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 
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 
1,130 
579 
524 
803 
1,121 
acres 
6,904,162 
2,320,306 
748,933 
506,483 
466,447 
420,864 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,081 
166 
82 
75 
126 
161 
acres 
1,030,019 
388,684 
138,931 
66,453 
96,342 
70,386 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
24,525 
682 
435 
419 
647 
942 
acres 
4,874,651 
1,217,236 
522,958 
346,446 
379,711 
332,079 
Partnership 
farms 
1,788 
400 
95 
62 
94 
111 
acres 
1,675,718 
1,128,744 
135,220 
60,137 
68,796 
53,434 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,276 
327 
68 
55 
72 
80 
acres 
1,358,971 
940,636 
85,456 
55,963 
62,643 
34,261 
Corporation 
farms 
1,552 
212 
94 
78 
97 
110 
acres 
1,195,989 
492,551 
179,642 
82,579 
51,714 
149,416 
Family held 
farms 
1,359 
189 
85 
69 
87 
101 
acres 
935,543 
364,674 
99,135 
73,893 
49,301 
145,911 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
59 
15 
2 
5 
1 
12 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,300 
174 
83 
64 
86 
89 
Other than family held 
farms 
193 
23 
9 
9 
10 
9 
acres 
260,446 
127,877 
80,507 
8,686 
2,413 
3,505 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
15 
10 
2 
3 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
178 
13 
7 
6 
10 
9 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
228 
4 
9 
11 
12 
15 
acres 
154,506 
38,510 
15,293 
46,830 
7,583 
7,021 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,838 
1,181 
494 
394 
455 
453 
workers 
26,632 
8,758 
1,853 
1,450 
1,575 
1,188 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
3,602 
1,050 
362 
254 
246 
193 
workers 
10,520 
4,980 
958 
727 
551 
341 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
5,746 
695 
309 
252 
310 
335 
workers 
16,112 
3,778 
895 
723 
1,024 
847 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
387 
212 
57 
28 
25 
15 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
53 
6 
7 
4 
11 
5 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,569 
278 
174 
189 
322 
542 
workers 
28,436 
530 
351 
395 
718 
1,285 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,967 
9 
6 
13 
26 
65 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,309 
72 
25 
25 
43 
112 
50 to 69 acres 
2,622 
30 
8 
4 
14 
58 
70 to 99 acres 
2,427 
18 
1 
4 
13 
65 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,306 
25 
10 
1 
40 
80 
140 to 179 acres 
1,368 
13 
3 
15 
45 
72 
180 to 219 acres 
1,031 
14 
7 
8 
70 
69 
220 to 259 acres 
771 
10 
3 
14 
61 
87 
260 to 499 acres 
2,043 
26 
37 
150 
226 
273 
500 to 999 acres 
1,323 
50 
207 
196 
182 
213 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,051 
413 
263 
87 
80 
63 
2,000 acres or more 
875 
618 
63 
53 
50 
21 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,396 
767 
426 
288 
295 
202 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
510 
15 
2 
8 
13 
21 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
808 
- 
4 
8 
20 
45 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
648 
24 
18 
34 
62 
71 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6,732 
250 
73 
65 
74 
195 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
137 
23 
23 
34 
16 
16 
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 
31 
58 
179 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,218 
12 
34 
99 
289 
510 
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 (1123) 
717 
203 
38 
13 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
607 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,116 
19 
12 
28 
61 
107 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,687 
206 
143 
180 
407 
675 
number 
788,967 
81,641 
61,237 
83,635 
102,213 
99,939 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,377 
6 
2 
2 
6 
21 
10 to 49 
6,904 
54 
15 
10 
34 
59 
50 to 99 
1,695 
42 
18 
13 
47 
163 
100 to 199 
893 
35 
22 
31 
81 
259 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
