Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
75,087 
76,860 
102 
168 
94 
90 
110 
98 
Land in farms 
acres 
26,937,721 
26,775,100 
19,942 
45,520 
18,131 
29,190 
19,843 
9,867 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,776 
8,603 
10 
30 
12 
14 
18 
24 
1 0 to 49 acres 
19,801 
20,592 
24 
51 
49 
29 
52 
47 
50 to 1 79 acres 
20,941 
18,410 
39 
38 
19 
20 
18 
18 
1 80 to 499 acres 
13,216 
13,116 
22 
26 
5 
12 
11 
6 
500 acres or more 
15,353 
16,139 
7 
23 
9 
15 
11 
3 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
67,906 
68,648 
87 
149 
94 
86 
108 
89 
acres 
10,782,513 
10,267,857 
1 1 ,433 
(D) 
13,231 
18,832 
12,280 
5,394 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
31,030 
31 ,724 
26 
46 
7 
18 
30 
28 
acres 
16,155,208 
16,507,243 
8,509 
(D) 
4,900 
10,358 
7,563 
4,473 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
44,057 
45,136 
76 
122 
87 
72 
80 
70 
acres 
4,879,627 
4,733,190 
7,522 
9,767 
12,175 
15,653 
10,128 
2,685 
Part owners 
farms 
23,849 
23,512 
11 
27 
7 
14 
28 
19 
acres 
18,941,357 
18,439,334 
10,140 
29,280 
5,956 
(D) 
(D) 
6,836 
Tenants 
farms 
7,181 
8,212 
15 
19 
- 
4 
2 
9 
acres 
3,116,737 
3,602,576 
2,280 
6,473 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
346 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
75,087 
76,860 
102 
168 
94 
90 
110 
98 
$1,000 
17,740,353 
13,816,401 
9,237 
19,399 
12,469 
16,052 
7,627 
2,884 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
75,087 
76,860 
102 
168 
94 
90 
110 
98 
$1,000 
17,187,052 
13,329,107 
8,780 
18,552 
12,126 
15,417 
7,307 
2,709 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
48,977 
49,658 
65 
100 
34 
43 
57 
33 
$1,000 
14,144,740 
10,876,415 
8,524 
16,435 
(D) 
11,655 
(D) 
2,167 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
20,158 
22,851 
25 
65 
15 
18 
39 
39 
$1,000 
3,042,312 
2,452,692 
256 
2,116 
(D) 
3,761 
(D) 
542 
Government payments 
farms 
56,291 
56,811 
69 
115 
55 
64 
55 
35 
$1,000 
553,300 
487,293 
458 
848 
342 
635 
320 
175 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
6,402 
10,368 
11 
16 
37 
24 
22 
26 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
8,606 
9,597 
19 
14 
3 
10 
17 
16 
$2,500 to $4,999 
8,108 
7,300 
22 
29 
17 
11 
15 
17 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8,063 
6,988 
10 
17 
11 
13 
16 
12 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,776 
6,982 
14 
27 
5 
7 
11 
10 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,075 
5,584 
6 
7 
5 
2 
3 
5 
$50,000 or more 
31,057 
30,041 
20 
58 
16 
23 
26 
12 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
571 
3,289 
_ 
4 
1 
4 
2 
2 
$1,000 
64,303 
296,321 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
614 
(D) 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
28,386 
26,660 
48 
39 
32 
39 
27 
22 
$1,000 
107,303 
84,995 
135 
117 
68 
173 
126 
48 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
46,860 
47,130 
53 
102 
35 
47 
39 
28 
$1,000 
445,997 
402,298 
323 
730 
275 
462 
195 
127 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
38,836 
39,081 
42 
80 
15 
35 
23 
19 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
674 
642 
- 
- 
9 
- 
10 
9 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
723 
539 
- 
- 
10 
7 
2 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
943 
1,150 
1 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
19,193 
18,658 
41 
27 
35 
31 
36 
22 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
9 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
19,184 
18,653 
41 
27 
35 
31 
36 
22 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,600 
7,296 
14 
13 
2 
8 
22 
29 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
662 
1,133 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
742 
900 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
871 
1,259 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
603 
938 
- 
11 
- 
2 
5 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,090 
1,078 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,150 
4,186 
1 
22 
22 
5 
10 
9 
--continued 
48 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
