Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
64,927 
3,052 
2,044 
acres 
25,422,301 
20,277,334 
2,545,191 
1 ,934,530 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,871 
1,085 
729 
663 
acres 
964,767 
503,220 
442,443 
402,511 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
64,927 
64,927 
_ 
_ 
acres 
20,277,334 
20,277,334 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
4,562 
- 
4,562 
2,929 
acres 
3,443,376 
- 
3,443,376 
2,579,325 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,929 
- 
2,929 
2,929 
acres 
2,579,325 
- 
2,579,325 
2,579,325 
Corporation 
farms 
3,716 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,858,974 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
3,319 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,680,220 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
83 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,236 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
397 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
178,754 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
50 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
347 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,882 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
358,037 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
20,222 
15,593 
1,746 
1,252 
workers 
63,985 
38,997 
7,124 
5,481 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
8,649 
5,599 
1,052 
790 
workers 
22,022 
9,425 
3,459 
2,809 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
15,378 
12,315 
1,174 
841 
workers 
41,963 
29,572 
3,665 
2,672 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
198 
116 
21 
16 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
13 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
24,372 
21,276 
1,469 
918 
workers 
50,979 
43,926 
3,490 
2,259 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,776 
5,094 
252 
171 
1 0 to 49 acres 
19,801 
17,858 
771 
443 
50 to 69 acres 
5,254 
4,709 
262 
168 
70 to 99 acres 
6,532 
5,742 
374 
214 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,244 
4,586 
331 
200 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,911 
3,350 
263 
161 
180 to 219 acres 
2,778 
2,408 
178 
107 
220 to 259 acres 
2,358 
2,046 
143 
95 
260 to 499 acres 
8,080 
7,094 
467 
294 
500 to 999 acres 
7,617 
6,510 
472 
306 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,267 
4,079 
492 
344 
2,000 acres or more 
2,469 
1,451 
557 
426 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
38,836 
33,536 
2,624 
1,694 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
674 
571 
43 
31 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
723 
576 
39 
38 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
943 
562 
75 
69 
Other crop farming (1119) 
19,193 
16,613 
1,033 
639 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
9 
6 
3 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
19,184 
16,607 
1,030 
637 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,600 
6,147 
275 
151 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
662 
544 
65 
38 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
742 
568 
97 
56 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
871 
575 
111 
82 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
603 
539 
15 
7 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,090 
1,044 
28 
21 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,150 
3,652 
157 
103 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,550 
14,741 
1,038 
600 
number 
1,127,630 
818,656 
164,372 
109,045 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,187 
3,924 
148 
73 
1 0 to 49 
7,278 
6,665 
363 
206 
50 to 99 
2,305 
2,018 
175 
104 
100 to 199 
1,485 
1,249 
144 
75 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
