Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
934 
859 
6 
84 
113 
238 
256 
162 
500 or more 
361 
343 
- 
20 
39 
119 
112 
53 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
13,584 
7,889 
80 
459 
780 
1,670 
2,187 
2,713 
number 
442,821 
352,595 
2,241 
19,275 
40,194 
92,683 
108,325 
89,877 
Beef cows 
farms 
12,646 
7,091 
72 
424 
662 
1,428 
1,939 
2,566 
number 
343,972 
256,336 
1,861 
16,859 
27,255 
60,274 
76,352 
73,735 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,524 
1,774 
33 
117 
182 
313 
417 
712 
1 0 to 49 
6,277 
3,766 
27 
201 
295 
735 
1,066 
1,442 
50 to 99 
1,292 
1,053 
8 
67 
122 
244 
318 
294 
too to 199 
413 
370 
4 
30 
35 
104 
101 
96 
200 to 499 
128 
117 
- 
9 
27 
28 
33 
20 
500 or more 
12 
11 
- 
- 
1 
4 
4 
2 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,149 
935 
8 
40 
132 
282 
292 
181 
number 
98,849 
96,259 
380 
2,416 
12,939 
32,409 
31,973 
16,142 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
272 
107 
8 
14 
19 
31 
35 
10 to 49 
273 
241 
5 
16 
50 
65 
70 
35 
50 to 99 
305 
290 
3 
9 
33 
100 
92 
53 
100 to 199 
189 
187 
- 
4 
26 
56 
59 
42 
200 to 499 
93 
93 
- 
3 
4 
38 
34 
14 
500 or more 
17 
17 
- 
- 
5 
4 
6 
2 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
13,780 
8,289 
80 
511 
822 
1,859 
2,318 
2,699 
number 
684,809 
583,152 
4,842 
42,649 
64,344 
171,322 
175,807 
124,188 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
14,160 
8,577 
83 
504 
855 
1,865 
2,423 
2,847 
number 
835,912 
712,410 
3,520 
57,798 
85,275 
196,986 
213,478 
155,353 
$1,000 
984,466 
860,650 
3,687 
72,837 
91,638 
243,093 
265,680 
183,714 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
5,591 
3,317 
41 
156 
367 
696 
901 
1,156 
number 
125,563 
96,473 
1,185 
3,838 
19,690 
21,967 
27,340 
22,453 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
12,305 
7,606 
68 
464 
738 
1,692 
2,155 
2,489 
number 
710,349 
615,937 
2,335 
53,960 
65,585 
175,019 
186,138 
132,900 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
2,183 
1,830 
13 
145 
164 
496 
556 
456 
number 
403,203 
364,895 
1,810 
24,454 
40,635 
110,326 
116,024 
71,646 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,045 
1,414 
7 
103 
168 
420 
447 
269 
number 
4,630,796 
4,197,398 
2,296 
277,243 
556,161 
1,266,210 
1,568,170 
527,318 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
733 
301 
2 
37 
37 
81 
88 
56 
25 to 49 
136 
77 
- 
2 
9 
24 
15 
27 
50 to 99 
122 
91 
2 
4 
11 
25 
28 
21 
100 to 199 
90 
78 
- 
14 
6 
15 
23 
20 
200 to 499 
148 
116 
- 
4 
13 
40 
33 
26 
500 or more 
816 
751 
3 
42 
92 
235 
260 
119 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,023 
684 
4 
52 
90 
186 
211 
141 
number 
464,442 
405,766 
40 
5,215 
90,089 
116,891 
146,605 
46,926 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,866 
1,327 
5 
91 
158 
390 
423 
260 
number 
4,166,354 
3,791 ,632 
2,256 
272,028 
466,072 
1,149,319 
1,421,565 
480,392 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2,019 
1,394 
7 
100 
172 
407 
450 
258 
number 
13,121,384 
11,750,085 
15,948 
501,810 
1,504,327 
3,581,335 
4,858,145 
1,288,520 
$1,000 
1,519,514 
1 ,404,089 
2,836 
70,710 
146,667 
430,348 
586,016 
167,511 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,751 
810 
5 
55 
79 
205 
204 
262 
number 
54,675 
32,828 
39 
1,389 
3,480 
8,620 
8,565 
10,735 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,457 
660 
2 
36 
67 
165 
166 
224 
number 
35,401 
20,827 
(D) 
(D) 
2,343 
5,610 
5,276 
7,067 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,217 
565 
2 
26 
44 
150 
154 
189 
number 
40,352 
26,113 
(D) 
(D) 
1,896 
5,723 
6,257 
10,931 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
8,436 
3,482 
23 
145 
298 
759 
1,027 
1,230 
number 
62,714 
30,709 
202 
1,460 
2,862 
6,237 
9,407 
10,541 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
8,155 
3,350 
23 
138 
288 
741 
995 
1,165 
number 
51,724 
24,723 
202 
1,191 
2,316 
4,483 
7,616 
8,915 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,002 
894 
11 
34 
111 
171 
290 
277 
number 
7,615 
4,012 
31 
161 
259 
479 
1,652 
1,430 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,193 
816 
5 
59 
105 
197 
223 
227 
number 
31,546 
13,712 
47 
616 
1,422 
3,860 
4,406 
3,361 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,152 
431 
5 
30 
58 
113 
108 
117 
number 
14,970 
7,124 
24 
212 
716 
2,066 
2,244 
1,862 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,725 
1,418 
15 
69 
176 
330 
385 
443 
number 
4,327,311 
(D) 
37,128 
31,533 
51,963 
(D) 
1,602,526 
38,116 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,673 
1,376 
10 
67 
164 
321 
375 
439 
400 to 3,199 
20 
18 
- 
- 
9 
5 
3 
1 
3,200 to 9,999 
8 
8 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
10,000 to 19,999 
12 
8 
2 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
100,000 or more 
7 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
456 
201 
5 
17 
28 
43 
58 
50 
number 
371,531 
(D) 
15,020 
(D) 
3,462 
1,837 
(D) 
1,632 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
206 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
