Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
75,087 
4,207 
5,313 
6,652 
8,637 
5,666 
percent 
100.0 
5.6 
7.1 
8.9 
11.5 
7.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
26,937,721 
9,094,037 
6,026,935 
4,391,175 
3,101,843 
1,086,027 
Average size of farm 
acres 
359 
2,162 
1,134 
660 
359 
192 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
75,087 
4,207 
5,313 
6,652 
8,637 
5,666 
$1,000 
17,740,353 
8,952,967 
3,909,574 
2,503,194 
1,495,649 
434,525 
Average per farm 
dollars 
236,264 
2,128,112 
735,851 
376,307 
173,168 
76,690 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
6,402 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
8,606 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
8,108 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8,063 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,776 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,075 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,826 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,253 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8,670 
- 
- 
- 
8,248 
413 
$250,000 to $499,999 
6,745 
- 
- 
6,356 
389 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
5,417 
_ 
5,121 
296 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
4,399 
4,207 
192 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
3,640 
3,448 
192 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
576 
576 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
183 
183 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
75,087 
4,207 
5,313 
6,652 
8,637 
5,666 
$1,000 
17,187,052 
8,806,648 
3,797,698 
2,418,680 
1 ,434,227 
410,096 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
42,357 
3,984 
5,226 
6,487 
8,335 
5,178 
$1,000 
13,589,230 
6,180,325 
3,422,218 
2,163,161 
1,275,845 
345,001 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
27,921 
3,936 
5,153 
6,311 
7,998 
4,523 
$1,000 
13,350,558 
6,179,190 
3,420,328 
2,158,454 
1,267,733 
324,852 
Corn 
farms 
36,898 
3,942 
5,196 
6,387 
8,044 
4,652 
$1,000 
8,258,574 
4,129,972 
2,006,248 
1,194,149 
663,220 
171,025 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
21,852 
3,849 
5,020 
5,859 
5,891 
1,233 
$1,000 
7,997,182 
4,127,864 
2,002,158 
1,180,499 
605,098 
81,564 
Wheat 
farms 
6,992 
1,025 
1,039 
1,230 
1,483 
845 
$1,000 
280,743 
105,581 
63,838 
52,482 
37,738 
1 1 ,836 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,444 
488 
412 
343 
189 
12 
$1,000 
191,387 
93,224 
50,303 
33,998 
13,126 
737 
Soybeans 
farms 
34,686 
3,729 
4,997 
6,116 
7,547 
4,319 
$1,000 
5,006,587 
1,921,538 
1 ,344,295 
911,240 
570,513 
160,745 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20,689 
3,602 
4,808 
5,680 
5,558 
1,041 
$1,000 
4,725,845 
1,917,934 
1 ,338,634 
898,744 
505,343 
65,189 
Sorghum 
farms 
336 
39 
40 
49 
77 
47 
$1,000 
11,812 
(D) 
2,713 
1,913 
(D) 
859 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
72 
20 
19 
14 
15 
4 
$1,000 
8,339 
3,012 
2,365 
1,472 
1,255 
234 
Barley 
farms 
60 
2 
3 
7 
23 
11 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
15 
57 
(D) 
94 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Rice 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
1,116 
139 
147 
205 
272 
125 
$1,000 
30,167 
19,016 
5,109 
3,320 
1,765 
442 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
85 
47 
16 
16 
5 
1 
$1,000 
24,888 
18,078 
4,353 
1,716 
(D) 
(D) 
Tobacco 
farms 
14 
_ 
_ 
4 
3 
_ 
$1,000 
1,397 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
4 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,332 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,379 
140 
124 
128 
114 
151 
$1,000 
127,592 
78,440 
16,565 
14,502 
6,706 
5,334 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
366 
115 
77 
71 
53 
50 
$1,000 
115,561 
77,820 
15,685 
13,392 
5,477 
3,186 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
967 
9 
11 
38 
58 
68 
$1,000 
19,535 
5,290 
1,026 
2,374 
2,989 
1,841 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
58 
5 
4 
12 
20 
17 
$1,000 
1 1 ,989 
5,224 
937 
2,068 
2,618 
1,142 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
696 
8 
7 
22 
36 
51 
$1,000 
17,200 
5,110 
(D) 
2,147 
2,578 
1,536 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
50 
4 
2 
11 
18 
15 
$1,000 
11,118 
5,044 
(D) 
1,973 
2,299 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
379 
4 
4 
25 
30 
35 
$1,000 
2,335 
181 
(D) 
227 
411 
306 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
1 
2 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
509 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
998 
62 
55 
82 
135 
171 
$1,000 
322,104 
238,713 
32,209 
20,109 
16,866 
8,649 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
392 
56 
50 
67 
110 
109 
$1,000 
314,610 
238,599 
32,137 
19,841 
16,358 
7,675 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
82 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
