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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
10,480 
5,446 
84 
103 
138 
2,435 
- 
55 to 59 years 
10,709 
5,835 
97 
113 
161 
2,432 
2 
60 to 64 years 
11,044 
5,651 
95 
111 
163 
2,996 
2 
65 to 69 years 
8,108 
4,086 
76 
96 
105 
2,331 
- 
70 years and over 
15,594 
7,275 
83 
133 
136 
5,569 
1 
Average age 
57.8 
56.9 
54.3 
58.3 
57.0 
61.6 
48.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) . 
475 
155 
15 
10 
12 
142 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
102 
42 
- 
- 
1 
41 
- 
Asian 
94 
15 
9 
10 
- 
35 
- 
Black or African American 
110 
23 
10 
2 
- 
36 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .. 
16 
10 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
White 
74,631 
38,694 
652 
708 
939 
19,045 
9 
More than one race reported 
134 
52 
3 
3 
3 
34 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
11,504 
5,208 
79 
85 
101 
4,296 
3 
2 people 
37,704 
19,722 
310 
378 
477 
9,805 
2 
3 people 
10,092 
5,477 
101 
95 
126 
2,000 
- 
4 people 
9,344 
5,164 
79 
105 
122 
1,987 
4 
5 or more people 
6,443 
3,265 
105 
60 
117 
1,105 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
42,888 
13,790 
446 
612 
599 
16,396 
5 
25 to 49 percent 
7,547 
5,189 
60 
40 
108 
1,179 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
9,966 
7,704 
67 
47 
87 
1,078 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
9,340 
7,909 
49 
13 
66 
398 
3 
1 00 percent 
5,346 
4,244 
52 
11 
83 
142 
- 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
2,556 
1,425 
22 
25 
97 
554 
1 
acres 
1,623,907 
1 ,377,285 
5,196 
4,094 
14,210 
64,275 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
53,381 
29,115 
523 
591 
770 
1 1 ,699 
6 
Dial-up service 
3,962 
2,071 
39 
47 
49 
902 
- 
DSL service 
19,202 
10,289 
172 
218 
265 
4,276 
3 
Cable modem service 
6,549 
3,487 
92 
90 
129 
1,762 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
1,392 
789 
16 
14 
27 
280 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,634 
7,182 
122 
150 
186 
2,535 
1 
Satellite service 
12,418 
7,266 
115 
100 
169 
2,211 
2 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,455 
833 
14 
10 
24 
318 
- 
Other Internet service 
2,023 
1,070 
22 
31 
32 
454 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
55,990 
27,153 
553 
613 
738 
15,122 
5 
2 households 
13,637 
8,207 
96 
87 
142 
2,882 
1 
3 households 
3,188 
2,044 
20 
11 
33 
654 
1 
4 households 
1,291 
812 
1 
8 
11 
317 
1 
5 or more households 
981 
620 
4 
4 
19 
218 
1 
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 
37,356 
656 
690 
858 
18,273 
8 
acres 
25,422,301 
21,933,675 
67,038 
28,546 
52,509 
1,549,209 
578 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
1,871 
852 
53 
38 
48 
414 
1 
acres 
964,767 
797,205 
7,166 
1,573 
5,995 
66,592 
(D) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
64,927 
33,536 
571 
576 
562 
16,613 
6 
acres 
20,277,334 
17,505,078 
29,161 
19,997 
22,915 
1,328,251 
424 
Partnership 
.. farms 
4,562 
2,624 
43 
39 
75 
1,033 
3 
acres 
3,443,376 
3,031,275 
22,859 
1,252 
3,597 
124,309 
270 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
2,929 
1,694 
31 
38 
69 
639 
2 
acres 
2,579,325 
2,286,892 
20,428 
1,245 
3,468 
86,746 
(D) 
Corporation 
.. farms 
3,716 
2,019 
48 
97 
275 
559 
- 
acres 
2,858,974 
2,433,523 
19,025 
7,325 
33,896 
97,408 
- 
Family held 
.. farms 
3,319 
1,889 
41 
80 
241 
420 
- 
acres 
2,680,220 
2,301,014 
(D) 
6,625 
30,428 
71,387 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
83 
34 
5 
8 
18 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
3,236 
1,855 
41 
75 
233 
402 
- 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
397 
130 
7 
17 
34 
139 
_ 
acres 
178,754 
132,509 
(D) 
700 
3,468 
26,021 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
