Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,549 
2,318 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
6,948 
6,246 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,682 
4,143 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,116 
6,148 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,272 
5,419 
$50,000 or more 
20,221 
16,320 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
27,299 
24,333 
Average net loss 
dollars 
32,318 
26,367 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,487 
2,279 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
7,511 
6,942 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,268 
4,855 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,831 
5,199 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,712 
2,386 
$50,000 or more 
3,490 
2,672 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
571 
451 
$1,000 
64,303 
48,690 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
40,531 
34,327 
$1,000 
1 ,667,992 
1,182,900 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
6,051 
5,053 
$1,000 
95,445 
71,069 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
16,428 
13,817 
$1,000 
453,867 
324,653 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
755 
629 
$1,000 
6,496 
4,706 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
834 
665 
$1,000 
13,534 
6,327 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
19,430 
16,593 
$1,000 
47,721 
34,382 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
11,179 
9,295 
$1,000 
982,764 
700,422 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
948 
797 
$1,000 
5,254 
3,922 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,872 
2,354 
$1,000 
62,911 
37,419 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
67,609 
58,320 
acres 
23,752,778 
17,746,544 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,155 
46,031 
acres 
22,373,010 
16,658,141 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
18,629 
16,830 
50 to 99 acres 
5,387 
4,854 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
6,229 
5,479 
200 to 499 acres 
9,327 
8,249 
500 to 999 acres 
6,779 
5,788 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,723 
3,632 
2,000 acres or more 
2,081 
1,199 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,092 
2,713 
acres 
87,360 
66,441 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,671 
2,295 
acres 
196,214 
152,922 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
25,585 
21,619 
acres 
1,049,561 
830,119 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,063 
919 
acres 
46,633 
38,921 
Total woodland 
farms 
27,742 
24,313 
acres 
1,449,212 
1,146,439 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
6,381 
5,705 
acres 
207,875 
172,525 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
23,909 
20,855 
acres 
1,241,337 
973,914 
Partnership 
108 
325 
255 
427 
361 
1,742 
1,344 
63,847 
97 
297 
196 
304 
148 
302 
71 
10,046 
2,676 
202,335 
473 
11,133 
1,023 
49,379 
44 
425 
45 
751 
1,310 
5,081 
838 
126,370 
58 
674 
196 
8,523 
4,208 
3,145,691 
3,349 
3,023,336 
773 
266 
401 
539 
421 
448 
501 
204 
12,949 
179 
15,209 
1,616 
89,240 
91 
4,957 
1,558 
131,419 
360 
20,073 
1,365 
1 1 1 ,346 
Registered 
under 
state law 
64 
176 
150 
266 
220 
1,206 
847 
79,523 
58 
162 
109 
186 
110 
222 
47 
6,989 
1,759 
160,092 
331 
9,351 
683 
39,003 
25 
226 
32 
523 
860 
4,024 
545 
99,696 
34 
460 
149 
6,810 
2,727 
2,379,946 
2,197 
2,293,955 
492 
162 
222 
342 
277 
313 
389 
117 
6,651 
120 
1 1 ,336 
1,024 
64,553 
61 
3,451 
993 
88,508 
225 
13,450 
868 
75,058 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
142 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
