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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
3,336 
294 
55 
113 
96 
726 
- 
55 to 59 years 
4,151 
396 
98 
122 
117 
1,011 
- 
60 to 64 years 
4,071 
311 
63 
118 
83 
1,054 
- 
65 to 69 years 
3,242 
219 
63 
102 
84 
796 
- 
70 years and over 
6,251 
317 
111 
207 
123 
1,851 
- 
Average age 
58.5 
53.8 
58.6 
60.6 
58.1 
61.0 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
538 
30 
13 
13 
38 
106 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
15 
15 
2 
16 
37 
- 
Asian 
64 
- 
- 
5 
19 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
2,359 
116 
70 
43 
26 
385 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
10 
- 
- 
4 
3 
- 
- 
White 
25,305 
2,254 
423 
743 
580 
6,284 
- 
More than one race reported 
151 
11 
2 
11 
4 
24 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,030 
284 
76 
116 
80 
1,338 
- 
2 people 
14,585 
1,116 
284 
451 
324 
3,550 
- 
3 people 
4,262 
396 
66 
101 
121 
814 
- 
4 people 
3,353 
344 
60 
71 
81 
726 
- 
5 or more people 
1,863 
256 
24 
69 
42 
304 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,483 
657 
404 
710 
450 
5,627 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
1,648 
194 
34 
40 
65 
379 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
1,625 
440 
27 
31 
55 
317 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
1,174 
538 
19 
15 
28 
188 
- 
100 percent 
1,163 
567 
26 
12 
50 
221 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
848 
171 
18 
29 
39 
217 
- 
acres 
986,622 
373,844 
4,387 
10,740 
4,301 
253,658 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
18,484 
1,766 
364 
606 
482 
4,132 
- 
Dial-up service 
1,667 
100 
42 
56 
51 
402 
- 
DSL service 
7,235 
690 
129 
239 
215 
1,543 
- 
Cable modem service 
3,494 
219 
86 
157 
109 
903 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
576 
37 
15 
30 
16 
109 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,999 
457 
55 
99 
62 
661 
- 
Satellite service 
4,214 
522 
85 
100 
69 
932 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
311 
31 
11 
8 
14 
51 
- 
Other Internet service 
280 
29 
4 
11 
3 
74 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
22,831 
1,675 
419 
690 
516 
5,396 
- 
2 households 
3,929 
495 
73 
99 
109 
901 
- 
3 households 
686 
129 
2 
8 
18 
198 
- 
4 households 
412 
58 
1 
8 
4 
161 
- 
5 or more households 
235 
39 
15 
3 
1 
76 
- 
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 
2,205 
501 
784 
620 
6,364 
- 
acres 
6,904,162 
2,487,185 
47,505 
66,120 
33,045 
1,707,555 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,081 
188 
40 
82 
103 
517 
- 
acres 
1,030,019 
255,799 
18,921 
16,362 
4,389 
329,317 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
24,525 
1,779 
461 
705 
475 
5,629 
- 
acres 
4,874,651 
1,626,646 
(D) 
51,306 
21,395 
1,071,943 
- 
Partnership farms 
1,788 
467 
31 
43 
51 
488 
- 
acres 
1,675,718 
1,037,865 
(D) 
21,332 
6,872 
358,114 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
1,276 
350 
20 
29 
49 
343 
- 
acres 
1,358,971 
816,700 
13,578 
10,818 
6,568 
310,707 
- 
Corporation farms 
1,552 
136 
13 
51 
106 
525 
- 
acres 
1,195,989 
195,265 
(D) 
10,269 
6,265 
490,259 
- 
Family held farms 
1,359 
122 
12 
46 
87 
449 
- 
acres 
935,543 
139,523 
927 
9,803 
5,741 
387,684 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
59 
6 
- 
- 
- 
38 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
1,300 
116 
12 
46 
87 
411 
- 
Other than family held farms 
193 
14 
1 
5 
19 
76 
- 
acres 
260,446 
55,742 
(D) 
466 
524 
102,575 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
