Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
4,399 
5,417 
6,745 
8,670 
5,826 
percent 
100.0 
5.9 
7.2 
9.0 
11.5 
7.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
26,937,721 
9,433,296 
5,981,824 
4,323,115 
3,029,721 
1,082,107 
Average size of farm 
acres 
359 
2,144 
1,104 
641 
349 
186 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
75,087 
4,399 
5,417 
6,745 
8,670 
5,826 
$1,000 
17,740,353 
9,148,651 
3,865,795 
2,452,079 
1,441,098 
422,372 
Average per farm 
dollars 
236,264 
2,079,711 
713,641 
363,540 
166,217 
72,498 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,826 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8,670 
- 
- 
- 
8,670 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
6,745 
- 
- 
6,745 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
5,417 
_ 
5,417 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
4,399 
4,399 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
3,640 
3,640 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
576 
576 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
183 
183 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
75,087 
4,399 
5,417 
6,745 
8,670 
5,826 
$1,000 
17,187,052 
8,994,839 
3,753,618 
2,367,638 
1 ,379,436 
393,770 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
42,357 
4,176 
5,326 
6,580 
8,355 
5,248 
$1,000 
13,589,230 
6,358,386 
3,377,929 
2,115,474 
1,224,596 
328,897 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
27,921 
4,127 
5,251 
6,400 
8,003 
4,140 
$1,000 
13,350,558 
6,357,227 
3,375,985 
2,110,760 
1,215,789 
290,798 
Corn 
farms 
36,898 
4,134 
5,294 
6,471 
8,040 
4,677 
$1,000 
8,258,574 
4,230,551 
1 ,977,576 
1,163,694 
637,910 
163,179 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
21,852 
4,036 
5,109 
5,895 
5,721 
1,091 
$1,000 
7,997,182 
4,228,360 
1,973,231 
1,148,483 
575,713 
71,395 
Wheat 
farms 
6,992 
1,078 
1,041 
1,240 
1,495 
846 
$1,000 
280,743 
110,406 
62,851 
50,734 
36,811 
1 1 ,525 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,444 
520 
401 
332 
180 
11 
$1,000 
191,387 
97,610 
48,965 
31,593 
12,547 
672 
Soybeans 
farms 
34,686 
3,917 
5,089 
6,200 
7,546 
4,333 
$1,000 
5,006,587 
1,994,013 
1,329,711 
895,455 
545,798 
152,840 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20,689 
3,787 
4,896 
5,733 
5,396 
877 
$1,000 
4,725,845 
1,990,268 
1 ,323,996 
881,958 
475,670 
53,953 
Sorghum 
farms 
336 
40 
41 
52 
76 
47 
$1,000 
11,812 
(D) 
2,717 
2,103 
(D) 
800 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
72 
20 
19 
15 
15 
3 
$1,000 
8,339 
3,012 
2,365 
1,612 
1,173 
177 
Barley 
farms 
60 
2 
4 
7 
23 
10 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
27 
47 
(D) 
82 
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 
142 
152 
213 
260 
130 
$1,000 
30,167 
19,173 
5,047 
3,442 
1,556 
471 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
85 
48 
15 
17 
4 
1 
$1,000 
24,888 
18,230 
4,201 
1,874 
(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 
148 
121 
126 
115 
148 
$1,000 
127,592 
79,927 
15,818 
13,991 
6,764 
5,096 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
366 
120 
74 
72 
53 
47 
$1,000 
115,561 
79,287 
14,822 
13,015 
5,500 
2,936 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
967 
10 
11 
37 
60 
67 
$1,000 
19,535 
5,322 
1,044 
2,324 
3,092 
1,748 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
58 
5 
5 
11 
21 
16 
$1,000 
1 1 ,989 
5,224 
987 
2,018 
2,708 
1,052 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
696 
9 
6 
22 
37 
51 
$1,000 
17,200 
5,142 
(D) 
2,147 
2,668 
1,455 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
50 
4 
2 
11 
19 
14 
$1,000 
11,118 
5,044 
(D) 
1,973 
2,389 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
379 
4 
5 
24 
31 
34 
$1,000 
2,335 
181 
(D) 
177 
424 
293 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
1 
3 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
509 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
998 
62 
55 
85 
134 
169 
$1,000 
322,104 
238,713 
32,209 
20,361 
16,722 
8,541 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
392 
56 
50 
68 
111 
107 
$1,000 
314,610 
238,599 
32,137 
20,086 
16,221 
7,567 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
108 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
