Counties in Louisiana by farms

St. Landry Parish had the highest farms of 64 counties in 1997, at 1,267. Orleans Parish had the lowest, at 14. The median was 457 and the figure for Louisiana was 30,425. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Highest1,267St. Landry Parish
Median45764 counties
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Map of counties, 1997

Acadia Parish: 792 countAllen Parish: 449 countAscension Parish: 383 countAssumption Parish: 132 countAvoyelles Parish: 1,028 countBeauregard Parish: 889 countBienville Parish: 279 countBossier Parish: 505 countCaddo Parish: 630 countCalcasieu Parish: 987 countCaldwell Parish: 270 countCameron Parish: 489 countCatahoula Parish: 467 countClaiborne Parish: 333 countConcordia Parish: 347 countDe Soto Parish: 662 countEast Baton Rouge Parish: 596 countEast Carroll Parish: 283 countEast Feliciana Parish: 493 countEvangeline Parish: 740 countFranklin Parish: 894 countGrant Parish: 239 countIberia Parish: 390 countIberville Parish: 199 countJackson Parish: 252 countJefferson Parish: 81 countJefferson Davis Parish: 697 countLafayette Parish: 789 countLafourche Parish: 484 countLaSalle Parish: 219 countLincoln Parish: 366 countLivingston Parish: 479 countMadison Parish: 326 countMorehouse Parish: 489 countNatchitoches Parish: 667 countOrleans Parish: 14 countOuachita Parish: 510 countPlaquemines Parish: 162 countPointe Coupee Parish: 485 countRapides Parish: 1,048 countRed River Parish: 264 countRichland Parish: 581 countSabine Parish: 464 countSt. Bernard Parish: 35 countSt. Charles Parish: 84 countSt. Helena Parish: 434 countSt. James Parish: 80 countSt. John the Baptist Parish: 38 countSt. Landry Parish: 1,267 countSt. Martin Parish: 314 countSt. Mary Parish: 120 countSt. Tammany Parish: 625 countTangipahoa Parish: 1,185 countTensas Parish: 233 countTerrebonne Parish: 170 countUnion Parish: 551 countVermilion Parish: 1,242 countVernon Parish: 509 countWashington Parish: 1,058 countWebster Parish: 445 countWest Baton Rouge Parish: 125 countWest Carroll Parish: 676 countWest Feliciana Parish: 190 countWinn Parish: 191 count
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  • 180 to 280
  • 280 to 460
  • 460 to 510
  • 510 to 760
  • 760 and over
count, 1997. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 1997

St. Landry Parish: 1,267 countSt. Landry Parish1,267Vermilion Parish: 1,242 countVermilion Parish1,242Tangipahoa Parish: 1,185 countTangipahoa Parish1,185Washington Parish: 1,058 countWashington Parish1,058Rapides Parish: 1,048 countRapides Parish1,048Avoyelles Parish: 1,028 countAvoyelles Parish1,028Calcasieu Parish: 987 countCalcasieu Parish987Franklin Parish: 894 countFranklin Parish894Beauregard Parish: 889 countBeauregard Parish889Acadia Parish: 792 countAcadia Parish792Lafayette Parish: 789 countLafayette Parish789Evangeline Parish: 740 countEvangeline Parish740Jefferson Davis Parish: 697 countJefferson Davis Parish697West Carroll Parish: 676 countWest Carroll Parish676Natchitoches Parish: 667 countNatchitoches Parish667De Soto Parish: 662 countDe Soto Parish662Caddo Parish: 630 countCaddo Parish630St. Tammany Parish: 625 countSt. Tammany Parish625East Baton Rouge Parish: 596 countEast Baton Rouge Parish596Richland Parish: 581 countRichland Parish581Union Parish: 551 countUnion Parish551Ouachita Parish: 510 countOuachita Parish510Vernon Parish: 509 countVernon Parish509Bossier Parish: 505 countBossier Parish505East Feliciana Parish: 493 countEast Feliciana Parish493Cameron Parish: 489 countCameron Parish489Morehouse Parish: 489 countMorehouse Parish489Pointe Coupee Parish: 485 countPointe Coupee Parish485Lafourche Parish: 484 countLafourche Parish484Livingston Parish: 479 countLivingston Parish479Catahoula Parish: 467 countCatahoula Parish467Sabine Parish: 464 countSabine Parish464Allen Parish: 449 countAllen Parish449Webster Parish: 445 countWebster Parish445St. Helena Parish: 434 countSt. Helena Parish434Iberia Parish: 390 countIberia Parish390Ascension Parish: 383 countAscension Parish383Lincoln Parish: 366 countLincoln Parish366Concordia Parish: 347 countConcordia Parish347Claiborne Parish: 333 countClaiborne Parish333St. Landry Parish: 1,267 countSt. Landry Parish1,267Vermilion Parish: 1,242 countVermilion Parish1,242Tangipahoa Parish: 1,185 countTangipahoa Parish1,185Washington Parish: 1,058 countWashington Parish1,058Rapides Parish: 1,048 countRapides Parish1,048Avoyelles Parish: 1,028 countAvoyelles Parish1,028Calcasieu Parish: 987 countCalcasieu Parish987Franklin Parish: 894 countFranklin Parish894Beauregard Parish: 889 countBeauregard Parish889Acadia Parish: 792 countAcadia Parish792Lafayette Parish: 789 countLafayette Parish789Evangeline Parish: 740 countEvangeline Parish740Jefferson Davis Parish: 697 countJefferson Davis Parish697West Carroll Parish: 676 countWest Carroll Parish676Natchitoches Parish: 667 countNatchitoches Parish667De Soto Parish: 662 countDe Soto Parish662Caddo Parish: 630 countCaddo Parish630St. Tammany Parish: 625 countSt. Tammany Parish625East Baton Rouge Parish: 596 countEast Baton Rouge Parish596Richland Parish: 581 countRichland Parish581Union Parish: 551 countUnion Parish551Ouachita Parish: 510 countOuachita Parish510Vernon Parish: 509 countVernon Parish509Bossier Parish: 505 countBossier Parish505East Feliciana Parish: 493 countEast Feliciana Parish493Cameron Parish: 489 countCameron Parish489Morehouse Parish: 489 countMorehouse Parish489Pointe Coupee Parish: 485 countPointe Coupee Parish485Lafourche Parish: 484 countLafourche Parish484Livingston Parish: 479 countLivingston Parish479Catahoula Parish: 467 countCatahoula Parish467Sabine Parish: 464 countSabine Parish464Allen Parish: 449 countAllen Parish449Webster Parish: 445 countWebster Parish445St. Helena Parish: 434 countSt. Helena Parish434Iberia Parish: 390 countIberia Parish390Ascension Parish: 383 countAscension Parish383Lincoln Parish: 366 countLincoln Parish366Concordia Parish: 347 countConcordia Parish347Claiborne Parish: 333 countClaiborne Parish333
count. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Places from which 1,000 dollars or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year, as counted by the USDA Census of Agriculture every five years.

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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2026). Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (Counties in Louisiana by farms, 1997) [Data set]. Data Commons. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/

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Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in Louisiana by farms, 1997. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 11 Oct. 2026, https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Data Commons, https://datacommons.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/louisiana-counties?period=1997. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2026. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Counties in Louisiana by farms, 1997. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/louisiana-counties?period=1997.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (2026) Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in Louisiana by farms, 1997 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/louisiana-counties?period=1997 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest farms?

St. Landry Parish, with 1,267 in 1997, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Orleans Parish, with 14 in 1997.

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