Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,115 
685 
359 
349 
524 
718 
Not on farm operated 
7,978 
571 
264 
232 
304 
369 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
10,482 
944 
466 
327 
403 
411 
Any 
17,611 
312 
157 
254 
425 
676 
1 to 49 days 
1,923 
37 
26 
37 
41 
86 
50 to 99 days 
1,237 
25 
20 
23 
28 
45 
100 to 199 days 
3,004 
36 
21 
44 
99 
123 
200 days or more 
1 1 ,447 
214 
90 
150 
257 
422 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
968 
18 
13 
18 
26 
23 
3 or 4 years 
1,799 
44 
23 
46 
34 
61 
5 to 9 years 
4,327 
121 
51 
58 
97 
146 
1 0 years or more 
20,999 
1,073 
536 
459 
671 
857 
Average years on present farm 
21.3 
24.1 
25.3 
24.1 
24.3 
23.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
764 
4 
6 
11 
18 
19 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
26 
17 
39 
25 
45 
5 to 9 years 
3,816 
92 
39 
49 
89 
129 
10 years or more 
22,065 
1,134 
561 
482 
696 
894 
Average years operating any farm 
23.1 
27.2 
27.7 
26.6 
26.4 
25.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
2 
1 
15 
9 
12 
25 to 34 years 
1,338 
78 
53 
74 
56 
57 
35 to 44 years 
3,019 
214 
103 
66 
104 
113 
45 to 49 years 
2,538 
155 
64 
47 
86 
121 
50 to 54 years 
3,336 
208 
91 
89 
100 
125 
55 to 59 years 
4,151 
233 
104 
93 
136 
163 
60 to 64 years 
4,071 
162 
99 
73 
115 
154 
65 to 69 years 
3,242 
102 
49 
44 
87 
108 
70 years and over 
6,251 
102 
59 
80 
135 
234 
Average age 
58.5 
53.4 
53.3 
53.0 
55.9 
57.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
538 
15 
6 
14 
6 
18 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
1 
4 
6 
7 
6 
Asian 
64 
4 
2 
5 
8 
4 
Black or African American 
2,359 
18 
8 
7 
28 
32 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
25,305 
1,231 
608 
561 
784 
1,041 
More than one race reported 
151 
2 
1 
2 
1 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,030 
77 
64 
83 
99 
118 
2 people 
14,585 
590 
273 
276 
423 
600 
3 people 
4,262 
196 
95 
86 
130 
170 
4 people 
3,353 
220 
111 
85 
111 
120 
5 or more people 
1,863 
173 
80 
51 
65 
79 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,483 
124 
79 
117 
311 
562 
25 to 49 percent 
1,648 
88 
24 
42 
107 
229 
50 to 74 percent 
1,625 
231 
140 
131 
182 
170 
75 to 99 percent 
1,174 
368 
185 
154 
119 
82 
1 00 percent 
1,163 
445 
195 
137 
109 
44 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
848 
195 
66 
60 
51 
48 
acres 
986,622 
582,773 
152,000 
68,102 
28,671 
22,372 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
18,484 
1,092 
490 
433 
602 
807 
Dial-up service 
1,667 
69 
28 
27 
46 
53 
DSL service 
7,235 
405 
177 
157 
202 
280 
Cable modem service 
3,494 
141 
68 
59 
133 
160 
Fiber-optic service 
576 
30 
13 
8 
16 
15 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,999 
262 
111 
149 
122 
146 
Satellite service 
4,214 
336 
151 
120 
158 
218 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
311 
19 
9 
9 
10 
18 
Other Internet service 
280 
14 
12 
10 
12 
12 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
22,831 
753 
444 
427 
629 
817 
2 households 
3,929 
334 
123 
107 
145 
196 
3 households 
686 
105 
27 
33 
28 
37 
4 households 
412 
38 
13 
13 
18 
18 
5 or more households 
235 
26 
16 
1 
8 
19 
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 farms 
27,067 
1,091 
569 
534 
781 
1,031 
acres 
6,904,162 
2,258,162 
766,612 
516,451 
461,729 
356,482 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,081 
160 
87 
75 
122 
153 
acres 
1,030,019 
376,455 
150,380 
66,733 
89,488 
65,700 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
