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 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
25,712 
728 
2,503 
845 
1,380 
1,484 
acres 
9,415,667 
2,361 
41,488 
30,324 
73,454 
109,098 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
42,737 
1,014 
4,859 
1,910 
3,038 
2,960 
acres 
21,526,174 
3,801 
86,147 
69,137 
166,848 
236,241 
Nematodes 
... farms 
3,957 
105 
381 
173 
260 
288 
acres 
1,149,489 
427 
6,439 
6,217 
13,416 
20,527 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
5,241 
251 
595 
205 
265 
286 
acres 
1,733,188 
805 
7,552 
6,388 
13,995 
20,459 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
542 
61 
122 
33 
36 
45 
acres on which used 
50,358 
206 
1,323 
757 
1,068 
2,472 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
25,035 
642 
3,067 
949 
1,601 
1,569 
acres 
8,900,026 
2,518 
51,386 
32,689 
84,250 
117,838 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
14,013 
562 
2,324 
739 
1,036 
872 
acres 
3,701,001 
2,258 
37,514 
24,213 
46,744 
54,367 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
5,768 
133 
1,267 
446 
592 
529 
acres 
288,183 
530 
17,388 
10,369 
18,173 
21,134 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
22,098 
337 
1,975 
775 
1,259 
1,333 
acres 
6,050,291 
1,016 
29,532 
22,984 
52,694 
74,748 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
18,446 
246 
1,337 
517 
882 
1,006 
acres 
7,655,845 
796 
20,814 
14,912 
39,879 
64,774 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
24,735 
838 
3,397 
1,138 
1,816 
1,618 
acres 
8,355,327 
2,994 
54,186 
37,409 
90,646 
1 1 1 ,625 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
4,734 
154 
860 
242 
361 
303 
acres 
318,636 
436 
8,377 
3,905 
7,699 
8,181 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
3,046 
134 
496 
123 
220 
164 
Solar panels 
... farms 
423 
52 
144 
27 
53 
25 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
672 
15 
69 
19 
32 
30 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
18 
2 
4 
2 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
769 
39 
200 
45 
48 
62 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
23 
6 
7 
- 
1 
- 
Biodiesel 
... farms 
1,247 
22 
99 
36 
90 
53 
Ethanol 
... farms 
903 
17 
60 
23 
56 
27 
Other 
... farms 
16 
4 
3 
1 
4 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
... farms 
806 
18 
82 
14 
33 
34 
TENURE 
Full owners 
... farms 
44,057 
5,178 
17,135 
4,249 
5,116 
3,613 
Part owners 
... farms 
23,849 
171 
1,496 
671 
893 
1,080 
Tenants 
... farms 
7,181 
427 
1,170 
334 
523 
551 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
... farms 
68,364 
5,367 
18,735 
4,944 
6,065 
4,736 
acres 
13,428,558 
221,270 
1,147,936 
467,142 
673,835 
729,923 
Owned land in farms 
... farms 
67,906 
5,349 
18,631 
4,920 
6,009 
4,693 
acres 
10,782,513 
25,827 
469,560 
267,791 
452,308 
479,374 
Land rented or leased from others 
... farms 
31,159 
610 
2,704 
1,019 
1,427 
1,641 
acres 
16,218,390 
4,222 
61,008 
40,284 
84,810 
133,960 
Rented or leased land in farms 
... farms 
31,030 
598 
2,666 
1,005 
1,416 
1,631 
acres 
16,155,208 
2,618 
53,910 
38,297 
82,011 
129,233 
Land rented or leased to others 
... farms 
17,411 
1,359 
5,734 
1,822 
1,822 
1,569 
acres 
2,709,227 
197,047 
685,474 
201,338 
224,326 
255,276 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
109,123 
8,724 
28,572 
7,525 
9,262 
7,403 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
47,889 
3,314 
12,443 
3,340 
4,339 
3,548 
2 operators 
22,199 
2,115 
6,352 
1,641 
1,803 
1,380 
3 operators 
3,915 
260 
772 
214 
300 
244 
4 operators 
729 
61 
153 
46 
62 
46 
5 or more operators 
355 
26 
81 
13 
28 
26 
Total women operators 
number 
24,918 
2,889 
8,446 
2,022 
2,189 
1,674 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
22,069 
2,480 
7,512 
1,804 
1,908 
1,458 
2 operators 
1,117 
168 
359 
90 
111 
79 
3 operators 
161 
23 
54 
8 
13 
13 
4 operators 
23 
1 
9 
2 
5 
2 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
2 
1 
- 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,196 
4,826 
17,122 
4,634 
5,848 
4,693 
Female 
6,891 
950 
2,679 
620 
684 
551 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
37,835 
1,804 
5,952 
1,700 
2,368 
2,055 
Other 
37,252 
3,972 
13,849 
3,554 
4,164 
3,189 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
68 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
