Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Louisiana 
11,281 
1 1 ,834 
2,125,298 
3,457 
421,901 
Parishes 
Acadia 
275 
279 
42,718 
71 
5,633 
Allen 
183 
188 
19,689 
33 
2,912 
Ascension 
112 
124 
11,638 
15 
1,564 
Assumption 
24 
24 
3,916 
8 
1,763 
Avoyelles 
277 
282 
53,459 
79 
7,416 
Beauregard 
439 
483 
68,911 
112 
18,695 
Bienville 
100 
107 
19,929 
34 
2,473 
Bossier 
236 
261 
32,176 
95 
5,534 
Caddo 
301 
313 
51,603 
94 
12,334 
Calcasieu 
387 
397 
72,981 
111 
12,617 
Caldwell 
140 
143 
14,444 
33 
4,152 
Cameron 
120 
127 
68,063 
24 
10,697 
Catahoula 
225 
231 
86,406 
95 
17,849 
Claiborne 
110 
123 
18,007 
36 
5,277 
Concordia 
156 
168 
79,072 
65 
23,206 
De Soto 
312 
348 
60,184 
116 
19,645 
East Baton Rouge 
184 
204 
19,278 
69 
6,046 
East Carroll 
56 
58 
74,922 
9 
3,449 
East Feliciana 
158 
159 
30,469 
49 
1 1 ,440 
Evangeline 
216 
219 
29,570 
45 
8,347 
Franklin 
292 
316 
49,605 
140 
18,160 
Grant 
88 
103 
13,437 
20 
1,765 
Iberia 
93 
93 
22,567 
23 
702 
Iberville 
62 
62 
8,778 
28 
3,467 
Jackson 
85 
92 
7,818 
17 
897 
Jefferson 
27 
28 
4,387 
8 
(D) 
Jefferson Davis 
224 
232 
59,721 
59 
5,736 
Lafayette 
221 
237 
16,801 
64 
5,513 
Lafourche 
137 
139 
12,994 
42 
1,887 
La Salle 
76 
77 
7,522 
17 
1,435 
Lincoln 
151 
159 
24,154 
53 
4,893 
Livingston 
204 
219 
10,808 
63 
3,130 
Madison 
106 
113 
60,303 
35 
5,081 
Morehouse 
174 
183 
98,574 
54 
21,249 
Natchitoches 
222 
235 
65,692 
64 
8,246 
Orleans 
6 
6 
102 
2 
(D) 
Ouachita 
166 
174 
23,290 
54 
6,452 
Plaquemines 
42 
42 
19,624 
14 
9,684 
Pointe Coupee 
142 
143 
51,138 
21 
906 
Rapides 
347 
369 
40,944 
96 
5,643 
Red River 
110 
118 
49,005 
31 
3,275 
Richland 
325 
342 
95,632 
145 
26,016 
Sabine 
149 
149 
19,728 
22 
1,589 
St. Bernard 
18 
18 
9,909 
4 
(D) 
St. Charles 
20 
20 
10,493 
5 
(D) 
St. Helena 
166 
173 
11,658 
65 
3,255 
St. James 
16 
16 
8,108 
2 
(D) 
St. John the Baptist 
12 
12 
3,883 
- 
St. Landry 
457 
477 
56,969 
128 
9,540 
St. Martin 
98 
102 
3,298 
33 
700 
St. Mary 
56 
56 
8,223 
11 
49 
St. Tammany 
320 
344 
12,902 
121 
3,143 
Tangipahoa 
519 
537 
40,339 
123 
12,965 
Tensas 
123 
125 
74,119 
27 
5,908 
Terrebonne 
88 
96 
14,421 
45 
8,409 
Union 
194 
200 
26,079 
67 
10,745 
Vermilion 
370 
384 
62,647 
137 
8,618 
Vernon 
218 
223 
23,266 
78 
5,737 
Washington 
391 
404 
36,954 
105 
5,713 
Webster 
226 
229 
19,084 
52 
4,442 
West Baton Rouge 
35 
37 
5,758 
10 
371 
West Carroll 
346 
361 
51,180 
142 
16,252 
West Feliciana 
67 
70 
16,691 
24 
6,839 
Winn 
81 
81 
9,258 
13 
1,348 
Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Louisiana 603 
