Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
28,093 
100.0 
30,106 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
100.0 
8,109,975 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
16,597 
59.1 
19,866 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
4,275,637 
54.1 
4,691,344 
summer fallow 
farms 
696 
2.5 
291 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
12,918 
46.0 
13,783 
acres 
130,220 
1.6 
91,859 
acres 
3,447,617 
43.6 
3,342,048 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
10,486 
37.3 
10,053 
1 to 49 acres 
7,643 
27.2 
8,095 
acres 
1,255,635 
15.9 
1,188,689 
1 to 9 acres 
2,340 
8.3 
2,385 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
4,337 
15.4 
4,112 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
1,937 
6.9 
2,212 
acres 
225,654 
2.9 
210,997 
20 to 29 acres 
1,532 
5.5 
1,591 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
7,372 
26.2 
7,069 
30 to 49 acres 
1,834 
6.5 
1,907 
acres 
1,029,981 
13.0 
977,692 
50 to 99 acres 
1,652 
5.9 
1,822 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
1,013 
3.6 
1,109 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
882 
3.1 
980 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
16,751 
59.6 
15,844 
500 to 999 acres 
563 
2.0 
733 
acres 
1,738,667 
22.0 
1,544,080 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
726 
2.6 
640 
2,000 acres or more 
439 
1.6 
404 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
15,572 
55.4 
12,006 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
630,925 
8.0 
685,862 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
1,775 
6.3 
6,203 
acres 
217,145 
2.7 
635,317 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
4,899 
17.4 
4,845 
acres 
610,875 
7.7 
713,979 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
2,966 
(X) 
4,160 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
309,282 
(X) 
524,824 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
4,022 
14.3 
4,099 
acres 
443,430 
5.6 
582,623 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
2,717 
(X) 
2,689 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
519 
1.8 
641 
acres 
2,620,337 
(X) 
2,296,014 
acres 
37,225 
0.5 
39,497 
16 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
