Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Rapides 
Red River 
Richland 
Sabine 
St. Bernard 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
853 
252 
762 
392 
56 
2007 
977 
251 
866 
366 
45 
acres, 2012 
210,996 
135,346 
278,986 
51,829 
31,889 
2007 
177,300 
103,336 
291,216 
50,568 
32,060 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
505 
129 
369 
192 
22 
2007 
548 
124 
366 
207 
10 
acres, 2012 
107,478 
29,015 
154,085 
9,873 
399 
TENURE 
2007 
84,571 
24,982 
151,788 
9,668 
130 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
604 
171 
511 
292 
29 
2007 
689 
177 
626 
258 
11 
acres, 2012 
74,252 
40,885 
93,409 
24,826 
8,163 
2007 
75,173 
47,765 
119,824 
21,418 
493 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
331 
70 
155 
124 
12 
2007 
355 
69 
169 
130 
8 
acres, 2012 
12,430 
4,495 
15,622 
4,232 
204 
2007 
17,789 
6,583 
27,571 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
184 
73 
171 
88 
10 
2007 
221 
60 
163 
105 
7 
acres, 2012 
84,331 
79,050 
114,807 
26,115 
2,240 
2007 
63,892 
51,955 
118,277 
(D) 
7,536 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
24,409 
38,763 
34,046 
13,988 
(D) 
2007 
19,931 
14,842 
53,379 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
59,922 
40,287 
80,761 
12,127 
(D) 
2007 
43,961 
37,113 
64,898 
14,481 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
131 
55 
144 
68 
4 
2007 
148 
46 
140 
76 
2 
acres, 2012 
48,786 
19,146 
73,035 
5,641 
(D) 
2007 
36,297 
18,035 
79,303 
5,583 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
65 
8 
80 
12 
17 
2007 
67 
14 
77 
3 
27 
acres, 2012 
52,413 
15,411 
70,770 
888 
21,486 
2007 
38,235 
3,616 
53,115 
(D) 
24,031 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
43 
4 
70 
6 
2007 
45 
9 
57 
1 
- 
acres, 2012 
46,262 
5,374 
65,428 
- 
(D) 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
30,485 
364 
44,914 
(D) 
Total operators 
number 
1,276 
371 
1,082 
560 
96 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
497 
150 
513 
229 
23 
2 operators 
308 
92 
198 
158 
26 
3 operators 
35 
7 
36 
5 
7 
4 operators 
7 
1 
11 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
2 
4 
- 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
378 
118 
354 
149 
18 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
328 
103 
304 
149 
18 
2 operators 
19 
6 
17 
- 
- 
3 operators 
4 
1 
4 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
- 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,481 
372 
1,277 
529 
60 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
552 
150 
550 
219 
32 
2 operators 
372 
89 
243 
134 
11 
3 operators 
41 
7 
61 
12 
2 
4 operators 
10 
2 
3 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
3 
9 
1 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
457 
107 
383 
154 
8 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
410 
95 
321 
143 
8 
2 operators 
15 
6 
19 
4 
- 
3 operators 
2 
- 
8 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
757 
221 
617 
370 
52 
2007 
840 
225 
727 
326 
45 
acres, 2012 
205,353 
132,071 
252,970 
50,240 
(D) 
2007 
163,824 
101,200 
264,987 
46,972 
32,060 
Female 
farms, 2012 
96 
31 
145 
22 
4 
2007 
137 
26 
139 
40 
- 
acres, 2012 
5,643 
3,275 
26,016 
1,589 
(□) 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
13,476 
2,136 
26,229 
3,596 
Farming 
2012 
427 
141 
359 
201 
34 
2007 
453 
113 
295 
181 
26 
Other 
2012 
426 
111 
403 
191 
22 
Place of residence: 
2007 
524 
138 
571 
185 
19 
On farm operated 
2012 
717 
180 
495 
347 
26 
2007 
789 
184 
520 
318 
25 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
136 
72 
267 
45 
30 
2007 
188 
67 
346 
48 
20 
-continued 
584 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
