Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,196 
4,332 
5,342 
6,573 
8,322 
5,411 
Female 
6,891 
67 
75 
172 
348 
415 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
37,835 
4,241 
5,049 
5,717 
5,797 
3,157 
Other 
37,252 
158 
368 
1,028 
2,873 
2,669 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
52,037 
3,534 
4,510 
5,334 
6,093 
3,688 
Not on farm operated 
23,050 
865 
907 
1,411 
2,577 
2,138 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
31,838 
3,311 
3,607 
3,792 
3,954 
2,282 
Any 
43,249 
1,088 
1,810 
2,953 
4,716 
3,544 
1 to 49 days 
7,028 
356 
515 
701 
770 
492 
50 to 99 days 
3,029 
113 
240 
346 
416 
283 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,510 
128 
262 
569 
807 
492 
200 days or more 
27,682 
491 
793 
1,337 
2,723 
2,277 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,135 
43 
50 
70 
149 
205 
3 or 4 years 
3,191 
58 
63 
143 
299 
329 
5 to 9 years 
8,270 
181 
225 
405 
671 
588 
1 0 years or more 
61,491 
4,117 
5,079 
6,127 
7,551 
4,704 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
31.2 
32.0 
31.2 
29.5 
26.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,539 
28 
25 
41 
114 
159 
3 or 4 years 
2,697 
41 
39 
123 
233 
282 
5 to 9 years 
7,206 
133 
176 
328 
555 
497 
1 0 years or more 
63,645 
4,197 
5,177 
6,253 
7,768 
4,888 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
32.8 
33.5 
32.8 
31.6 
28.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
515 
2 
19 
47 
68 
58 
25 to 34 years 
4,552 
182 
261 
468 
702 
558 
35 to 44 years 
7,677 
476 
531 
664 
876 
663 
45 to 49 years 
6,408 
489 
576 
550 
696 
463 
50 to 54 years 
10,480 
887 
939 
996 
1,131 
698 
55 to 59 years 
10,709 
896 
1,068 
1,131 
1,156 
697 
60 to 64 years 
1 1 ,044 
672 
933 
1,080 
1,215 
707 
65 to 69 years 
8,108 
365 
486 
717 
933 
623 
70 years and over 
15,594 
430 
604 
1,092 
1,893 
1,359 
Average age 
57.8 
55.4 
55.9 
56.7 
57.4 
57.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
475 
8 
19 
16 
46 
24 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
102 
2 
2 
1 
12 
3 
Asian 
94 
2 
5 
2 
2 
5 
Black or African American 
110 
- 
7 
1 
8 
10 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
16 
- 
- 
5 
- 
3 
White 
74,631 
4,389 
5,400 
6,731 
8,639 
5,791 
More than one race reported 
134 
6 
3 
5 
9 
14 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
11,504 
278 
499 
799 
1,197 
898 
2 people 
37,704 
2,160 
2,781 
3,479 
4,458 
2,843 
3 people 
10,092 
672 
806 
962 
1,183 
829 
4 people 
9,344 
681 
767 
893 
1,098 
758 
5 or more people 
6,443 
608 
564 
612 
734 
498 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
42,888 
314 
496 
875 
2,091 
2,427 
25 to 49 percent 
7,547 
252 
354 
685 
1,646 
1,212 
50 to 74 percent 
9,966 
814 
1,091 
1,757 
2,257 
1,368 
75 to 99 percent 
9,340 
1,716 
2,086 
2,270 
1,860 
567 
1 00 percent 
5,346 
1,303 
1,390 
1,158 
816 
252 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,556 
458 
279 
244 
259 
181 
acres 
1,623,907 
909,818 
312,371 
175,168 
90,619 
41,043 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
53,381 
4,023 
4,665 
5,375 
6,242 
4,008 
Dial-up service 
3,962 
192 
282 
395 
485 
310 
DSL service 
19,202 
1,538 
1,679 
1,975 
2,253 
1,363 
Cable modem service 
6,549 
338 
398 
513 
806 
563 
Fiber-optic service 
1,392 
104 
127 
143 
168 
109 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,634 
1,142 
1,220 
1,355 
1,452 
950 
Satellite service 
12,418 
1,120 
1,292 
1,366 
1,556 
984 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,455 
136 
151 
149 
186 
96 
Other Internet service 
2,023 
223 
216 
191 
200 
121 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
55,990 
2,357 
3,668 
4,804 
6,224 
4,194 
2 households 
13,637 
1,202 
1,148 
1,341 
1,757 
1,205 
3 households 
3,188 
526 
348 
331 
410 
256 
4 households 
1,291 
148 
146 
152 
171 
101 
5 or more households 
981 
166 
107 
117 
108 
70 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
