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.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
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 
Non-family 
farms 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
3,242 
1,909 
747 
301 
42 
64 
72 
3 
104 
70 years and over 
6,251 
4,312 
950 
533 
76 
92 
71 
3 
214 
Average age 
58.5 
68.7 
53.1 
53.8 
54.1 
52.8 
53.4 
56.2 
58.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
538 
160 
229 
95 
14 
8 
13 
- 
19 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
204 
68 
64 
51 
4 
8 
1 
- 
8 
Asian 
64 
6 
31 
14 
5 
6 
1 
- 
1 
Black or African American 
2,359 
1,006 
898 
364 
8 
9 
17 
- 
57 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
10 
- 
3 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
25,305 
8,126 
10,548 
3,409 
521 
868 
846 
33 
954 
More than one race reported 
151 
28 
54 
57 
2 
3 
1 
- 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
4,030 
1,827 
1,374 
441 
77 
87 
59 
2 
163 
2 people 
14,585 
6,144 
4,998 
1,830 
282 
405 
388 
15 
523 
3 people 
4,262 
799 
2,133 
859 
77 
128 
140 
5 
121 
4 people 
3,353 
317 
2,055 
452 
69 
163 
151 
8 
138 
5 or more people 
1,863 
147 
1,038 
320 
35 
111 
128 
3 
81 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
22,483 
7,910 
10,774 
2,806 
95 
116 
70 
4 
708 
25 to 49 percent 
1,648 
643 
440 
352 
33 
41 
64 
- 
75 
50 to 74 percent 
1,625 
463 
276 
325 
139 
194 
140 
8 
80 
75 to 99 percent 
1,174 
153 
58 
204 
140 
266 
275 
9 
69 
1 00 percent 
1,163 
65 
50 
215 
133 
277 
317 
12 
94 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
848 
113 
191 
158 
42 
88 
113 
14 
129 
acres 
986,622 
31,270 
43,842 
60,634 
17,950 
121,488 
287,289 
90,196 
333,953 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
18,484 
4,893 
8,316 
2,717 
406 
706 
739 
33 
674 
Dial-up service 
1,667 
644 
622 
238 
21 
47 
50 
- 
45 
DSL service 
7,235 
1,849 
3,445 
1,042 
118 
249 
293 
11 
228 
Cable modem service 
3,494 
948 
1,621 
471 
79 
104 
103 
3 
165 
Fiber-optic service 
576 
129 
307 
66 
12 
13 
9 
2 
38 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
2,999 
565 
1,324 
484 
114 
190 
180 
6 
136 
Satellite service 
4,214 
1,196 
1,619 
684 
125 
218 
219 
11 
142 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
311 
71 
146 
44 
2 
17 
11 
2 
18 
Other Internet service 
280 
79 
110 
49 
3 
19 
9 
1 
10 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
22,831 
7,620 
9,838 
3,171 
426 
651 
531 
16 
578 
2 households 
3,929 
1,342 
1,276 
536 
94 
161 
221 
8 
291 
3 households 
686 
157 
194 
122 
13 
49 
67 
7 
77 
4 households 
412 
70 
190 
47 
4 
19 
31 
- 
51 
5 or more households 
235 
45 
100 
26 
3 
14 
16 
2 
29 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
.farms 
27,067 
9,234 
11,598 
3,902 
540 
894 
866 
33 
- 
acres 
6,904,162 
1,186,845 
1,364,876 
668,141 
306,828 
1,147,554 
2,035,702 
194,216 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
2,081 
480 
795 
335 
64 
121 
106 
10 
170 
acres 
1,030,019 
100,655 
181,095 
71,343 
48,944 
173,929 
279,020 
58,597 
116,436 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
24,525 
8,692 
10,699 
3,523 
439 
672 
495 
5 
- 
acres 
4,874,651 
1,043,811 
1,111,580 
559,934 
253,767 
765,543 
1,114,486 
25,530 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
1,788 
264 
356 
167 
42 
106 
264 
13 
576 
acres 
1,675,718 
71,956 
104,828 
41,507 
30,194 
151,881 
721,099 
102,559 
451,694 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
1,276 
169 
276 
139 
34 
84 
218 
13 
343 
acres 
1,358,971 
57,309 
88,558 
33,160 
27,012 
115,402 
595,628 
102,559 
339,343 
Corporation 
.farms 
1,552 
224 
489 
199 
58 
107 
106 
15 
354 
acres 
1,195,989 
(D) 
139,803 
(D) 
(D) 
178,261 
(D) 
66,127 
473,997 
Family held 
.farms 
1,359 
202 
420 
186 
55 
99 
103 
13 
281 
acres 
935,543 
(D) 
130,256 
52,512 
(D) 
(D) 
192,316 
(D) 
304,508 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
59 
5 
20 
1 
1 
3 
5 
1 
23 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
1,300 
197 
400 
185 
54 
96 
98 
12 
258 
Other than family held 
.farms 
193 
22 
69 
13 
3 
8 
3 
2 
73 
acres 
260,446 
(D) 
9,547 
(D) 
704 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
169,489 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
15 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
178 
22 
69 
13 
3 
6 
2 
- 
63 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
228 
54 
54 
13 
1 
9 
1 
- 
96 
acres 
154,506 
(D) 
8,665 
(D) 
(D) 
51,869 
(D) 
- 
71,011 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
260 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
