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 
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 
8,108 
3,863 
1,383 
806 
607 
821 
309 
5 
314 
70 years and over 
15,594 
8,987 
1,830 
1,699 
997 
1,157 
348 
22 
554 
Average age 
57.8 
68.9 
52.0 
55,0 
57.1 
56.1 
55.3 
56.6 
57.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
475 
120 
193 
84 
31 
25 
7 
- 
15 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
102 
24 
49 
10 
6 
5 
2 
- 
6 
Asian 
94 
13 
55 
15 
4 
5 
2 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
110 
43 
41 
11 
4 
3 
- 
- 
8 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
16 
4 
5 
- 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
White 
74,631 
18,474 
25,258 
9,999 
5,384 
8,843 
3,586 
130 
2,957 
More than one race reported 
134 
43 
52 
23 
7 
4 
3 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
11,504 
4,397 
3,085 
1,741 
698 
869 
248 
4 
462 
2 people 
37,704 
12,207 
10,062 
4,662 
2,914 
4,566 
1,756 
67 
1,470 
3 people 
10,092 
1,209 
4,360 
1,504 
762 
1,294 
561 
13 
389 
4 people 
9,344 
558 
4,786 
1,185 
622 
1,229 
548 
27 
389 
5 or more people 
6,443 
230 
3,167 
966 
412 
906 
480 
19 
263 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
42,888 
13,421 
20,465 
5,405 
704 
875 
240 
15 
1,763 
25 to 49 percent 
7,547 
1,982 
2,651 
1,249 
517 
652 
189 
10 
297 
50 to 74 percent 
9,966 
2,011 
1,771 
1,721 
1,445 
1,941 
644 
26 
407 
75 to 99 percent 
9,340 
1,021 
468 
940 
1,807 
3,325 
1,425 
41 
313 
1 00 percent 
5,346 
166 
105 
743 
935 
2,071 
1,095 
38 
193 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
2,556 
290 
497 
456 
166 
391 
311 
30 
415 
acres 
1,623,907 
39,965 
57,229 
55,196 
91,433 
411,587 
613,692 
81,230 
273,575 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
53,381 
10,626 
19,302 
6,530 
4,041 
7,496 
3,299 
127 
1,960 
Dial-up service 
3,962 
1,152 
1,130 
590 
324 
497 
158 
5 
106 
DSL service 
19,202 
3,797 
6,974 
2,193 
1,475 
2,713 
1,233 
58 
759 
Cable modem service 
6,549 
1,389 
2,721 
759 
363 
669 
291 
9 
348 
Fiber-optic service 
1,392 
225 
493 
195 
108 
189 
82 
4 
96 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,634 
1,965 
4,822 
1,546 
938 
1,945 
965 
38 
415 
Satellite service 
12,418 
2,488 
3,888 
1,589 
1,049 
2,017 
929 
37 
421 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
1,455 
271 
465 
180 
125 
237 
113 
3 
61 
Other Internet service 
2,023 
378 
727 
197 
154 
338 
168 
8 
53 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
55,990 
14,447 
20,471 
7,336 
3,990 
6,255 
2,076 
47 
1,368 
2 households 
13,637 
3,255 
3,676 
1,995 
1,006 
1,798 
914 
35 
958 
3 households 
3,188 
547 
732 
440 
219 
457 
393 
22 
378 
4 households 
1,291 
209 
352 
171 
119 
195 
107 
7 
131 
5 or more households 
981 
143 
229 
116 
74 
159 
103 
19 
138 
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 
72,114 
18,601 
25,460 
10,058 
5,408 
8,864 
3,593 
130 
- 
acres 
25,422,301 
2,016,818 
2,566,393 
1,437,076 
2,640,999 
8,449,459 
7,549,219 
762,337 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
1,871 
366 
520 
269 
87 
224 
183 
11 
211 
acres 
964,767 
44,678 
72,955 
28,332 
38,916 
211,810 
416,756 
51,240 
100,080 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
64,927 
17,065 
23,635 
9,201 
4,970 
7,572 
2,435 
49 
- 
acres 
20,277,334 
1,785,623 
2,320,619 
1,325,183 
2,424,888 
7,057,060 
5,028,147 
335,814 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
4,562 
663 
788 
385 
162 
473 
536 
45 
1,510 
acres 
3,443,376 
111,708 
105,443 
48,239 
86,168 
540,643 
1,316,554 
336,436 
898,185 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
2,929 
397 
524 
239 
114 
325 
405 
40 
885 
acres 
2,579,325 
70,631 
73,180 
26,689 
55,983 
381,464 
1,013,489 
313,094 
644,795 
Corporation 
.farms 
3,716 
347 
607 
320 
234 
784 
601 
36 
787 
acres 
2,858,974 
53,679 
88,512 
47,288 
113,154 
824,259 
1,147,006 
90,087 
494,989 
Family held 
.farms 
3,319 
321 
552 
301 
220 
751 
574 
32 
568 
acres 
2,680,220 
49,671 
79,152 
43,717 
108,059 
780,481 
1,096,212 
90,042 
432,886 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.farms 
83 
5 
17 
4 
2 
15 
14 
2 
24 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
3,236 
316 
535 
297 
218 
736 
560 
30 
544 
Other than family held 
.farms 
397 
26 
55 
19 
14 
33 
27 
4 
219 
acres 
178,754 
4,008 
9,360 
3,571 
5,095 
43,778 
50,794 
45 
62,103 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
50 
6 
5 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
37 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
347 
20 
50 
18 
14 
33 
26 
4 
182 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
1,882 
526 
430 
152 
42 
35 
21 
- 
676 
acres 
358,037 
65,808 
51,819 
16,366 
16,789 
27,497 
57,512 
- 
122,246 
190 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
