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 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
64,927 
2,623 
4,249 
5,745 
7,598 
4,962 
acres 
20,277,334 
5,453,403 
4,667,399 
3,735,537 
2,729,287 
942,519 
Partnership 
farms 
4,562 
785 
408 
392 
498 
353 
acres 
3,443,376 
2,150,867 
548,802 
284,236 
184,651 
74,739 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,929 
589 
281 
275 
294 
206 
acres 
2,579,325 
1,711,405 
391,642 
195,111 
107,898 
44,757 
Corporation 
farms 
3,716 
767 
631 
443 
379 
205 
acres 
2,858,974 
1,424,881 
781,350 
328,849 
138,386 
40,375 
Family held 
farms 
3,319 
730 
591 
425 
353 
177 
acres 
2,680,220 
1,368,959 
719,483 
319,530 
130,962 
31,766 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
83 
22 
15 
2 
3 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,236 
708 
576 
423 
350 
171 
Other than family held 
farms 
397 
37 
40 
18 
26 
28 
acres 
178,754 
55,922 
61,867 
9,319 
7,424 
8,609 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
50 
1 
- 
1 
3 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
347 
36 
40 
17 
23 
20 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,882 
32 
25 
72 
162 
146 
acres 
358,037 
64,886 
29,384 
42,553 
49,519 
28,394 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
20,222 
3,504 
3,361 
3,016 
2,623 
1,249 
workers 
63,985 
19,913 
9,430 
8,986 
6,926 
3,870 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
8,649 
2,618 
1,707 
1,194 
786 
376 
workers 
22,022 
10,734 
3,611 
2,259 
1,399 
881 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
15,378 
2,421 
2,473 
2,322 
2,136 
1,034 
workers 
41,963 
9,179 
5,819 
6,727 
5,527 
2,989 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
198 
50 
25 
33 
34 
4 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
24,372 
1,227 
1,650 
2,199 
2,709 
1,671 
workers 
50,979 
2,260 
2,976 
4,128 
5,442 
3,569 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,776 
32 
17 
43 
77 
112 
1 0 to 49 acres 
19,801 
116 
33 
55 
89 
253 
50 to 69 acres 
5,254 
20 
10 
23 
39 
165 
70 to 99 acres 
6,532 
21 
10 
22 
104 
790 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,244 
12 
9 
52 
351 
1,093 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,911 
7 
24 
42 
811 
997 
180 to 219 acres 
2,778 
19 
25 
51 
903 
629 
220 to 259 acres 
2,358 
12 
21 
129 
969 
492 
260 to 499 acres 
8,080 
109 
218 
2,010 
3,589 
910 
500 to 999 acres 
7,617 
324 
2,007 
3,276 
1,517 
195 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,267 
1,607 
2,541 
857 
174 
24 
2,000 acres or more 
2,469 
1,928 
398 
92 
14 
6 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
38,836 
3,344 
4,846 
6,032 
7,820 
4,868 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
674 
19 
8 
33 
35 
74 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
723 
2 
1 
8 
14 
23 
production (11 14) 
943 
50 
46 
54 
105 
120 
Other crop farming (1119) 
19,193 
5 
5 
24 
41 
72 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
9 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
19,184 
5 
5 
21 
39 
72 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,600 
48 
47 
73 
219 
246 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
662 
178 
81 
107 
90 
59 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
742 
93 
142 
223 
198 
48 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
871 
422 
109 
71 
42 
18 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
603 
22 
20 
12 
9 
9 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,090 
" 
" 
2 
7 
12 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,150 
24 
8 
13 
57 
117 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,550 
1,147 
1,289 
1,772 
2,189 
1,440 
number 
1,127,630 
389,139 
182,852 
168,839 
145,547 
66,703 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,187 
55 
58 
135 
215 
235 
10 to 49 
7,278 
210 
340 
577 
881 
740 
50 to 99 
2,305 
135 
247 
401 
628 
322 
100 to 199 
1,485 
179 
305 
427 
361 
112 
200 to 499 
934 
283 
297 
211 
102 
28 
500 or more 
361 
285 
42 
21 
2 
3 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
13,584 
772 
1,038 
1,453 
1,815 
1,210 
number 
442,821 
99,921 
71,299 
70,649 
69,303 
34,670 
Beef cows 
farms 
12,646 
648 
866 
1,212 
1,597 
1,162 
number 
343,972 
56,534 
48,090 
50,414 
59,279 
33,400 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,524 
67 
81 
181 
261 
287 
1 0 to 49 
6,277 
244 
417 
689 
943 
681 
50 to 99 
1,292 
169 
251 
238 
294 
154 
100 to 199 
413 
105 
91 
85 
79 
29 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
