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 
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 
42,209 
23,118 
6,787 
46,502 
25,612 
acres 
25,422,301 
4,547,446 
18,031,244 
2,843,611 
14,853,050 
10,569,251 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,871 
1,171 
479 
221 
973 
898 
acres 
964,767 
205,058 
596,150 
163,559 
396,142 
568,625 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
64,927 
38,325 
20,699 
5,903 
43,288 
21,639 
acres 
20,277,334 
3,776,284 
14,599,521 
1,901,529 
13,254,460 
7,022,874 
Partnership 
farms 
4,562 
2,446 
1,512 
604 
1,660 
2,902 
acres 
3,443,376 
508,588 
2,233,348 
701,440 
646,656 
2,796,720 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,929 
1,537 
963 
429 
1,057 
1,872 
acres 
2,579,325 
364,304 
1,615,823 
599,198 
480,271 
2,099,054 
Corporation 
farms 
3,716 
1,684 
1,483 
549 
1,767 
1,949 
acres 
2,858,974 
372,288 
2,005,806 
480,880 
1,169,546 
1,689,428 
Family held 
farms 
3,319 
1,420 
1,404 
495 
1,554 
1,765 
acres 
2,680,220 
328,439 
1 ,898,654 
453,127 
1,090,258 
1,589,962 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
83 
53 
23 
7 
37 
46 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,236 
1,367 
1,381 
488 
1,517 
1,719 
Other than family held 
farms 
397 
264 
79 
54 
213 
184 
acres 
178,754 
43,849 
107,152 
27,753 
79,288 
99,466 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
50 
42 
4 
4 
38 
12 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
347 
222 
75 
50 
175 
172 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,882 
1,602 
155 
125 
1,174 
708 
acres 
358,037 
222,467 
102,682 
32,888 
185,415 
172,622 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
20,222 
7,405 
10,544 
2,273 
1 1 ,738 
8,484 
workers 
63,985 
23,136 
33,001 
7,848 
31 ,239 
32,746 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
8,649 
2,715 
4,926 
1,008 
4,397 
4,252 
workers 
22,022 
7,445 
11,588 
2,989 
8,661 
13,361 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
15,378 
5,634 
8,023 
1,721 
9,127 
6,251 
workers 
41,963 
15,691 
21,413 
4,859 
22,578 
19,385 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
198 
81 
95 
22 
108 
90 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
11 
- 
4 
8 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
24,372 
13,917 
8,262 
2,193 
13,044 
1 1 ,328 
workers 
50,979 
30,067 
16,465 
4,447 
24,638 
26,341 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,776 
5,178 
171 
427 
3,314 
2,462 
1 0 to 49 acres 
19,801 
17,135 
1,496 
1,170 
12,443 
7,358 
50 to 69 acres 
5,254 
4,249 
671 
334 
3,340 
1,914 
70 to 99 acres 
6,532 
5,116 
893 
523 
4,339 
2,193 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,244 
3,613 
1,080 
551 
3,548 
1,696 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,911 
2,446 
1,001 
464 
2,567 
1,344 
180 to 219 acres 
2,778 
1,452 
958 
368 
1,831 
947 
220 to 259 acres 
2,358 
1,047 
971 
340 
1,628 
730 
260 to 499 acres 
8,080 
2,482 
4,444 
1,154 
5,579 
2,501 
500 to 999 acres 
7,617 
899 
5,707 
1,011 
5,128 
2,489 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,267 
264 
4,428 
575 
3,150 
2,117 
2,000 acres or more 
2,469 
176 
2,029 
264 
1,022 
1,447 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
38,836 
13,686 
19,503 
5,647 
26,056 
12,780 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
674 
466 
123 
85 
312 
362 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
723 
637 
56 
30 
328 
395 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
943 
758 
98 
87 
470 
473 
Other crop farming (1119) 
19,193 
17,962 
903 
328 
12,941 
6,252 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
9 
4 
1 
4 
5 
4 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1 199) 
19,184 
17,958 
902 
324 
12,936 
6,248 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,600 
4,606 
1,496 
498 
3,907 
2,693 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
662 
227 
359 
76 
366 
296 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
742 
220 
426 
96 
324 
418 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
871 
434 
369 
68 
464 
407 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
603 
527 
51 
25 
249 
354 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,090 
942 
95 
53 
549 
541 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,150 
3,592 
370 
188 
1,923 
2,227 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,550 
7,534 
7,539 
1,477 
9,688 
6,862 
number 
1,127,630 
258,477 
766,675 
102,478 
565,991 
561,639 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,187 
2,931 
938 
318 
2,428 
1,759 
1 0 to 49 
7,278 
3,488 
3,140 
650 
4,472 
2,806 
50 to 99 
2,305 
635 
1,398 
272 
1,369 
936 
100 to 199 
1,485 
293 
1,067 
125 
836 
649 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
222 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
