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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
24,525 
655 
417 
428 
639 
860 
acres 
4,874,651 
1,178,047 
522,933 
353,529 
385,774 
286,841 
Partnership 
farms 
1,788 
387 
103 
64 
91 
108 
acres 
1,675,718 
1,101,912 
155,339 
64,584 
61,908 
52,375 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,276 
319 
71 
58 
68 
81 
acres 
1,358,971 
921,975 
97,404 
60,926 
55,239 
35,690 
Corporation 
farms 
1,552 
210 
94 
79 
87 
105 
acres 
1,195,989 
491,354 
178,056 
84,952 
46,735 
132,727 
Family held 
farms 
1,359 
187 
85 
70 
77 
98 
acres 
935,543 
363,477 
97,549 
76,266 
44,322 
131,454 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
59 
15 
2 
5 
1 
9 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,300 
172 
83 
65 
76 
89 
Other than family held 
farms 
193 
23 
9 
9 
10 
7 
acres 
260,446 
127,877 
80,507 
8,686 
2,413 
1,273 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
15 
10 
2 
3 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
178 
13 
7 
6 
10 
7 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
228 
4 
9 
10 
11 
14 
acres 
154,506 
38,510 
15,293 
46,230 
6,164 
3,130 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,838 
1,148 
498 
399 
453 
427 
workers 
26,632 
8,590 
1,949 
1,481 
1,535 
1,141 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
3,602 
1,022 
374 
254 
249 
181 
workers 
10,520 
4,869 
1,034 
738 
539 
320 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
5,746 
675 
308 
263 
303 
318 
workers 
16,112 
3,721 
915 
743 
996 
821 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
387 
210 
54 
33 
25 
14 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
53 
6 
7 
2 
13 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,569 
268 
165 
190 
316 
507 
workers 
28,436 
512 
332 
392 
706 
1,191 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,967 
9 
6 
13 
25 
62 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,309 
71 
26 
25 
42 
109 
50 to 69 acres 
2,622 
30 
8 
4 
12 
57 
70 to 99 acres 
2,427 
18 
1 
4 
13 
62 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,306 
25 
10 
1 
38 
70 
140 to 179 acres 
1,368 
13 
3 
15 
41 
73 
180 to 219 acres 
1,031 
14 
7 
8 
68 
63 
220 to 259 acres 
771 
9 
4 
14 
58 
78 
260 to 499 acres 
2,043 
26 
35 
139 
224 
244 
500 to 999 acres 
1,323 
47 
180 
210 
177 
207 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,051 
383 
274 
97 
81 
50 
2,000 acres or more 
875 
611 
69 
51 
49 
12 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,396 
731 
414 
305 
316 
195 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
510 
14 
3 
8 
12 
22 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
808 
- 
4 
8 
17 
43 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
648 
23 
19 
34 
61 
72 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6,732 
247 
73 
60 
76 
153 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
137 
20 
23 
33 
20 
15 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
6,595 
227 
50 
27 
56 
138 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,218 
12 
33 
98 
251 
482 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
28 
- 
1 
- 
2 
10 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
111 
8 
25 
27 
33 
14 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
202 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
717 
202 
39 
13 
1 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
607 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,116 
19 
12 
28 
59 
93 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,687 
198 
143 
181 
368 
633 
number 
788,967 
80,713 
61,030 
82,742 
94,886 
99,066 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,377 
5 
3 
2 
5 
19 
1 0 to 49 
6,904 
54 
13 
12 
31 
56 
50 to 99 
1,695 
39 
19 
14 
41 
136 
100 to 199 
893 
33 
21 
31 
72 
240 
200 to 499 
623 
29 
57 
58 
179 
167 
500 or more 
195 
38 
30 
64 
40 
15 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
12,205 
185 
136 
175 
333 
583 
number 
450,341 
40,484 
36,003 
45,020 
51,983 
57,955 
Beef cows 
farms 
12,115 
178 
113 
151 
306 
576 
number 
434,252 
36,141 
30,869 
41,509 
49,595 
57,260 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,121 
7 
5 
6 
6 
21 
1 0 to 49 
6,059 
66 
18 
21 
47 
101 
50 to 99 
1,045 
36 
21 
21 
47 
187 
100 to 199 
533 
22 
23 
17 
91 
217 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
