Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,081 
179 
495 
133 
153 
147 
acres 
1,030,019 
858 
13,612 
7,436 
12,654 
16,819 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
24,525 
2,690 
8,568 
2,401 
2,206 
2,083 
acres 
4,874,651 
13,212 
223,743 
138,586 
180,709 
239,480 
Partnership 
farms 
1,788 
107 
323 
77 
126 
111 
acres 
1,675,718 
463 
9,032 
(D) 
10,499 
12,712 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,276 
74 
200 
54 
79 
62 
acres 
1,358,971 
323 
5,327 
3,080 
6,631 
7,081 
Corporation 
farms 
1,552 
131 
359 
124 
80 
102 
acres 
1,195,989 
570 
9,414 
7,157 
6,361 
11,790 
Family held 
farms 
1,359 
110 
314 
109 
69 
88 
acres 
935,543 
(D) 
8,302 
6,292 
5,514 
10,143 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
59 
- 
3 
3 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,300 
110 
314 
106 
66 
86 
Other than family held 
farms 
193 
21 
45 
15 
11 
14 
acres 
260,446 
(D) 
1,112 
865 
847 
1,647 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
15 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
178 
20 
44 
15 
11 
14 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
228 
39 
59 
20 
15 
10 
acres 
154,506 
155 
1,554 
(D) 
1,279 
1,236 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,838 
498 
1,796 
546 
545 
542 
workers 
26,632 
1,259 
4,552 
1,389 
1,396 
1,331 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
3,602 
240 
562 
187 
184 
167 
workers 
10,520 
536 
1,357 
367 
425 
356 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
5,746 
312 
1,411 
425 
423 
422 
workers 
16,112 
723 
3,195 
1,022 
971 
975 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
387 
5 
37 
8 
7 
3 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
53 
7 
6 
6 
6 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,569 
1,349 
4,297 
1,221 
1,106 
1,099 
workers 
28,436 
3,092 
9,692 
2,745 
2,451 
2,474 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,967 
2,967 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,309 
- 
9,309 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
2,622 
- 
- 
2,622 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
2,427 
- 
- 
- 
2,427 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,306 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,306 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,368 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
1,031 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
771 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
2,043 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1,323 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,051 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
875 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,396 
22 
160 
93 
64 
95 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
510 
165 
224 
23 
27 
24 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
808 
190 
358 
73 
46 
35 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
648 
272 
234 
38 
16 
15 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6,732 
117 
1,957 
727 
770 
710 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
137 
2 
12 
2 
- 
7 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
6,595 
115 
1,945 
725 
770 
703 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,218 
915 
3,793 
1,215 
1,149 
1,079 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
28 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
111 
- 
7 
5 
7 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
202 
86 
84 
5 
12 
15 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
717 
170 
299 
75 
28 
38 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
607 
220 
280 
37 
28 
20 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,116 
810 
1,911 
327 
280 
270 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,687 
1,021 
4,373 
1,439 
1,366 
1,326 
number 
788,967 
8,900 
61,749 
33,878 
37,242 
51,337 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,377 
785 
1,804 
299 
197 
124 
1 0 to 49 
6,904 
220 
2,475 
1,045 
1,023 
837 
50 to 99 
1,695 
11 
63 
81 
128 
325 
100 to 199 
893 
3 
31 
11 
18 
30 
200 to 499 
623 
2 
- 
3 
- 
10 
500 or more 
195 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
12,205 
763 
3,733 
1,294 
1,257 
1,214 
number 
450,341 
5,222 
36,168 
19,730 
23,726 
29,367 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
