Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,549 
2,220 
208 
121 
1,702 
847 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
6,948 
5,832 
687 
429 
4,655 
2,293 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,682 
3,637 
672 
373 
3,140 
1,542 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,116 
4,946 
1,472 
698 
4,833 
2,283 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,272 
3,530 
1,947 
795 
4,274 
1,998 
$50,000 or more 
20,221 
5,178 
12,354 
2,689 
12,889 
7,332 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
27,299 
18,714 
6,509 
2,076 
16,396 
10,903 
Average net loss 
dollars 
32,318 
14,275 
78,040 
51,613 
29,915 
35,932 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,487 
2,143 
231 
113 
1,625 
862 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
7,511 
6,251 
836 
424 
4,667 
2,844 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,268 
4,155 
767 
346 
3,104 
2,164 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,831 
3,954 
1,404 
473 
3,383 
2,448 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,712 
1,376 
1,062 
274 
1,546 
1,166 
$50,000 or more 
3,490 
835 
2,209 
446 
2,071 
1,419 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
571 
104 
396 
71 
341 
230 
$1,000 
64,303 
3,873 
53,963 
6,467 
30,402 
33,901 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
40,531 
20,353 
16,215 
3,963 
26,149 
14,382 
$1,000 
1,667,992 
475,863 
1,004,645 
187,485 
940,329 
727,662 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
6,051 
939 
4,189 
923 
3,721 
2,330 
$1,000 
95,445 
7,928 
72,889 
14,629 
51,398 
44,047 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
16,428 
13,249 
2,650 
529 
10,692 
5,736 
$1,000 
453,867 
354,244 
78,482 
21,141 
294,892 
158,975 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
755 
532 
214 
9 
451 
304 
$1,000 
6,496 
4,900 
1,584 
12 
3,723 
2,773 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
834 
582 
203 
49 
424 
410 
$1,000 
13,534 
7,916 
4,082 
1,536 
4,248 
9,286 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
19,430 
5,754 
1 1 ,272 
2,404 
12,473 
6,957 
$1,000 
47,721 
5,716 
35,904 
6,100 
26,150 
21,570 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
11,179 
2,308 
7,133 
1,738 
7,039 
4,140 
$1,000 
982,764 
70,267 
779,446 
133,051 
524,623 
458,141 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
948 
578 
283 
87 
638 
310 
$1,000 
5,254 
2,037 
2,698 
520 
3,218 
2,037 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,872 
1,381 
1,248 
243 
1,587 
1,285 
$1,000 
62,911 
22,855 
29,560 
10,495 
32,078 
30,833 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
67,609 
37,415 
23,444 
6,750 
43,658 
23,951 
acres 
23,752,778 
3,259,113 
17,528,340 
2,965,325 
13,382,708 
10,370,070 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,155 
23,573 
23,062 
6,520 
33,765 
19,390 
acres 
22,373,010 
2,422,927 
17,046,092 
2,903,991 
12,508,912 
9,864,098 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
18,629 
14,906 
2,426 
1,297 
11,317 
7,312 
50 to 99 acres 
5,387 
3,209 
1,397 
781 
3,534 
1,853 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
6,229 
2,677 
2,446 
1,106 
4,263 
1,966 
200 to 499 acres 
9,327 
1,984 
5,748 
1,595 
6,466 
2,861 
500 to 999 acres 
6,779 
498 
5,318 
963 
4,564 
2,215 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,723 
185 
3,993 
545 
2,793 
1,930 
2,000 acres or more 
2,081 
114 
1,734 
233 
828 
1,253 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,092 
1,872 
1,059 
161 
1,717 
1,375 
acres 
87,360 
40,843 
42,137 
4,380 
48,038 
39,322 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,671 
1,318 
1,187 
166 
1,628 
1,043 
acres 
196,214 
32,938 
151,455 
11,821 
108,725 
87,489 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
25,585 
18,678 
6,014 
893 
16,860 
8,725 
acres 
1,049,561 
740,678 
265,215 
43,668 
685,347 
364,214 
In cultivated summer faliow 
farms 
1,063 
643 
361 
59 
738 
325 
acres 
46,633 
21,727 
23,441 
1,465 
31,686 
14,947 
Total woodland 
farms 
27,742 
19,817 
7,235 
690 
17,023 
10,719 
acres 
1,449,212 
891,210 
520,789 
37,213 
859,904 
589,308 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
6,381 
3,812 
2,302 
267 
3,696 
2,685 
acres 
207,875 
92,860 
106,573 
8,442 
119,841 
88,034 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
23,909 
17,500 
5,923 
486 
14,804 
9,105 
acres 
1,241,337 
798,350 
414,216 
28,771 
740,063 
501,274 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
218 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
