Table 68. Summary by North American industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
1,247 
1,029 
4 
2 
7 
58 
_ 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
903 
768 
4 
1 
7 
32 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
16 
9 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
806 
653 
1 
- 
2 
87 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
44,057 
13,686 
466 
637 
758 
17,962 
4 
Part owners 
.... farms 
23,849 
19,503 
123 
56 
98 
903 
1 
Tenants 
.... farms 
7,181 
5,647 
85 
30 
87 
328 
4 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
68,364 
33,556 
591 
693 
858 
18,914 
5 
acres 
13,428,558 
8,884,749 
50,955 
36,553 
64,346 
2,906,726 
476 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
67,906 
33,189 
589 
693 
856 
18,865 
5 
acres 
10,782,513 
8,034,977 
35,889 
25,895 
40,610 
1 ,506,534 
322 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
31,159 
25,229 
210 
87 
188 
1,255 
5 
acres 
16,218,390 
15,182,720 
37,398 
4,268 
21,785 
166,333 
372 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
31,030 
25,150 
208 
86 
185 
1,231 
5 
acres 
16,155,208 
15,143,153 
36,288 
4,219 
21,314 
151,773 
372 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
17,411 
6,139 
154 
162 
174 
7,585 
1 
acres 
2,709,227 
889,339 
16,176 
10,707 
24,207 
1,414,752 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
109,123 
55,082 
1,135 
1,218 
1,602 
27,024 
14 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
47,889 
26,056 
312 
328 
470 
12,941 
5 
2 operators 
22,199 
10,113 
302 
335 
370 
5,231 
3 
3 operators 
3,915 
2,151 
42 
39 
68 
739 
1 
4 operators 
729 
370 
14 
13 
17 
160 
- 
5 or more operators 
355 
146 
4 
8 
18 
122 
- 
Total women operators 
. number 
24,918 
8,818 
417 
448 
520 
7,584 
2 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
22,069 
7,960 
343 
374 
415 
6,752 
2 
2 operators 
1,117 
328 
32 
27 
33 
314 
- 
3 operators 
161 
59 
2 
4 
7 
52 
- 
4 operators 
23 
5 
1 
2 
- 
9 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
1 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,196 
37,082 
559 
603 
811 
16,329 
8 
Female 
6,891 
1,754 
115 
120 
132 
2,864 
1 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
37,835 
25,332 
380 
287 
453 
4,858 
7 
Other 
37,252 
13,504 
294 
436 
490 
14,335 
2 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
52,037 
27,183 
501 
538 
600 
11,108 
5 
Not on farm operated 
23,050 
11,653 
173 
185 
343 
8,085 
4 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
31,838 
18,336 
265 
257 
393 
7,374 
4 
Any 
43,249 
20,500 
409 
466 
550 
11,819 
5 
1 to 49 days 
7,028 
3,746 
46 
69 
96 
2,052 
1 
50 to 99 days 
3,029 
1,685 
40 
49 
67 
597 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,510 
2,952 
75 
84 
87 
1,206 
- 
200 days or more 
27,682 
12,117 
248 
264 
300 
7,964 
4 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,135 
993 
45 
17 
27 
553 
- 
3 or 4 years 
3,191 
1,505 
82 
66 
33 
773 
3 
5 to 9 years 
8,270 
3,293 
138 
186 
116 
2,533 
1 
1 0 years or more 
61,491 
33,045 
409 
454 
767 
15,334 
5 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
28.1 
17.6 
16.5 
22.2 
23.4 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,539 
760 
28 
15 
20 
388 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,697 
1,240 
68 
56 
32 
696 
2 
5 to 9 years 
7,206 
2,795 
131 
167 
100 
2,253 
2 
1 0 years or more 
63,645 
34,041 
447 
485 
791 
15,856 
5 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
30.0 
20.3 
18.2 
23.5 
25.0 
20.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
515 
299 
2 
- 
2 
54 
- 
25 to 34 years 
4,552 
2,929 
60 
30 
37 
496 
4 
35 to 44 years 
7,677 
4,018 
112 
62 
100 
1,409 
- 
45 to 49 years 
6,408 
3,297 
65 
75 
101 
1,471 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
174 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
