Table 19. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Louisiana: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
■ Con. 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
27 
4 
13 
8 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
18,840 
7,192 
8,227 
2,343 
188 
172 
96 
8 
614 
Part owners 
farms 
6,621 
1,681 
2,405 
1,098 
251 
480 
474 
13 
219 
Tenants 
farms 
2,632 
361 
966 
461 
101 
242 
296 
12 
193 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
25,561 
8,904 
10,668 
3,450 
446 
660 
574 
22 
837 
acres 
4,364,172 
1,059,158 
1,077,546 
424,852 
152,534 
509,116 
509,637 
23,855 
607,474 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
25,461 
8,873 
10,632 
3,441 
439 
652 
570 
21 
833 
acres 
3,758,862 
910,492 
922,140 
374,267 
135,651 
412,164 
458,725 
21,678 
523,745 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
9,298 
2,057 
3,390 
1,565 
354 
723 
770 
25 
414 
acres 
4,188,298 
283,761 
449,025 
295,817 
172,697 
738,833 
1,583,380 
175,228 
489,557 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
9,253 
2,042 
3,371 
1,559 
352 
722 
770 
25 
412 
acres 
4,142,002 
276,353 
442,736 
293,874 
171,177 
735,390 
1,576,977 
172,538 
472,957 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2,354 
891 
802 
287 
48 
106 
73 
5 
142 
acres 
651 ,606 
156,074 
161,695 
52,528 
18,403 
100,395 
57,315 
4,867 
100,329 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
41,592 
12,744 
17,595 
5,756 
747 
1,290 
1,535 
75 
1,850 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
16,820 
6,247 
6,429 
2,324 
359 
565 
413 
14 
469 
2 operators 
9,664 
2,566 
4,581 
1,370 
158 
274 
305 
6 
404 
3 operators 
1,210 
344 
425 
158 
21 
43 
109 
7 
103 
4 operators 
272 
61 
112 
35 
1 
12 
21 
3 
27 
5 or more operators 
127 
16 
51 
15 
1 
" 
18 
3 
23 
Total women operators 
...number 
12,062 
3,662 
5,640 
1,738 
155 
227 
250 
12 
378 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10,700 
3,310 
4,984 
1,555 
144 
205 
193 
6 
303 
2 operators 
516 
112 
265 
79 
4 
11 
21 
3 
21 
3 operators 
90 
34 
38 
7 
1 
- 
5 
- 
5 
4 operators 
10 
4 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
4 
2 
- 
“ 
" 
" 
" 
" 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
24,636 
7,892 
10,273 
3,309 
505 
865 
845 
32 
915 
Female 
3,457 
1,342 
1,325 
593 
35 
29 
21 
1 
111 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,136 
5,521 
- 
3,902 
540 
818 
822 
30 
503 
Other 
15,957 
3,713 
11,598 
- 
- 
76 
44 
3 
523 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,115 
7,144 
8,229 
2,898 
363 
544 
446 
22 
469 
Not on farm operated 
7,978 
2,090 
3,369 
1,004 
177 
350 
420 
11 
557 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
10,482 
6,157 
686 
1,523 
340 
638 
655 
26 
457 
Any 
17,611 
3,077 
10,912 
2,379 
200 
256 
211 
7 
569 
1 to 49 days 
1,923 
789 
656 
297 
37 
38 
29 
- 
77 
50 to 99 days 
1,237 
406 
511 
233 
19 
24 
15 
1 
28 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,004 
640 
1,614 
555 
47 
38 
24 
- 
86 
200 days or more 
11,447 
1,242 
8,131 
1,294 
97 
156 
143 
6 
378 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
968 
177 
522 
200 
12 
16 
12 
- 
29 
3 or 4 years 
1,799 
314 
986 
320 
34 
37 
30 
- 
78 
5 to 9 years 
4,327 
1,003 
2,311 
656 
67 
90 
68 
1 
131 
1 0 years or more 
20,999 
7,740 
7,779 
2,726 
427 
751 
756 
32 
788 
Average years on present farm 
21.3 
26.9 
16.8 
19.4 
24.2 
25.9 
25.2 
26.3 
20.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
764 
137 
430 
160 
7 
7 
4 
- 
19 
3 or 4 years 
1,448 
231 
806 
273 
31 
28 
18 
- 
61 
5 to 9 years 
3,816 
847 
2,114 
559 
63 
75 
49 
- 
109 
1 0 years or more 
22,065 
8,019 
8,248 
2,910 
439 
784 
795 
33 
837 
Average years operating any farm ... 
23.1 
28.9 
18.2 
21.4 
26.4 
27.9 
28.3 
28.6 
23.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
147 
- 
58 
58 
15 
6 
2 
- 
8 
25 to 34 years 
1,338 
- 
761 
339 
47 
93 
58 
- 
40 
35 to 44 years 
3,019 
124 
1,854 
597 
69 
140 
136 
6 
93 
45 to 49 years 
2,538 
154 
1,623 
419 
50 
84 
116 
3 
89 
50 to 54 years 
3,336 
385 
1,895 
543 
75 
153 
134 
4 
147 
55 to 59 years 
4,151 
818 
2,109 
655 
91 
134 
172 
5 
167 
60 to 64 years 
4,071 
1,532 
1,601 
457 
75 
128 
105 
9 
164 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 259 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
