Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Avoyelles 
Beauregard 
Bienville 
Bossier 
Caddo 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
937 
860 
233 
472 
614 
2007 
947 
909 
194 
493 
625 
acres, 2012 
299,158 
146,203 
55,871 
81,300 
139,856 
2007 
278,465 
178,950 
40,703 
103,500 
151,215 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
517 
415 
106 
167 
259 
2007 
509 
402 
106 
187 
274 
acres, 2012 
178,169 
26,271 
8,033 
24,304 
55,027 
TENURE 
2007 
168,057 
21,574 
5,327 
24,595 
61,372 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
590 
657 
180 
365 
434 
2007 
598 
690 
148 
375 
433 
acres, 2012 
74,916 
79,409 
48,822 
37,587 
44,816 
2007 
81,559 
130,302 
28,194 
51,150 
41,932 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
247 
270 
75 
114 
166 
2007 
239 
254 
71 
121 
161 
acres, 2012 
17,243 
7,622 
6,797 
6,469 
6,910 
2007 
19,119 
8,272 
1,881 
8,619 
7,923 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
271 
174 
47 
84 
133 
2007 
249 
194 
34 
96 
125 
acres, 2012 
184,576 
59,792 
6,899 
36,720 
66,231 
2007 
129,350 
46,174 
11,295 
44,520 
71,284 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
56,900 
26,918 
4,428 
9,950 
23,368 
2007 
38,027 
19,223 
6,893 
13,202 
29,989 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
127,676 
32,874 
2,471 
26,770 
42,863 
2007 
91,323 
26,951 
4,402 
31,318 
41,295 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
224 
132 
26 
47 
72 
2007 
202 
139 
29 
56 
84 
acres, 2012 
125,908 
17,506 
1,181 
13,315 
28,722 
2007 
92,573 
13,178 
3,076 
12,945 
31,328 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
76 
29 
6 
23 
47 
2007 
100 
25 
12 
22 
67 
acres, 2012 
39,666 
7,002 
150 
6,993 
28,809 
2007 
67,556 
2,474 
1,214 
7,830 
37,999 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
46 
13 
5 
6 
21 
2007 
68 
9 
6 
10 
29 
acres, 2012 
35,018 
1,143 
55 
4,520 
19,395 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
56,365 
124 
370 
3,031 
22,121 
Total operators 
number 
1,293 
1,427 
342 
710 
924 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
645 
423 
131 
261 
342 
2 operators 
237 
367 
97 
189 
243 
3 operators 
51 
32 
3 
17 
23 
4 operators 
2 
28 
2 
5 
3 
5 or more operators 
2 
10 
“ 
- 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
288 
516 
109 
263 
315 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
271 
392 
91 
211 
290 
2 operators 
5 
22 
9 
23 
11 
3 operators 
1 
22 
- 
2 
1 
4 operators 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
“ 
2 
" 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,328 
1,370 
287 
729 
972 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
645 
505 
116 
292 
330 
2 operators 
255 
357 
69 
170 
254 
3 operators 
31 
41 
8 
27 
32 
4 operators 
8 
5 
- 
4 
8 
5 or more operators 
8 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
307 
447 
93 
218 
335 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
273 
407 
78 
206 
304 
2 operators 
14 
20 
5 
6 
14 
3 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
858 
748 
199 
377 
520 
2007 
833 
796 
162 
425 
537 
acres, 2012 
291,742 
127,508 
53,398 
75,766 
127,522 
2007 
263,271 
163,035 
37,130 
97,365 
142,951 
Female 
farms, 2012 
79 
112 
34 
95 
94 
2007 
114 
113 
32 
68 
88 
acres, 2012 
7,416 
18,695 
2,473 
5,534 
12,334 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
15,194 
15,915 
3,573 
6,135 
8,264 
Farming 
2012 
403 
318 
126 
250 
296 
2007 
405 
346 
82 
223 
258 
Other 
2012 
534 
542 
107 
222 
318 
Place of residence: 
2007 
542 
563 
112 
270 
367 
On farm operated 
2012 
671 
746 
191 
374 
442 
2007 
620 
754 
160 
373 
462 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
266 
114 
42 
98 
172 
2007 
327 
155 
34 
120 
163 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data Louisiana 577 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
