Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
1,198 
1,078 
1,042 
120 
115 
132 
acres 
721,992 
631,035 
585,236 
90,957 
87,115 
83,495 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
23 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,377 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
1,552 
1,359 
1,300 
193 
178 
- 
acres 
1,195,989 
935,543 
768,512 
260,446 
144,321 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,359 
1,359 
1,300 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
935,543 
935,543 
768,512 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
59 
59 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,300 
1,300 
1,300 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
193 
- 
- 
193 
178 
- 
acres 
260,446 
- 
- 
260,446 
144,321 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
15 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
178 
- 
" 
178 
178 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
228 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
154,506 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
760 
656 
623 
104 
89 
95 
workers 
4,709 
4,072 
3,784 
637 
457 
522 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
543 
479 
452 
64 
53 
68 
workers 
2,598 
2,298 
2,150 
300 
205 
305 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
479 
398 
377 
81 
71 
59 
workers 
2,111 
1,774 
1,634 
337 
252 
217 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
112 
102 
91 
10 
7 
. 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
664 
587 
567 
77 
77 
84 
workers 
1,472 
1,301 
1,256 
171 
171 
209 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
131 
110 
110 
21 
20 
39 
1 0 to 49 acres 
359 
314 
314 
45 
44 
59 
50 to 69 acres 
124 
109 
106 
15 
15 
20 
70 to 99 acres 
80 
69 
66 
11 
11 
15 
100 to 139 acres 
102 
88 
86 
14 
14 
10 
140 to 1 79 acres 
66 
64 
64 
2 
2 
11 
180 to 219 acres 
68 
53 
51 
15 
15 
2 
220 to 259 acres 
50 
44 
43 
6 
6 
6 
260 to 499 acres 
150 
135 
121 
15 
13 
27 
500 to 999 acres 
145 
130 
122 
15 
14 
15 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
153 
141 
133 
12 
11 
8 
2,000 acres or more 
124 
102 
84 
22 
13 
16 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
136 
122 
116 
14 
9 
14 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
13 
12 
12 
1 
1 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
51 
46 
46 
5 
5 
9 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
106 
87 
87 
19 
19 
16 
Other crop farming (1119) 
525 
449 
411 
76 
73 
90 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
13 
13 
13 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
512 
436 
398 
76 
73 
90 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
368 
324 
312 
44 
40 
48 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
16 
14 
14 
2 
2 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
71 
63 
62 
8 
5 
8 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
23 
21 
21 
2 
2 
6 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
236 
214 
212 
22 
22 
26 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
520 
461 
444 
59 
53 
71 
number 
91,895 
72,842 
70,750 
19,053 
3,697 
12,515 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
64 
58 
58 
6 
6 
16 
10 to 49 
190 
168 
159 
22 
22 
29 
50 to 99 
91 
78 
77 
13 
13 
7 
1 00 to 1 99 
58 
51 
50 
7 
7 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Louisiana 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
