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 
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 
4,025 
5,216 
6,506 
8,364 
5,584 
acres 
25,422,301 
8,648,199 
5,727,129 
4,164,849 
2,920,553 
1,030,521 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,871 
237 
122 
159 
142 
187 
acres 
964,767 
509,423 
164,671 
98,784 
62,866 
30,895 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
64,927 
2,754 
4,364 
5,852 
7,617 
5,100 
acres 
20,277,334 
5,670,018 
4,677,710 
3,711,366 
2,655,841 
936,679 
Partnership 
farms 
4,562 
805 
412 
386 
505 
365 
acres 
3,443,376 
2,190,471 
540,892 
265,356 
186,181 
74,439 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,929 
603 
286 
264 
305 
209 
acres 
2,579,325 
1,740,494 
387,609 
174,394 
116,502 
41,604 
Corporation 
farms 
3,716 
808 
616 
433 
382 
207 
acres 
2,858,974 
1,507,921 
733,838 
302,375 
138,663 
39,645 
Family held 
farms 
3,319 
766 
580 
416 
353 
180 
acres 
2,680,220 
1 ,439,999 
683,046 
293,981 
128,741 
30,044 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
83 
22 
15 
2 
3 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,236 
744 
565 
414 
350 
174 
Other than family held 
farms 
397 
42 
36 
17 
29 
27 
acres 
178,754 
67,922 
50,792 
8,394 
9,922 
9,601 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
50 
1 
- 
1 
4 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
347 
41 
36 
16 
25 
20 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,882 
32 
25 
74 
166 
154 
acres 
358,037 
64,886 
29,384 
44,018 
49,036 
31,344 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
20,222 
3,660 
3,370 
3,001 
2,586 
1,274 
workers 
63,985 
20,392 
9,346 
8,907 
6,875 
3,820 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
8,649 
2,715 
1,695 
1,166 
758 
377 
workers 
22,022 
10,984 
3,518 
2,208 
1,336 
876 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
15,378 
2,523 
2,480 
2,329 
2,109 
1,058 
workers 
41,963 
9,408 
5,828 
6,699 
5,539 
2,944 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
198 
50 
25 
33 
35 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
24,372 
1,282 
1,692 
2,212 
2,722 
1,702 
workers 
50,979 
2,350 
3,057 
4,158 
5,545 
3,620 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,776 
32 
19 
41 
77 
117 
1 0 to 49 acres 
19,801 
116 
33 
55 
89 
261 
50 to 69 acres 
5,254 
20 
10 
23 
39 
197 
70 to 99 acres 
6,532 
21 
11 
21 
115 
864 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,244 
12 
9 
52 
384 
1,154 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,911 
7 
25 
47 
863 
1,018 
180 to 219 acres 
2,778 
19 
25 
56 
950 
627 
220 to 259 acres 
2,358 
12 
22 
148 
1,000 
494 
260 to 499 acres 
8,080 
111 
241 
2,141 
3,573 
878 
500 to 999 acres 
7,617 
335 
2,144 
3,291 
1,414 
192 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,267 
1,731 
2,510 
799 
152 
20 
2,000 acres or more 
2,469 
1,983 
368 
71 
14 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
38,836 
3,529 
4,938 
6,118 
7,848 
4,920 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
674 
19 
9 
32 
38 
72 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
723 
2 
1 
8 
15 
22 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
943 
50 
46 
55 
106 
118 
Other crop farming (1119) 
19,193 
6 
5 
24 
46 
142 
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 
6 
5 
21 
44 
142 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,600 
48 
48 
79 
226 
277 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
662 
178 
84 
110 
86 
68 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
742 
98 
147 
224 
189 
46 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
871 
423 
110 
69 
43 
17 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
603 
22 
20 
12 
9 
9 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,090 
- 
- 
2 
7 
12 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,150 
24 
9 
12 
57 
123 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,550 
1,177 
1,330 
1,789 
2,209 
1,475 
number 
1,127,630 
394,390 
183,986 
169,138 
145,034 
67,471 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,187 
57 
60 
137 
227 
236 
1 0 to 49 
7,278 
217 
361 
579 
904 
768 
50 to 99 
2,305 
138 
257 
418 
622 
318 
100 to 199 
1,485 
184 
318 
424 
356 
122 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
124 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
