Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
1 
1 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Other farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
27 
3 
2 
- 
- 
7 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
18,840 
559 
361 
740 
569 
5,221 
- 
Part owners farms 
6,621 
1,089 
101 
53 
38 
1,086 
- 
Tenants farms 
2,632 
748 
48 
15 
41 
425 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
25,561 
1,678 
462 
793 
608 
6,327 
_ 
acres 
4,364,172 
864,415 
33,998 
82,761 
27,978 
1,446,856 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
25,461 
1,648 
462 
793 
607 
6,307 
- 
acres 
3,758,862 
742,926 
29,389 
74,762 
27,212 
1,157,533 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
9,298 
1,840 
149 
68 
82 
1,528 
_ 
acres 
4,188,298 
2,182,126 
23,333 
8,745 
14,504 
808,366 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
9,253 
1,837 
149 
68 
79 
1,511 
- 
acres 
4,142,002 
2,161,621 
23,131 
8,695 
7,974 
803,647 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
2,354 
366 
28 
80 
33 
918 
- 
acres 
651,606 
141,994 
4,811 
8,049 
7,296 
294,042 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
41,592 
3,553 
784 
1,240 
1,025 
9,744 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
16,820 
1,547 
281 
423 
342 
4,324 
- 
2 operators 
9,664 
653 
192 
349 
258 
1,987 
- 
3 operators 
1,210 
144 
31 
27 
32 
303 
- 
4 operators 
272 
27 
4 
8 
12 
85 
- 
5 or more operators 
127 
25 
2 
1 
4 
33 
- 
Total women operators number 
12,062 
596 
235 
402 
365 
2,834 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10,700 
477 
219 
380 
307 
2,481 
- 
2 operators 
516 
39 
5 
6 
23 
106 
- 
3 operators 
90 
11 
2 
2 
4 
35 
- 
4 operators 
10 
2 
- 
1 
- 
4 
- 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
" 
" 
4 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
24,636 
2,312 
474 
714 
517 
5,655 
- 
Female 
3,457 
84 
36 
94 
131 
1,077 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,136 
1,936 
279 
289 
298 
2,102 
- 
Other 
15,957 
460 
231 
519 
350 
4,630 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,115 
1,297 
390 
621 
440 
4,074 
- 
Not on farm operated 
7,978 
1,099 
120 
187 
208 
2,658 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
10,482 
1,431 
208 
244 
270 
2,664 
- 
Any 
17,611 
965 
302 
564 
378 
4,068 
- 
1 to 49 days 
1,923 
135 
31 
79 
23 
608 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,237 
73 
40 
33 
41 
278 
- 
100 to 199 days 
3,004 
171 
69 
116 
80 
587 
- 
200 days or more 
11,447 
586 
162 
336 
234 
2,595 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
968 
78 
33 
20 
17 
244 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,799 
136 
61 
60 
39 
395 
- 
5 to 9 years 
4,327 
309 
70 
131 
110 
992 
- 
1 0 years or more 
20,999 
1,873 
346 
597 
482 
5,101 
- 
Average years on present farm 
21.3 
23.3 
18.7 
20.0 
19.4 
22.0 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
764 
54 
25 
17 
16 
178 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
92 
53 
40 
32 
293 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,816 
239 
63 
116 
103 
920 
- 
10 years or more 
22,065 
2,011 
369 
635 
497 
5,341 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
23.1 
26.3 
20.4 
22.0 
21.1 
23.7 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
36 
7 
- 
6 
15 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,338 
231 
24 
14 
25 
260 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3,019 
351 
58 
79 
67 
515 
- 
45 to 49 years 
2,538 
241 
31 
53 
47 
504 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
