Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
35,802 
204 
2,402 
4,427 
8,967 
10,140 
9,662 
acres 
4,210,333 
1 1 ,078 
268,296 
510,641 
1,088,700 
1,202,783 
1,128,835 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
848 
3 
54 
109 
229 
228 
225 
acres 
162,749 
180 
8,152 
17,799 
48,688 
51,368 
36,562 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
32,925 
191 
2,310 
4,180 
8,311 
9,247 
8,686 
acres 
3,654,002 
10,464 
248,072 
452,734 
955,500 
1,033,530 
953,702 
Partnership 
farms 
1,867 
16 
89 
177 
434 
568 
583 
acres 
353,748 
791 
15,602 
42,133 
102,355 
106,726 
86,141 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,133 
9 
41 
106 
274 
380 
323 
acres 
242,388 
549 
8,442 
30,238 
76,123 
71,285 
55,751 
Corporation 
farms 
1,250 
- 
55 
136 
318 
391 
350 
acres 
293,812 
- 
27,561 
38,556 
54,177 
88,740 
84,778 
Family held 
farms 
1,016 
- 
45 
100 
254 
312 
305 
acres 
254,711 
- 
22,147 
34,313 
47,864 
73,311 
77,076 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
36 
- 
2 
3 
10 
8 
13 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
980 
- 
43 
97 
244 
304 
292 
Other than family held 
farms 
234 
_ 
10 
36 
64 
79 
45 
acres 
39,101 
- 
5,414 
4,243 
6,313 
15,429 
7,702 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
39 
- 
- 
2 
8 
22 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
195 
- 
10 
34 
56 
57 
38 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,210 
10 
47 
79 
265 
344 
465 
acres 
147,268 
465 
6,609 
7,817 
27,415 
50,722 
54,240 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
6,021 
25 
400 
669 
1,607 
1,693 
1,627 
workers 
16,660 
46 
1,007 
1,886 
4,553 
4,897 
4,271 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,760 
9 
116 
185 
451 
487 
512 
workers 
3,973 
12 
188 
532 
982 
1,166 
1,093 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
4,859 
16 
330 
539 
1,302 
1,378 
1,294 
workers 
12,687 
34 
819 
1,354 
3,571 
3,731 
3,178 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
56 
- 
5 
2 
8 
16 
25 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,395 
83 
898 
1,720 
3,552 
3,329 
2,813 
workers 
26,969 
183 
1,962 
4,322 
8,059 
6,949 
5,494 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,972 
45 
362 
610 
1,068 
1,105 
782 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,849 
76 
835 
1,731 
3,422 
3,949 
3,836 
50 to 69 acres 
3,554 
41 
203 
417 
883 
961 
1,049 
70 to 99 acres 
4,164 
24 
243 
465 
941 
1,156 
1,335 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,189 
14 
244 
324 
793 
897 
917 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,071 
6 
149 
230 
483 
608 
595 
180 to 219 acres 
1,389 
5 
115 
161 
380 
368 
360 
220 to 259 acres 
1,035 
2 
88 
118 
253 
300 
274 
260 to 499 acres 
2,535 
4 
166 
318 
679 
746 
622 
500 to 999 acres 
1,111 
- 
68 
147 
324 
355 
217 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
290 
- 
20 
41 
76 
87 
66 
2,000 acres or more 
93 
- 
8 
10 
26 
18 
31 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
13,504 
100 
1,409 
1,935 
3,474 
3,739 
2,847 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
294 
- 
29 
54 
82 
84 
45 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
436 
■ 
25 
48 
131 
137 
95 
production (1114) 
490 
- 
17 
52 
124 
178 
119 
Other crop farming (1119) 
14,335 
32 
391 
1,192 
3,184 
4,086 
5,450 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
“ 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
14,333 
32 
391 
1,192 
3,184 
4,085 
5,449 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,028 
51 
362 
660 
1,192 
1,055 
708 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
173 
3 
40 
30 
40 
36 
24 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
62 
- 
1 
23 
12 
16 
10 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
237 
6 
18 
52 
69 
68 
24 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
365 
- 
28 
73 
131 
85 
48 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
728 
10 
71 
151 
193 
203 
100 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,600 
15 
110 
302 
696 
863 
614 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
6,977 
78 
689 
1,204 
2,105 
1,763 
1,138 
number 
191,883 
1,589 
17,654 
30,258 
53,273 
47,734 
41,375 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,693 
42 
283 
491 
865 
655 
357 
1 0 to 49 
3,381 
23 
292 
560 
1,006 
878 
622 
50 to 99 
609 
10 
89 
111 
148 
161 
90 
100 to 199 
201 
3 
15 
25 
67 
44 
47 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
iiiinois 205 
