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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,871 
184 
430 
87 
146 
122 
acres 
964,767 
859 
1 1 ,269 
5,000 
12,037 
14,099 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
64,927 
5,094 
17,858 
4,709 
5,742 
4,586 
acres 
20,277,334 
25,407 
472,517 
274,368 
468,984 
532,975 
Partnership 
farms 
4,562 
252 
771 
262 
374 
331 
acres 
3,443,376 
1,076 
20,518 
15,171 
30,929 
38,007 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,929 
171 
443 
168 
214 
200 
acres 
2,579,325 
726 
11,696 
9,736 
17,623 
22,852 
Corporation 
farms 
3,716 
273 
630 
124 
191 
164 
acres 
2,858,974 
1,188 
15,453 
7,235 
15,840 
18,852 
Family held 
farms 
3,319 
223 
551 
96 
145 
142 
acres 
2,680,220 
917 
13,595 
5,621 
12,038 
16,230 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
83 
10 
20 
3 
2 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,236 
213 
531 
93 
143 
136 
Other than family held 
farms 
397 
50 
79 
28 
46 
22 
acres 
178,754 
271 
1,858 
1,614 
3,802 
2,622 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
50 
4 
10 
3 
15 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
347 
46 
69 
25 
31 
19 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,882 
157 
542 
159 
225 
163 
acres 
358,037 
774 
14,982 
9,314 
18,566 
18,773 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
20,222 
1,006 
2,887 
773 
1,007 
904 
workers 
63,985 
3,373 
9,236 
2,202 
2,975 
2,397 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
8,649 
479 
1,008 
236 
286 
277 
workers 
22,022 
1,247 
2,778 
524 
783 
681 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
15,378 
681 
2,210 
620 
820 
735 
workers 
41,963 
2,126 
6,458 
1,678 
2,192 
1,716 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
198 
10 
28 
3 
17 
13 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
3 
5 
1 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
24,372 
2,179 
6,698 
1,623 
2,011 
1,554 
workers 
50,979 
5,061 
14,713 
3,463 
4,229 
3,336 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,776 
5,776 
1 0 to 49 acres 
19,801 
- 
19,801 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
5,254 
- 
- 
5,254 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
6,532 
- 
- 
- 
6,532 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,244 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,244 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,911 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
2,778 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
2,358 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
8,080 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
7,617 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,267 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
2,469 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
38,836 
740 
4,540 
1,645 
2,787 
2,570 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
674 
250 
261 
29 
33 
21 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
723 
233 
352 
47 
35 
16 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
943 
340 
378 
58 
39 
28 
Other crop farming (1119) 
19,193 
1,148 
8,541 
2,382 
2,530 
1,762 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
9 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
19,184 
1,146 
8,540 
2,380 
2,529 
1,760 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,600 
1,005 
2,500 
656 
717 
510 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
662 
38 
71 
23 
40 
55 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
742 
32 
54 
28 
31 
55 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
871 
154 
201 
38 
36 
28 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
603 
203 
273 
44 
33 
14 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,090 
490 
489 
31 
32 
19 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,150 
1,143 
2,141 
273 
219 
166 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,550 
1,222 
3,476 
1,013 
1,351 
1,150 
number 
1,127,630 
21,614 
58,513 
24,760 
37,625 
45,594 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,187 
875 
1,798 
301 
339 
170 
1 0 to 49 
7,278 
281 
1,559 
628 
858 
714 
50 to 99 
2,305 
33 
72 
61 
128 
100 to 199 
1,485 
18 
26 
8 
18 
37 
200 to 499 
934 
11 
13 
9 
6 
25 
500 or more 
361 
4 
8 
6 
2 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
13,584 
844 
2,721 
902 
1,214 
1,001 
number 
442,821 
9,532 
25,054 
12,003 
18,296 
21,686 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
72 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
