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Counties in Louisiana by land in farms

Vermilion Parish had the highest land in farms of 62 counties in 2002, at 359,220 acres. Jefferson Parish had the lowest, at 7,630 acres. The median was 99,248 acres and the figure for Louisiana was 7,830,664 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Highest359,220Vermilion Parish
Lowest7,630Jefferson Parish
Median99,24862 counties
Louisiana7,830,664History

Map of counties, 2002

Acadia Parish: 256,923 acresAllen Parish: 103,121 acresAscension Parish: 49,607 acresAssumption Parish: 65,937 acresAvoyelles Parish: 271,890 acresBeauregard Parish: 142,911 acresBienville Parish: 43,992 acresBossier Parish: 107,208 acresCaddo Parish: 171,626 acresCalcasieu Parish: 303,423 acresCaldwell Parish: 60,724 acresCameron Parish: 248,821 acresCatahoula Parish: 232,075 acresClaiborne Parish: 55,593 acresConcordia Parish: 211,669 acresDe Soto Parish: 136,661 acresEast Baton Rouge Parish: 61,406 acresEast Carroll Parish: 216,517 acresEast Feliciana Parish: 123,185 acresEvangeline Parish: 183,855 acresFranklin Parish: 258,469 acresGrant Parish: 35,679 acresIberia Parish: 111,280 acresIberville Parish: 96,715 acresJackson Parish: 20,982 acresJefferson Parish: 7,630 acresJefferson Davis Parish: 323,238 acresLafayette Parish: 74,803 acresLafourche Parish: 150,927 acresLaSalle Parish: 16,940 acresLincoln Parish: 65,830 acresLivingston Parish: 34,420 acresMadison Parish: 236,999 acresMorehouse Parish: 245,175 acresNatchitoches Parish: 192,831 acresOuachita Parish: 94,681 acresPlaquemines Parish: 34,797 acresPointe Coupee Parish: 199,382 acresRapides Parish: 201,374 acresRed River Parish: 138,429 acresRichland Parish: 215,949 acresSabine Parish: 62,533 acresSt. Charles Parish: 8,735 acresSt. Helena Parish: 50,931 acresSt. James Parish: 52,802 acresSt. John the Baptist Parish: 22,011 acresSt. Landry Parish: 289,625 acresSt. Martin Parish: 80,742 acresSt. Mary Parish: 73,410 acresSt. Tammany Parish: 51,308 acresTangipahoa Parish: 118,386 acresTensas Parish: 226,144 acresTerrebonne Parish: 53,056 acresUnion Parish: 72,685 acresVermilion Parish: 359,220 acresVernon Parish: 49,715 acresWashington Parish: 101,781 acresWebster Parish: 56,764 acresWest Baton Rouge Parish: 21,508 acresWest Carroll Parish: 183,760 acresWest Feliciana Parish: 68,103 acresWinn Parish: 20,659 acres
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acres, 2002. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2002

