Table 41 . Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Crops 
Under glass or other protection 
In the open 
Value of sales 
Farms 
Square feet 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Dollars 
Aquatic plants 
2012 
5 
14,010 
3 
1 
6 
108,570 
2007 
11 
42,550 
1 
(D) 
12 
698,442 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
3 
1 1 ,552 
3 
8 
6 
56,237 
2007 
2 
(D) 
7 
33 
9 
89,202 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
17 
160,720 
12 
14 
26 
(D) 
2007 
23 
247,990 
12 
23 
30 
(D) 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
394 
16,030,546 
223 
793 
500 
148,775,861 
2007 
510 
19,071,248 
313 
1,340 
652 
188,291,446 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
348 
12,628,790 
150 
522 
411 
117,347,336 
2007 
479 
14,860,622 
230 
926 
568 
142,537,699 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
11 
133,812 
36 
236 
41 
1 ,768,829 
2007 
13 
181,760 
56 
280 
61 
2,376,230 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
38 
370,446 
- 
- 
38 
4,946,641 
2007 
33 
355,351 
3 
(D) 
36 
5,394,301 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
77 
2,853,914 
28 
24 
96 
24,213,175 
2007 
108 
3,648,215 
55 
117 
147 
37,778,804 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
17 
43,584 
15 
11 
31 
499,880 
2007 
8 
25,300 
3 
(D) 
9 
204,412 
Flower seeds 
2012 
6 
1,309 
7 
(D) 
13 
(D) 
2007 
6 
8,488 
10 
256 
16 
(D) 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
16 
31,874 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
44,684 
2007 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
173 
786,491 
(X) 
(X) 
172 
3,877,271 
2007 
82 
422,871 
(X) 
(X) 
82 
3,281,100 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
45 
18,445 
(X) 
(X) 
45 
73,254 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
25 
31,778 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
130,273 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
24 
55,879 
(X) 
(X) 
24 
388,961 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
24 
80,512 
(X) 
(X) 
23 
299,725 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
16 
75,908 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
256,484 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
22 
160,732 
(X) 
(X) 
22 
1 ,588,483 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
17 
363,237 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
1,140,091 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
10 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
456,559 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
6 
170,200 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
(D) 
40,000 or more square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
122 
423,238 
(X) 
(X) 
121 
1 ,726,384 
2007 
58 
227,086 
(X) 
(X) 
58 
1 ,539,996 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
107 
363,253 
(X) 
(X) 
107 
2,150,887 
2007 
44 
195,785 
(X) 
(X) 
44 
1,741,104 
Mushrooms 
2012 
18 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
(D) 
2007 
6 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
67 
1,536,913 
393 
15,863 
410 
98,659,564 
2007 ^ 
93 
1,521,246 
487 
20,703 
531 
166,185,949 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
27 
5,752 
27 
(D) 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
29 
13,879 
29 
31,755,548 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
1 5.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
102 
3 
506,650 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
434 
7 
1 ,428,500 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
886 
7 
4,406,555 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
1,078 
4 
3,150,609 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
15 
6,815 
9 
(D) 
24 
149,454 
2007 
9 
25,176 
10 
137 
17 
300,777 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
33 
47,263 
4 
(D) 
36 
223,458 
2007 
25 
37,101 
5 
13 
29 
134,553 
' 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
34 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
