Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Louisiana 
Acadia 
Allen 
Ascension 
Assumption 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,838 
218 
100 
49 
51 
workers 
26,632 
761 
279 
243 
405 
$1 ,000 payroll 
251,287 
8,141 
1,224 
2,257 
7,618 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,654 
70 
37 
11 
5 
workers 
2,654 
70 
37 
11 
5 
2 workers 
farms 
2,131 
57 
34 
18 
4 
workers 
4,262 
114 
68 
36 
8 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,709 
52 
20 
7 
10 
workers 
5,723 
174 
63 
22 
39 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
960 
33 
7 
7 
16 
workers 
6,051 
196 
(D) 
41 
100 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
384 
6 
2 
6 
16 
workers 
7,942 
207 
(D) 
133 
253 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
3,602 
100 
32 
25 
39 
workers 
10,520 
347 
64 
85 
223 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
1,589 
47 
19 
9 
6 
workers 
1,589 
47 
19 
9 
6 
2 workers 
farms 
870 
27 
3 
5 
4 
workers 
1,740 
54 
6 
10 
8 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
617 
15 
7 
3 
12 
workers 
2,045 
48 
22 
(D) 
43 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
378 
6 
3 
6 
10 
workers 
2,405 
38 
17 
35 
74 
10 workers or more 
farms 
148 
5 
- 
2 
7 
workers 
2,741 
160 
- 
(D) 
92 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
5,746 
166 
83 
34 
34 
workers 
16,112 
414 
215 
158 
182 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,021 
53 
38 
11 
2 
workers 
2,021 
53 
38 
11 
2 
2 workers 
farms 
1,817 
58 
26 
13 
6 
workers 
3,634 
116 
52 
26 
12 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,239 
34 
15 
2 
12 
workers 
4,097 
110 
47 
(D) 
42 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
524 
19 
3 
3 
10 
workers 
3,080 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
60 
10 workers or more 
farms 
145 
2 
1 
5 
4 
workers 
3,280 
(D) 
(D) 
99 
66 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,092 
52 
17 
15 
17 
workers 
5,440 
181 
36 
45 
91 
$1 ,000 payroll 
95,779 
2,697 
512 
714 
2,596 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
4,236 
118 
68 
24 
12 
workers 
9,914 
267 
136 
78 
74 
$1 ,000 payroll 
29,185 
1,262 
476 
230 
260 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
1,510 
48 
15 
10 
22 
150 days or more, workers 
5,080 
166 
28 
40 
132 
less than 150 days, workers 
6,198 
147 
79 
80 
108 
$1 ,000 payroll 
126,323 
4,181 
236 
1,313 
4,762 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
440 
48 
6 
6 
14 
workers 
3,941 
310 
16 
41 
72 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
387 
37 
4 
6 
14 
workers 
3,758 
258 
(D) 
41 
72 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
53 
11 
2 
- 
- 
workers 
183 
52 
(D) 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,569 
355 
175 
139 
34 
workers 
28,436 
757 
410 
348 
69 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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