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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
20,222 
2,789 
3,977 
Workers by days worked: 
workers 
63,985 
6,459 
9,626 
150 days or more 
farms 
8,649 
721 
1,025 
workers 
22,022 
1,115 
1,773 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
15,378 
2,278 
3,273 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
workers 
41,963 
5,344 
7,853 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
198 
33 
21 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
3 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
24,372 
5,592 
9,093 
FARMS BY SIZE 
workers 
50,979 
11,233 
20,105 
1 to 9 acres 
5,776 
1,559 
2,956 
1 0 to 49 acres 
19,801 
6,794 
9,517 
50 to 69 acres 
5,254 
1,832 
2,400 
70 to 99 acres 
6,532 
2,321 
2,726 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,244 
1,707 
2,161 
140 to 1 79 acres 
3,911 
1,253 
1,428 
180 to 219 acres 
2,778 
698 
1,043 
220 to 259 acres 
2,358 
571 
776 
260 to 499 acres 
8,080 
1,357 
1,883 
500 to 999 acres 
7,617 
442 
509 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,267 
56 
46 
2,000 acres or more 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
2,469 
11 
15 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
38,836 
5,979 
10,018 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
674 
156 
231 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
723 
252 
316 
production (1 1 14) 
943 
206 
310 
Other crop farming (1119) 
19,193 
8,094 
8,172 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
9 
1 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
- 
“ 
" 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
19,184 
8,093 
8,171 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,600 
1,947 
3,246 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
662 
67 
138 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
742 
35 
47 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
871 
62 
180 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
603 
146 
287 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,090 
287 
600 
production (1125, 1129) 
LIVESTOCK 
4,150 
1,370 
1,915 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,550 
3,178 
5,681 
Farms with- 
number 
1,127,630 
89,532 
138,762 
1 to 9 
4,187 
953 
2,239 
10 to 49 
7,278 
1,758 
2,755 
50 to 99 
2,305 
336 
501 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,485 
96 
139 
200 to 499 
934 
32 
41 
500 or more 
361 
3 
6 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
13,584 
2,732 
4,622 
number 
442,821 
50,807 
68,764 
Beef cows 
farms 
12,646 
2,677 
4,509 
Farms with- 
number 
343,972 
49,107 
67,303 
1 to 9 
4,524 
1,091 
2,276 
10 to 49 
6,277 
1,407 
2,029 
50 to 99 
1,292 
144 
171 
100 to 199 
413 
30 
26 
200 to 499 
128 
5 
6 
500 or more 
12 
- 
1 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
1,149 
91 
171 
Farms with- 
number 
98,849 
1,700 
1,461 
1 to 9 
272 
54 
140 
10 to 49 
273 
22 
22 
50 to 99 
305 
14 
9 
100 to 199 
189 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
93 
- 
- 
500 or more 
17 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
13,780 
2,490 
4,515 
number 
684,809 
38,725 
69,998 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
14,160 
2,649 
4,533 
number 
835,912 
44,553 
73,709 
$1,000 
984,466 
36,460 
66,730 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
2,178 
2,035 
5,025 
2,957 
124 
1,137 
5,475 
5,473 
14,345 
12,925 
3,115 
6,567 
782 
699 
2,417 
2,178 
119 
708 
1,367 
1,149 
4,754 
6,251 
2,000 
3,613 
1,623 
1,584 
3,775 
2,039 
92 
714 
4,108 
4,324 
9,591 
6,674 
1,115 
2,954 
19 
20 
36 
44 
6 
19 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3,223 
1,679 
2,887 
1,055 
28 
815 
7,115 
3,223 
5,243 
1,943 
53 
2,064 
946 
39 
43 
14 
4 
215 
2,665 
82 
64 
53 
12 
614 
765 
26 
24 
9 
1 
197 
1,132 
38 
22 
8 
2 
283 
1,013 
68 
35 
2 
2 
256 
828 
171 
52 
6 
1 
172 
624 
232 
55 
11 
2 
113 
501 
358 
44 
6 
1 
101 
1,167 
2,281 
1,049 
76 
5 
262 
364 
1,772 
3,956 
279 
3 
292 
41 
319 
3,115 
1,439 
3 
248 
12 
22 
405 
1,690 
94 
220 
5,441 
4,821 
7,993 
3,034 
70 
1,480 
206 
20 
26 
15 
2 
18 
99 
13 
8 
2 
- 
33 
210 
33 
57 
35 
7 
85 
1,868 
65 
67 
6 
1 
920 
4 
1 
1 
“ 
“ 
1 
1,864 
64 
66 
6 
1 
919 
1,045 
104 
101 
43 
4 
110 
60 
60 
151 
153 
6 
27 
85 
183 
250 
89 
3 
50 
91 
54 
165 
198 
33 
88 
106 
15 
18 
3 
4 
24 
184 
1 
1 
- 
- 
17 
663 
39 
27 
15 
- 
121 
2,438 
1,502 
2,263 
997 
23 
468 
93,951 
114,108 
281,833 
300,660 
44,224 
64,560 
624 
118 
124 
40 
1 
88 
1,234 
544 
645 
172 
2 
168 
376 
429 
466 
115 
2 
80 
165 
313 
549 
164 
- 
59 
32 
92 
419 
278 
1 
39 
7 
6 
60 
228 
17 
34 
2,065 
1,251 
1,825 
674 
14 
401 
47,147 
51,302 
108,872 
76,605 
7,937 
31,387 
1,958 
1,058 
1,527 
561 
10 
346 
44,265 
40,349 
76,644 
46,113 
4,744 
15,447 
682 
167 
168 
48 
1 
91 
1,035 
611 
804 
202 
3 
186 
200 
207 
371 
159 
1 
39 
33 
61 
148 
99 
1 
15 
8 
12 
35 
50 
1 
11 
- 
- 
1 
3 
3 
4 
137 
212 
334 
126 
5 
73 
2,882 
10,953 
32,228 
30,492 
3,193 
15,940 
47 
5 
10 
1 
_ 
15 
84 
98 
30 
3 
1 
13 
6 
97 
154 
13 
- 
12 
- 
12 
118 
42 
1 
15 
- 
- 
22 
61 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
8 
1,999 
1,368 
2,064 
944 
21 
379 
46,804 
62,806 
172,961 
224,055 
36,287 
33,173 
2,021 
1,417 
2,149 
956 
24 
411 
39,631 
66,182 
187,848 
310,083 
80,015 
33,891 
34,345 
68,512 
206,860 
414,994 
118,687 
37,878 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 191 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
