Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
24,525 
1,212 
933 
acres 
6,904,162 
4,874,651 
1,224,024 
1,019,628 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,081 
1,416 
642 
612 
acres 
1,030,019 
531,319 
488,323 
467,058 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
24,525 
24,525 
- 
- 
acres 
4,874,651 
4,874,651 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
1,788 
- 
1,788 
1,276 
acres 
1,675,718 
- 
1,675,718 
1,358,971 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,276 
- 
1,276 
1,276 
acres 
1,358,971 
- 
1,358,971 
1,358,971 
Corporation 
farms 
1,552 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,195,989 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,359 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
935,543 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
59 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,300 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
193 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
260,446 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
178 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
228 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
154,506 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,838 
6,137 
846 
670 
workers 
26,632 
16,819 
4,582 
3,694 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
3,602 
2,377 
614 
498 
workers 
10,520 
5,275 
2,342 
1,964 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
5,746 
4,665 
543 
424 
workers 
16,112 
11,544 
2,240 
1,730 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
387 
181 
94 
81 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
53 
39 
9 
8 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,569 
11,121 
700 
494 
workers 
28,436 
25,085 
1,670 
1,170 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,967 
2,690 
107 
74 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,309 
8,568 
323 
200 
50 to 69 acres 
2,622 
2,401 
77 
54 
70 to 99 acres 
2,427 
2,206 
126 
79 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,306 
2,083 
111 
62 
140 to 179 acres 
1,368 
1,210 
81 
52 
180 to 219 acres 
1,031 
889 
72 
49 
220 to 259 acres 
771 
665 
50 
37 
260 to 499 acres 
2,043 
1,698 
168 
119 
500 to 999 acres 
1,323 
1,017 
146 
125 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,051 
668 
222 
174 
2,000 acres or more 
875 
430 
305 
251 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,396 
1,779 
467 
350 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
510 
461 
31 
20 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
808 
705 
43 
29 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
648 
475 
51 
49 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6,732 
5,629 
488 
343 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
137 
100 
24 
19 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
6,595 
5,529 
464 
324 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,218 
10,332 
470 
301 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
28 
21 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
111 
84 
7 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1 1 22) 
202 
200 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
717 
622 
16 
14 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
607 
559 
19 
14 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,116 
3,658 
196 
153 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,687 
12,488 
608 
403 
number 
788,967 
609,887 
74,670 
62,105 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,377 
3,219 
78 
44 
1 0 to 49 
6,904 
6,434 
251 
155 
50 to 99 
1,695 
1,501 
96 
55 
100 to 199 
893 
747 
81 
69 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
