Florida Home to 5 of America's Top Landowners

The Land Report magazine compiles an annual list of America's 100 largest landowners, and five are in Florida, reports Florida Trend in its April issue.

As one of the country's largest states, there's a whole lot of land to own. Who are Florida's top landowners?

The Lykes family: The heirs of Dr. Howell Tyson own 337,000 of their 615,000 acres in Florida.

The Collier family:The holdings from the company founded by Barron Gift Collier Sr. include 280,000 acres.

The Fanjul family:The family business run by Alfonso Fanjul and Pepe Fanjul owns 155,000 acres in Palm Beach County.

The Duda family:Based in Oviedo, the company owns 47,500 acres and leases another 23,000 in Florida, Texas and California.

King Ranch heirs: The Texas family established itself in Florida in 1961, with 42,000 acres. The Florida land holdings presently total 20,000 acres.

The Land Report's full list:

1. John Malone -- with a whopping 2.2 million acres.

2. Ted Turner.

3. Emmerson Family.

4. Brad Kelley.

5. Irving Family.

6. Singleton Family.

7. King Ranch heirs.

8. Pingree heirs.

9. Reed Family.

10. Stan Kroenke.

11. Ford Family.

12. Lykes Bros. heirs.

13. Briscoe Family.

14. W.T. Waggoner Estate.

15. D.M. OConnor heirs.

16. Phillip Anschutz.

17. Drummond Family.

18. Simplot Family.

19. Robert Earl Holding.

20. Malone Mitchell III.

21. Hughes Family.

22. Collins Family.

23. Patrick Broe.

24. Nunley Family.

25. Flitner Family.

26. Jeff Bezos.

27. Collier Family.

28. H. L. Kokernot heirs.

29. Anne Marion.

30. Babbitt heirs.

31. Lyda Family.

32. Jones Family.

32. True Family.

34. Mike Smith.

35. Reynolds Family.

36. Paul Fireman.

37. D.K. Boyd.

38. The Koch Family.

39. McCoy and Remme Families.

40. Llano Partners.

41. Homer Scott heirs.

42. Louis Moore Bacon.

43. Roxana Hayne and Joan Kelleher.

44. Cassidy heirs.

45. Killam Family.

46. East Wildlife Foundation.

46. Eugene Gabrych.

46. Langdale Family.

49. Bogle Family.

50. Hunt Family.

51. Tim Blixseth.

52. Bidegain Family.

52. Williams Family.

54. Robert Funk.

55. Russell Gordy.

56. Broadbent Family.

56. Irwin heirs.

58. Sugg Family.

59. Fasken Family.

60. Benjy Griffith III.

61. Mike Mechenbier.

62. Cogdell Family.

63. Fanjul Family.

64. Hearst Family.

65. Ellison Family.

66. Bass Family.

66. Emily Garvey Bonavia.

66. Boswell Family.

66. Eddy Family.

66. William Henry Green heirs.

66. J. Luther King Jr. and Frank King.

72. David Murdock.

73. Wells Family.

74. L-A-D Foundation.

75. Gerald J. Ford.

76. Thomas Lane Family.

76. Harrison Family.

78. Isaac Ellwood heirs.

78. JA Ranch heirs.

78. Monahan Family.

81. Les Davis heirs.

82. Booth Family.

82. Brite Ranch heirs.

82. Stefan Soloview.

85. Milliken Family.

86. Roxanne Quimby.

87. Reese Family.

88. Moursund Family.

89. Scharbauer Family.

90. Clayton and Modesta Williams Jr.

91. Stan Harper.

92. Frank VanderSloot.

93. Richard and Victoria Evans.

93. Linnebur Family.

95. Moore Family.

96. Robinson Family.

97. Beggs Family.

97. Powell heirs.

97. Walter Umphrey.

97. Yates Family.