Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
24,636 
1,250 
615 
544 
793 
1,104 
Female 
3,457 
48 
18 
26 
57 
74 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,136 
1,212 
592 
464 
563 
714 
Other 
15,957 
86 
41 
106 
287 
464 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,115 
714 
358 
341 
545 
784 
Not on farm operated 
7,978 
584 
275 
229 
305 
394 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
10,482 
976 
469 
313 
397 
447 
Any 
17,611 
322 
164 
257 
453 
731 
1 to 49 days 
1,923 
37 
30 
35 
41 
93 
50 to 99 days 
1,237 
25 
21 
22 
35 
46 
100 to 199 days 
3,004 
39 
19 
45 
105 
152 
200 days or more 
1 1 ,447 
221 
94 
155 
272 
440 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
968 
18 
13 
18 
26 
28 
3 or 4 years 
1,799 
44 
30 
40 
38 
66 
5 to 9 years 
4,327 
123 
61 
53 
96 
154 
10 years or more 
20,999 
1,113 
529 
459 
690 
930 
Average years on present farm 
21.3 
24.2 
24.8 
24.8 
24.1 
23.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
764 
4 
6 
11 
18 
24 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
26 
24 
33 
28 
43 
5 to 9 years 
3,816 
93 
50 
42 
90 
135 
10 years or more 
22,065 
1,175 
553 
484 
714 
976 
Average years operating any farm 
23.1 
27.3 
26.9 
27.4 
26.4 
26.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
2 
6 
10 
9 
18 
25 to 34 years 
1,338 
79 
64 
64 
54 
61 
35 to 44 years 
3,019 
218 
103 
65 
103 
126 
45 to 49 years 
2,538 
162 
60 
50 
94 
118 
50 to 54 years 
3,336 
213 
97 
84 
100 
142 
55 to 59 years 
4,151 
241 
103 
94 
133 
180 
60 to 64 years 
4,071 
169 
96 
74 
119 
163 
65 to 69 years 
3,242 
106 
46 
48 
88 
118 
70 years and over 
6,251 
108 
58 
81 
150 
252 
Average age 
58.5 
53.5 
52.5 
54.0 
56.3 
57.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
538 
17 
6 
12 
11 
14 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
1 
7 
3 
7 
9 
Asian 
64 
4 
2 
5 
8 
8 
Black or African American 
2,359 
18 
8 
7 
33 
31 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
25,305 
1,273 
615 
553 
801 
1,126 
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 
84 
75 
70 
104 
123 
2 people 
14,585 
611 
268 
284 
433 
660 
3 people 
4,262 
197 
101 
84 
132 
181 
4 people 
3,353 
226 
110 
84 
117 
122 
5 or more people 
1,863 
180 
79 
48 
64 
92 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,483 
127 
81 
127 
327 
600 
25 to 49 percent 
1,648 
88 
33 
36 
118 
257 
50 to 74 percent 
1,625 
235 
144 
131 
184 
182 
75 to 99 percent 
1,174 
383 
185 
147 
117 
94 
1 00 percent 
1,163 
465 
190 
129 
104 
45 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
848 
198 
64 
63 
47 
56 
acres 
986,622 
585,158 
150,528 
70,339 
25,521 
23,244 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
18,484 
1,125 
488 
429 
618 
869 
Dial-up service 
1,667 
72 
28 
25 
47 
61 
DSL service 
7,235 
422 
167 
162 
214 
297 
Cable modem service 
3,494 
142 
70 
62 
132 
172 
Fiber-optic service 
576 
30 
13 
8 
16 
18 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,999 
269 
117 
138 
125 
165 
Satellite service 
4,214 
347 
155 
115 
156 
230 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
311 
19 
9 
9 
11 
24 
Other Internet service 
280 
14 
12 
10 
13 
16 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
22,831 
785 
447 
426 
647 
893 
2 households 
3,929 
342 
123 
105 
146 
210 
3 households 
686 
107 
34 
25 
27 
37 
4 households 
412 
38 
13 
13 
20 
19 
5 or more households 
235 
26 
16 
1 
10 
19 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