Vermilion Parish: 359,220 acresVermilion Parish359,220Jefferson Davis Parish: 323,238 acresJefferson Davis Parish323,238Calcasieu Parish: 303,423 acresCalcasieu Parish303,423St. Landry Parish: 289,625 acresSt. Landry Parish289,625Avoyelles Parish: 271,890 acresAvoyelles Parish271,890Franklin Parish: 258,469 acresFranklin Parish258,469Acadia Parish: 256,923 acresAcadia Parish256,923Cameron Parish: 248,821 acresCameron Parish248,821Morehouse Parish: 245,175 acresMorehouse Parish245,175Madison Parish: 236,999 acresMadison Parish236,999Catahoula Parish: 232,075 acresCatahoula Parish232,075Tensas Parish: 226,144 acresTensas Parish226,144East Carroll Parish: 216,517 acresEast Carroll Parish216,517Richland Parish: 215,949 acresRichland Parish215,949Concordia Parish: 211,669 acresConcordia Parish211,669Rapides Parish: 201,374 acresRapides Parish201,374Pointe Coupee Parish: 199,382 acresPointe Coupee Parish199,382Natchitoches Parish: 192,831 acresNatchitoches Parish192,831Evangeline Parish: 183,855 acresEvangeline Parish183,855West Carroll Parish: 183,760 acresWest Carroll Parish183,760Caddo Parish: 171,626 acresCaddo Parish171,626Lafourche Parish: 150,927 acresLafourche Parish150,927Beauregard Parish: 142,911 acresBeauregard Parish142,911Red River Parish: 138,429 acresRed River Parish138,429De Soto Parish: 136,661 acresDe Soto Parish136,661East Feliciana Parish: 123,185 acresEast Feliciana Parish123,185Tangipahoa Parish: 118,386 acresTangipahoa Parish118,386Iberia Parish: 111,280 acresIberia Parish111,280Bossier Parish: 107,208 acresBossier Parish107,208Allen Parish: 103,121 acresAllen Parish103,121Washington Parish: 101,781 acresWashington Parish101,781Iberville Parish: 96,715 acresIberville Parish96,715Ouachita Parish: 94,681 acresOuachita Parish94,681St. Martin Parish: 80,742 acresSt. Martin Parish80,742Lafayette Parish: 74,803 acresLafayette Parish74,803St. Mary Parish: 73,410 acresSt. Mary Parish73,410Union Parish: 72,685 acresUnion Parish72,685West Feliciana Parish: 68,103 acresWest Feliciana Parish68,103Assumption Parish: 65,937 acresAssumption Parish65,937Lincoln Parish: 65,830 acresLincoln Parish65,830Vermilion Parish: 359,220 acresVermilion Parish359,220Jefferson Davis Parish: 323,238 acresJefferson Davis Parish323,238Calcasieu Parish: 303,423 acresCalcasieu Parish303,423St. Landry Parish: 289,625 acresSt. Landry Parish289,625Avoyelles Parish: 271,890 acresAvoyelles Parish271,890Franklin Parish: 258,469 acresFranklin Parish258,469Acadia Parish: 256,923 acresAcadia Parish256,923Cameron Parish: 248,821 acresCameron Parish248,821Morehouse Parish: 245,175 acresMorehouse Parish245,175Madison Parish: 236,999 acresMadison Parish236,999Catahoula Parish: 232,075 acresCatahoula Parish232,075Tensas Parish: 226,144 acresTensas Parish226,144East Carroll Parish: 216,517 acresEast Carroll Parish216,517Richland Parish: 215,949 acresRichland Parish215,949Concordia Parish: 211,669 acresConcordia Parish211,669Rapides Parish: 201,374 acresRapides Parish201,374Pointe Coupee Parish: 199,382 acresPointe Coupee Parish199,382Natchitoches Parish: 192,831 acresNatchitoches Parish192,831Evangeline Parish: 183,855 acresEvangeline Parish183,855West Carroll Parish: 183,760 acresWest Carroll Parish183,760Caddo Parish: 171,626 acresCaddo Parish171,626Lafourche Parish: 150,927 acresLafourche Parish150,927Beauregard Parish: 142,911 acresBeauregard Parish142,911Red River Parish: 138,429 acresRed River Parish138,429De Soto Parish: 136,661 acresDe Soto Parish136,661East Feliciana Parish: 123,185 acresEast Feliciana Parish123,185Tangipahoa Parish: 118,386 acresTangipahoa Parish118,386Iberia Parish: 111,280 acresIberia Parish111,280Bossier Parish: 107,208 acresBossier Parish107,208Allen Parish: 103,121 acresAllen Parish103,121Washington Parish: 101,781 acresWashington Parish101,781Iberville Parish: 96,715 acresIberville Parish96,715Ouachita Parish: 94,681 acresOuachita Parish94,681St. Martin Parish: 80,742 acresSt. Martin Parish80,742Lafayette Parish: 74,803 acresLafayette Parish74,803St. Mary Parish: 73,410 acresSt. Mary Parish73,410Union Parish: 72,685 acresUnion Parish72,685West Feliciana Parish: 68,103 acresWest Feliciana Parish68,103Assumption Parish: 65,937 acresAssumption Parish65,937Lincoln Parish: 65,830 acresLincoln Parish65,830
acres. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCounties2002
acres
1Vermilion Parish359,220
2Jefferson Davis Parish323,238
3Calcasieu Parish303,423
4St. Landry Parish289,625
5Avoyelles Parish271,890
6Franklin Parish258,469
7Acadia Parish256,923
8Cameron Parish248,821
9Morehouse Parish245,175
10Madison Parish236,999
11Catahoula Parish232,075
12Tensas Parish226,144
13East Carroll Parish216,517
14Richland Parish215,949
15Concordia Parish211,669
16Rapides Parish201,374
17Pointe Coupee Parish199,382
18Natchitoches Parish192,831
19Evangeline Parish183,855
20West Carroll Parish183,760
21Caddo Parish171,626
22Lafourche Parish150,927
23Beauregard Parish142,911
24Red River Parish138,429
25De Soto Parish136,661
26East Feliciana Parish123,185
27Tangipahoa Parish118,386
28Iberia Parish111,280
29Bossier Parish107,208
30Allen Parish103,121
31Washington Parish101,781
32Iberville Parish96,715
33Ouachita Parish94,681
34St. Martin Parish80,742
35Lafayette Parish74,803
36St. Mary Parish73,410
37Union Parish72,685
38West Feliciana Parish68,103
39Assumption Parish65,937
40Lincoln Parish65,830
41Sabine Parish62,533
42East Baton Rouge Parish61,406
43Caldwell Parish60,724
44Webster Parish56,764
45Claiborne Parish55,593
46Terrebonne Parish53,056
47St. James Parish52,802
48St. Tammany Parish51,308
49St. Helena Parish50,931
50Vernon Parish49,715
51Ascension Parish49,607
52Bienville Parish43,992
53Grant Parish35,679
54Plaquemines Parish34,797
55Livingston Parish34,420
56St. John the Baptist Parish22,011
57West Baton Rouge Parish21,508
58Jackson Parish20,982
59Winn Parish20,659
60LaSalle Parish16,940
61St. Charles Parish8,735
62Jefferson Parish7,630

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Land operated by farms in the census year, in acres, including cropland, pasture, woodland and land under farm buildings, as counted by the USDA Census of Agriculture every five years.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2002 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, 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: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (Counties in Louisiana by land in farms, 2002) [Data set]. Data Commons. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/

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Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in Louisiana by land in farms, 2002. 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/land-in-farms/louisiana-counties?period=2002. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2026. Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Counties in Louisiana by land in farms, 2002. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/louisiana-counties?period=2002.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (2026) Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in Louisiana by land in farms, 2002 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/louisiana-counties?period=2002 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest land in farms?

Vermilion Parish, with 359,220 acres in 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest land in farms?

Jefferson Parish, with 7,630 acres in 2002.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved 2026-10-11. 2 counties have no value for 2002 and are not ranked.

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