Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
52,037 
3,365 
4,446 
5,256 
6,112 
3,624 
Not on farm operated 
23,050 
842 
867 
1,396 
2,525 
2,042 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
31,838 
3,161 
3,569 
3,763 
3,991 
2,222 
Any 
43,249 
1,046 
1,744 
2,889 
4,646 
3,444 
1 to 49 days 
7,028 
346 
498 
692 
764 
488 
50 to 99 days 
3,029 
111 
224 
341 
417 
281 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,510 
121 
248 
551 
802 
482 
200 days or more 
27,682 
468 
774 
1,305 
2,663 
2,193 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,135 
42 
50 
71 
146 
192 
3 or 4 years 
3,191 
56 
61 
143 
279 
321 
5 to 9 years 
8,270 
175 
219 
398 
646 
586 
1 0 years or more 
61,491 
3,934 
4,983 
6,040 
7,566 
4,567 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
31.2 
32.0 
31.1 
29.7 
26.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,539 
28 
24 
42 
111 
150 
3 or 4 years 
2,697 
39 
38 
122 
217 
273 
5 to 9 years 
7,206 
129 
171 
322 
534 
490 
1 0 years or more 
63,645 
4,011 
5,080 
6,166 
7,775 
4,753 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
32.7 
33.5 
32.7 
31.7 
28.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
515 
2 
19 
47 
60 
57 
25 to 34 years 
4,552 
181 
249 
464 
678 
562 
35 to 44 years 
7,677 
458 
519 
659 
876 
643 
45 to 49 years 
6,408 
471 
561 
552 
689 
461 
50 to 54 years 
10,480 
840 
948 
972 
1,156 
662 
55 to 59 years 
10,709 
858 
1,053 
1,122 
1,163 
677 
60 to 64 years 
1 1 ,044 
639 
898 
1,090 
1,203 
716 
65 to 69 years 
8,108 
346 
486 
696 
928 
599 
70 years and over 
15,594 
412 
580 
1,050 
1,884 
1,289 
Average age 
57.8 
55.3 
55.9 
56.6 
57.5 
56.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
475 
8 
16 
16 
49 
22 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
102 
2 
2 
1 
12 
3 
Asian 
94 
2 
5 
2 
2 
5 
Black or African American 
110 
- 
4 
4 
8 
10 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
16 
- 
- 
2 
3 
3 
White 
74,631 
4,197 
5,299 
6,640 
8,602 
5,632 
More than one race reported 
134 
6 
3 
3 
10 
13 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1 1 ,504 
268 
483 
772 
1,176 
876 
2 people 
37,704 
2,048 
2,746 
3,417 
4,455 
2,766 
3 people 
10,092 
642 
788 
963 
1,181 
797 
4 people 
9,344 
660 
746 
886 
1,099 
737 
5 or more people 
6,443 
589 
550 
614 
726 
490 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
42,888 
304 
469 
844 
2,018 
2,277 
25 to 49 percent 
7,547 
246 
344 
658 
1,603 
1,168 
50 to 74 percent 
9,966 
772 
1,061 
1,739 
2,259 
1,350 
75 to 99 percent 
9,340 
1,638 
2,049 
2,258 
1,919 
594 
1 00 percent 
5,346 
1,247 
1,390 
1,153 
838 
277 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,556 
445 
283 
243 
257 
168 
acres 
1 ,623,907 
889,801 
320,678 
181,258 
91,078 
35,685 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
53,381 
3,841 
4,600 
5,327 
6,243 
3,912 
Dial-up service 
3,962 
181 
272 
400 
483 
294 
DSL service 
19,202 
1,477 
1,646 
1,950 
2,257 
1,339 
Cable modem service 
6,549 
318 
401 
512 
783 
564 
Fiber-optic service 
1,392 
104 
120 
146 
170 
102 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,634 
1,091 
1,213 
1,345 
1,456 
910 
Satellite service 
12,418 
1,065 
1,279 
1,347 
1,558 
982 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,455 
129 
155 
147 
187 
89 
Other Internet service 
2,023 
217 
212 
192 
204 
115 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
55,990 
2,233 
3,582 
4,732 
6,180 
4,100 
2 households 
13,637 
1,154 
1,137 
1,322 
1,762 
1,161 
3 households 
3,188 
510 
350 
331 
408 
250 
4 households 
1,291 
148 
136 
155 
173 
95 
5 or more households 
981 
162 
108 
112 
114 
60 
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 farms 
72,114 
3,857 
5,098 
6,415 
8,325 
5,440 
acres 
25,422,301 
8,357,464 
5,735,005 
4,230,251 
2,988,023 
1,039,528 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,871 
228 
120 
162 
140 
181 
acres 
964,767 
491 ,289 
166,674 
110,530 
53,612 
37,777 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
