Table 14. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Illinois: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 18,629 5,748 9,186 2,964 86 54 31 5 555 
50 to 99 acres 5,387 1,462 2,204 1,414 72 45 6 4 180 
100 to 199 acres 6,229 1,401 2,214 1,761 471 128 12 3 239 
200 to 499 acres 9,327 1,172 2,040 1,320 2,996 1,409 101 4 285 
500 to 999 acres 6,779 191 300 152 1,454 4,122 323 2 235 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 4,723 10 6 9 197 2,740 1,531 5 225 
2.000 acres or more 2,081 1 - - 13 261 1,524 91 191 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 3,092 824 1,016 497 195 334 112 8 106 
acres 87,360 20,188 18,847 12,881 4,427 17,712 (D) (D) (D) 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 2,671 625 943 403 211 279 110 3 97 
acres 196,214 23,148 28,689 24,690 24,872 46,123 36,061 (D) (D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 25,585 8,315 8,488 2,695 1,222 2,421 1,151 38 1,255 
acres 1,049,561 347,203 302,343 118,940 43,321 97,613 67,985 6,149 66,007 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 1,063 309 293 201 100 93 17 1 49 
acres 46,633 11,228 10,685 9,263 6,373 4,263 (D) (D) (D) 
Total woodland farms 27,742 8,406 10,641 3,427 1,386 2,023 799 28 1,032 
acres 1,449,212 381,576 412,509 163,484 93,181 194,684 96,051 5,614 102,113 
Woodland pastured farms 6,381 1,813 2,245 949 386 573 222 10 183 
acres 207,875 48,551 48,209 29,253 18,484 34,554 16,488 2,782 9,554 
Woodland not pastured farms 23,909 7,311 9,255 2,824 1,181 1,727 675 18 918 
acres 1,241,337 333,025 364,300 134,231 74,697 160,130 79,563 2,832 92,559 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 21,345 5,461 8,155 3,144 1,331 1,948 706 24 576 
acres 873,778 176,994 202,644 126,475 76,573 150,695 87,953 10,250 42,194 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 46,304 12,340 16,283 5,988 3,122 4,926 1,985 85 1,575 
acres 861,953 176,014 176,022 88,105 72,334 163,069 118,575 14,540 53,294 
Irrigated land farms 2,644 320 556 450 184 504 427 25 178 
acres 522,479 8,070 13,698 9,354 22,888 144,612 242,188 37,654 44,015 
Harvested cropland farms 2,583 296 531 445 184 501 426 25 175 
acres 521,459 (D) 13,485 9,282 (D) 144,363 (D) 37,654 43,863 
Pastureland and other land farms 89 25 37 13 2 6 1 - 5 
acres 1,020 (D) 213 72 (D) 249 (D) - 152 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 28,386 8,931 9,098 2,790 1,524 3,174 1,442 45 1,382 
acres 986,719 345,486 295,620 90,735 45,491 92,921 52,674 2,550 61,242 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 28,156 3,192 5,826 3,428 4,020 7,394 3,123 95 1,078 
acres 17,575,381 511,864 920,325 552,997 1,756,164 6,351,872 5,934,192 535,155 1,012,812 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 220 20 47 61 37 35 12 - 8 
$1,000 26,182 180 1,108 2,008 4,894 7,958 9,209 - 825 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 75,087 18,601 25,460 10,058 5,408 8,864 3,593 130 2,973 
$1,000 169,830,110 10,109,325 14,535,408 7,886,790 15,840,529 54,517,951 52,673,686 4,889,764 9,376,657 
Average per farm dollars 2,261,778 543,483 570,912 784,131 2,929,092 6,150,491 14,660,085 37,613,569 3,153,938 
Average per acre dollars 6,305 5,013 5,664 5,488 5,998 6,452 6,977 6,414 6,187 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 5,798 2,074 2,543 848 46 24 11 6 246 
$50,000 to $99,999 5,756 2,044 2,622 820 41 21 10 1 197 
$100,000 to $199,999 10,235 3,449 4,974 1,307 81 53 21 2 348 
$200,000 to $499,999 16,855 5,595 7,715 2,513 199 160 31 4 638 
$500,000 to $999,999 9,516 2,843 3,614 2,037 366 214 53 9 380 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 7,847 1,574 2,398 1,647 1,276 557 80 4 311 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 9,410 886 1,426 781 2,669 3,023 276 6 343 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 5,485 116 143 84 652 3,460 800 6 224 
$10,000,000 or more 4,185 20 25 21 78 1,352 2,311 92 286 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 75,084 18,599 25,459 10,058 5,408 8,864 3,593 130 2,973 
$1,000 15,256,459 1,054,398 1,687,904 994,982 1,600,297 4,814,685 3,916,453 361,699 826,041 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 187 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
