Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
18,226 
6,402 
2,439 
16,351 
10,716 
acres 
6,904,162 
2,269,693 
3,228,428 
1,406,041 
3,827,068 
3,077,094 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,081 
1,247 
581 
253 
1,048 
1,033 
acres 
1,030,019 
371,310 
472,167 
186,542 
491,225 
538,794 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
24,525 
16,761 
5,733 
2,031 
15,298 
9,227 
acres 
4,874,651 
1,692,891 
2,402,067 
779,693 
3,173,033 
1,701,618 
Partnership 
farms 
1,788 
929 
506 
353 
622 
1,166 
acres 
1,675,718 
354,188 
657,574 
663,956 
376,736 
1,298,982 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,276 
626 
384 
266 
422 
854 
acres 
1,358,971 
276,067 
525,706 
557,198 
290,167 
1,068,804 
Corporation 
farms 
1,552 
956 
362 
234 
773 
779 
acres 
1,195,989 
567,672 
375,279 
253,038 
525,401 
670,588 
Family held 
farms 
1,359 
846 
327 
186 
663 
696 
acres 
935,543 
386,447 
335,646 
213,450 
451,449 
484,094 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
59 
37 
16 
6 
27 
32 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,300 
809 
311 
180 
636 
664 
Other than family held 
farms 
193 
110 
35 
48 
110 
83 
acres 
260,446 
181,225 
39,633 
39,588 
73,952 
186,494 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
15 
10 
1 
4 
7 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
178 
100 
34 
44 
103 
75 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
228 
194 
20 
14 
127 
101 
acres 
154,506 
102,139 
48,906 
3,461 
50,961 
103,545 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,838 
4,172 
2,633 
1,033 
4,434 
3,404 
workers 
26,632 
1 1 ,643 
10,035 
4,954 
13,126 
13,506 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
3,602 
1,634 
1,276 
692 
1,880 
1,722 
workers 
10,520 
4,166 
4,133 
2,221 
4,780 
5,740 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
5,746 
3,093 
1,940 
713 
3,318 
2,428 
workers 
16,112 
7,477 
5,902 
2,733 
8,346 
7,766 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
387 
75 
194 
118 
182 
205 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
53 
25 
14 
14 
25 
28 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,569 
8,533 
3,105 
931 
6,294 
6,275 
workers 
28,436 
19,016 
7,270 
2,150 
12,716 
15,720 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,967 
2,653 
137 
177 
1,724 
1,243 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,309 
7,563 
1,169 
577 
5,515 
3,794 
50 to 69 acres 
2,622 
1,890 
501 
231 
1,611 
1,011 
70 to 99 acres 
2,427 
1,725 
537 
165 
1,522 
905 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,306 
1,452 
661 
193 
1,407 
899 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,368 
825 
413 
130 
834 
534 
180 to 219 acres 
1,031 
546 
366 
119 
654 
377 
220 to 259 acres 
771 
418 
301 
52 
467 
304 
260 to 499 acres 
2,043 
995 
858 
190 
1,273 
770 
500 to 999 acres 
1,323 
403 
693 
227 
812 
511 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,051 
192 
558 
301 
594 
457 
2,000 acres or more 
875 
178 
427 
270 
407 
468 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,396 
559 
1,089 
748 
1,547 
849 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
510 
361 
101 
48 
281 
229 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
808 
740 
53 
15 
423 
385 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
648 
569 
38 
41 
342 
306 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6,732 
5,221 
1,086 
425 
4,324 
2,408 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
137 
45 
56 
36 
81 
56 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
6,595 
5,176 
1,030 
389 
4,243 
2,352 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,218 
6,870 
3,350 
998 
6,889 
4,329 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
28 
7 
20 
1 
14 
14 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
111 
45 
61 
5 
67 
44 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
202 
163 
18 
21 
116 
86 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
717 
590 
100 
27 
315 
402 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
607 
521 
50 
36 
311 
296 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,116 
3,194 
655 
267 
2,191 
1,925 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,687 
8,165 
4,352 
1,170 
8,167 
5,520 
number 
788,967 
306,940 
402,031 
79,996 
447,800 
341,167 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,377 
2,670 
495 
212 
1,991 
1,386 
10 to 49 
6,904 
4,249 
2,082 
573 
4,184 
2,720 
50 to 99 
1,695 
735 
779 
181 
991 
704 
100 to 199 
893 
303 
471 
119 
540 
353 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
