39,999 968
$40,000 to $59,999 394 All operators by highest level of school attended:
$60,000 or more 1,322 None 272
Elementary 2,537
Farm production expenses ($): Secondary 2,923
Wages and salaries 168,143,549 High school diploma 2,643
Contract labor 2,852,309 Some college 1,959
Bachelor's degree 1,997
Master's or PhD 828

See “Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series” for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.