Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
6,948 
630 
3,135 
900 
914 
561 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,682 
290 
1,568 
588 
715 
519 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,116 
341 
1 ,665 
700 
1,071 
864 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,272 
294 
808 
368 
749 
775 
$50,000 or more 
20,221 
298 
705 
253 
390 
647 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
27,299 
3,603 
10,572 
2,204 
2,412 
1,708 
Average net loss 
..dollars 
32,318 
12,859 
12,484 
13,755 
15,442 
19,521 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,487 
383 
1,265 
258 
239 
146 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
7,511 
1,217 
3,743 
711 
764 
405 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,268 
836 
2,451 
491 
508 
320 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,831 
716 
2,216 
505 
565 
504 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,712 
321 
585 
153 
212 
214 
$50,000 or more 
3,490 
130 
312 
86 
124 
119 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
... farms 
571 
28 
5 
21 
15 
$1,000 
64,303 
- 
30 
9 
130 
67 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
40,531 
1,895 
7,741 
2,479 
3,102 
2,907 
$1,000 
1,667,992 
42,033 
141,882 
42,902 
52,666 
54,414 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
... farms 
6,051 
134 
381 
138 
250 
254 
$1,000 
95,445 
879 
1,797 
1,243 
1,739 
2,427 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
16,428 
1,219 
5,200 
1,678 
1,755 
1,505 
$1,000 
453,867 
34,436 
115,710 
32,417 
36,065 
35,879 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
755 
21 
158 
77 
96 
74 
$1,000 
6,496 
10 
477 
545 
726 
666 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
... farms 
834 
77 
158 
38 
84 
84 
$1,000 
13,534 
476 
2,176 
583 
1,510 
1,359 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
19,430 
353 
1,631 
567 
1,005 
1,088 
$1,000 
47,721 
188 
718 
239 
436 
811 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
... farms 
11,179 
58 
537 
253 
534 
547 
$1,000 
982,764 
595 
4,796 
3,240 
8,503 
10,337 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
948 
18 
236 
71 
88 
78 
$1,000 
5,254 
11 
396 
195 
241 
240 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
2,872 
286 
694 
145 
163 
153 
$1,000 
62,911 
5,438 
15,810 
4,441 
3,447 
2,696 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
... farms 
67,609 
3,384 
16,637 
4,724 
6,004 
4,889 
acres 
23,752,778 
13,873 
293,037 
170,387 
322,799 
390,650 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
53,155 
2,430 
10,342 
2,973 
4,064 
3,530 
acres 
22,373,010 
9,113 
158,990 
99,371 
211,391 
279,207 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
18,629 
2,430 
10,342 
2,083 
1,760 
944 
50 to 99 acres 
5,387 
- 
- 
890 
2,304 
1,054 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
6,229 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,532 
200 to 499 acres 
9,327 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
6,779 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,723 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
2,081 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
3,092 
169 
847 
224 
296 
235 
acres 
87,360 
448 
6,955 
3,700 
5,604 
5,777 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
... farms 
2,671 
80 
603 
177 
218 
199 
acres 
196,214 
167 
5,927 
2,935 
4,877 
5,892 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
25,585 
936 
7,317 
2,308 
2,737 
2,154 
acres 
1,049,561 
4,062 
119,380 
63,222 
97,961 
97,320 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
1,063 
37 
193 
71 
122 
106 
acres 
46,633 
83 
1,785 
1,159 
2,966 
2,454 
Total woodland 
... farms 
27,742 
496 
7,434 
2,824 
3,449 
2,568 
acres 
1,449,212 
1,384 
94,747 
70,854 
116,802 
123,226 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
6,381 
169 
1,598 
508 
724 
521 
acres 
207,875 
475 
13,090 
7,573 
13,711 
15,248 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
23,909 
336 
6,307 
2,514 
3,005 
2,261 
acres 
1,241,337 
909 
81,657 
63,281 
103,091 
107,978 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
21,345 
1,832 
6,318 
1,611 
1,857 
1,477 
acres 
873,778 
6,042 
67,662 
32,771 
49,011 
49,138 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
64 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
