Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms by- 
Type of organization (see text): 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
27,067 
(NA) 
196 
(NA) 
63 
(NA) 
2,302 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,081 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
138 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
24,525 
25,716 
184 
200 
53 
30 
2,168 
1,694 
Partnerships 
1,788 
2,395 
5 
18 
4 
2 
93 
127 
Corporations 
1,552 
1,775 
7 
4 
7 
6 
77 
83 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
228 
220 
8 
6 
- 
- 
21 
10 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
16,820 
18,946 
98 
129 
29 
21 
1,693 
1,393 
2 operators 
9,664 
9,299 
100 
82 
28 
17 
511 
360 
3 operators 
1,210 
1,467 
6 
17 
5 
- 
119 
145 
4 operators 
272 
278 
- 
- 
2 
- 
26 
7 
5 or more operators 
127 
116 
- 
" 
- 
- 
10 
9 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10,700 
10,913 
104 
98 
28 
24 
665 
528 
2 operators 
516 
536 
5 
2 
- 
- 
48 
24 
3 operators 
90 
94 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 operators 
10 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
4 
7 
- 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
18,484 
14,746 
150 
116 
44 
21 
1,236 
702 
Dial-up 
1,667 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
190 
(NA) 
DSL service 
7,235 
(NA) 
57 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
421 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
3,494 
(NA) 
41 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
294 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
576 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
2,999 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
198 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
4,214 
(NA) 
32 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
286 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
311 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
280 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
848 
780 
6 
5 
6 
4 
99 
38 
acres 
986,622 
872,678 
(D) 
(D) 
42 
138 
14,208 
12,473 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
22,831 
23,656 
150 
182 
38 
22 
1,904 
1,475 
2 households 
3,929 
4,756 
38 
31 
18 
12 
335 
312 
3 households 
686 
946 
3 
9 
3 
2 
62 
72 
4 households 
412 
434 
13 
5 
5 
1 
25 
43 
5 or more households 
235 
314 
" 
1 
- 
1 
33 
12 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,483 
24,057 
165 
212 
43 
27 
2,065 
1,691 
25 to 49 percent 
1,648 
1,961 
14 
4 
5 
1 
117 
110 
50 to 74 percent 
1,625 
1,671 
9 
7 
3 
3 
104 
61 
75 to 99 percent 
1,174 
1,234 
8 
3 
1 
1 
40 
36 
100 percent 
1,163 
1,183 
8 
2 
12 
6 
33 
16 
-continued 
50 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
