Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[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 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
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 
72,114 
(NA) 
96 
(NA) 
94 
(NA) 
102 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,871 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
64,927 
65,748 
95 
140 
86 
79 
84 
88 
Partnerships 
4,562 
6,509 
6 
21 
2 
2 
17 
7 
Corporations 
3,716 
3,433 
1 
6 
6 
9 
7 
3 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
1,882 
1,170 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
47,889 
49,356 
53 
101 
22 
48 
60 
73 
2 operators 
22,199 
22,595 
44 
60 
53 
30 
44 
19 
3 operators 
3,915 
3,878 
5 
7 
15 
5 
5 
5 
4 operators 
729 
668 
- 
- 
4 
6 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
355 
363 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
22,069 
23,047 
48 
54 
57 
31 
56 
40 
2 operators 
1,117 
956 
- 
3 
4 
6 
2 
1 
3 operators 
161 
127 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
23 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
53,381 
46,069 
69 
79 
75 
42 
71 
45 
Dial-up 
3,962 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
DSL service 
19,202 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
29 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
6,549 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
17 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
1,392 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
12,634 
(NA) 
23 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
12,418 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,455 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
2,023 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2,556 
2,189 
3 
2 
6 
3 
4 
6 
acres 
1,623,907 
1,294,217 
543 
(D) 
8,881 
57 
1,603 
219 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
55,990 
56,755 
69 
98 
64 
67 
86 
81 
2 households 
13,637 
14,684 
20 
50 
23 
14 
15 
10 
3 households 
3,188 
3,215 
3 
4 
6 
6 
2 
5 
4 households 
1,291 
1,313 
10 
8 
- 
2 
1 
1 
5 or more households 
981 
893 
- 
8 
1 
1 
6 
1 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
42,888 
45,384 
69 
124 
80 
62 
91 
85 
25 to 49 percent 
7,547 
8,014 
18 
13 
5 
3 
6 
5 
50 to 74 percent 
9,966 
9,820 
8 
7 
4 
13 
5 
4 
75 to 99 percent 
9,340 
8,750 
1 
14 
5 
9 
3 
2 
1 00 percent 
5,346 
4,892 
6 
10 
- 
3 
5 
2 
--continued 
50 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
