Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Coles 
Cook 
Crawford 
Cumberland 
De Kalb 
De Witt 
Douglas 
Du Page 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
704 
127 
599 
733 
880 
511 
735 
74 
2007 
729 
184 
615 
654 
930 
508 
657 
73 
acres, 2012 
266,773 
8,499 
214,995 
170,149 
397,771 
195,512 
262,839 
7,252 
2007 
254,869 
8,198 
205,356 
144,981 
370,772 
198,680 
261,513 
7,948 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
511 
84 
348 
471 
689 
370 
569 
42 
2007 
536 
109 
309 
428 
723 
384 
484 
33 
acres, 2012 
235,967 
7,276 
171,480 
131,067 
376,205 
176,984 
241,928 
5,643 
TENURE 
2007 
227,937 
5,853 
166,316 
1 1 7,425 
348,789 
181,448 
245,147 
6,082 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
399 
84 
387 
499 
399 
302 
398 
60 
2007 
468 
127 
422 
450 
418 
287 
359 
55 
acres, 2012 
33,412 
1,859 
32,802 
36,895 
45,711 
33,027 
29,586 
(D) 
2007 
37,613 
2,875 
26,906 
30,367 
39,611 
36,257 
31,255 
1,947 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
215 
53 
142 
241 
225 
168 
245 
33 
2007 
280 
68 
126 
233 
234 
170 
207 
15 
acres, 2012 
16,528 
(D) 
10,294 
14,171 
35,002 
22,077 
21,270 
(D) 
2007 
23,566 
(D) 
7,386 
13,306 
30,156 
28,166 
23,896 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
230 
15 
187 
209 
343 
141 
236 
8 
2007 
203 
23 
169 
169 
332 
134 
207 
4 
acres, 2012 
206,013 
5,095 
159,106 
122,552 
285,561 
130,225 
184,402 
(D) 
2007 
188,389 
4,719 
155,523 
103,380 
233,628 
116,215 
189,502 
(D) 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
53,248 
486 
51,148 
39,377 
80,890 
26,189 
45,912 
(D) 
2007 
47,988 
751 
47,643 
31,912 
64,228 
25,373 
32,387 
106 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
152,765 
4,609 
107,958 
83,175 
204,671 
104,036 
138,490 
(D) 
2007 
140,401 
3,968 
107,880 
71,468 
169,400 
90,842 
157,115 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
226 
12 
185 
205 
337 
139 
231 
4 
2007 
199 
19 
165 
161 
321 
132 
201 
4 
acres, 2012 
192,977 
(D) 
139,607 
106,997 
275,833 
124,530 
175,565 
(D) 
2007 
176,644 
(D) 
137,087 
93,806 
223,157 
108,670 
183,650 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
75 
28 
25 
25 
138 
68 
101 
6 
2007 
58 
34 
24 
35 
180 
87 
91 
14 
acres, 2012 
27,348 
1,545 
23,087 
10,702 
66,499 
32,260 
48,851 
(D) 
2007 
28,867 
604 
22,927 
1 1 ,234 
97,533 
46,208 
40,756 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
70 
19 
21 
25 
127 
63 
93 
5 
2007 
57 
22 
18 
34 
168 
82 
76 
14 
acres, 2012 
26,462 
(D) 
21,579 
9,899 
65,370 
30,377 
45,093 
(D) 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
27,727 
(D) 
21,843 
10,313 
95,476 
44,612 
37,601 
(D) 
Total operators 
number 
1,024 
225 
806 
1,036 
1,292 
775 
1,031 
122 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
444 
66 
431 
493 
589 
316 
493 
48 
2 operators 
215 
44 
137 
200 
216 
157 
206 
10 
3 operators 
34 
13 
26 
31 
56 
23 
26 
13 
4 operators 
9 
2 
4 
4 
10 
5 
6 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
2 
1 
5 
9 
10 
4 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
228 
74 
183 
218 
270 
191 
185 
38 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
194 
60 
175 
194 
206 
134 
173 
23 
2 operators 
14 
5 
2 
8 
23 
21 
6 
6 
3 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
6 
5 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,080 
378 
838 
896 
1,391 
744 
905 
177 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
424 
85 
439 
452 
586 
309 
469 
28 
2 operators 
263 
57 
145 
166 
270 
172 
145 
30 
3 operators 
38 
27 
24 
32 
52 
22 
29 
7 
4 operators 
4 
4 
3 
4 
9 
3 
13 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
11 
4 
- 
13 
2 
1 
7 
Total women operators 
number 
225 
185 
175 
205 
302 
185 
144 
74 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
198 
84 
168 
191 
263 
159 
132 
44 
2 operators 
12 
22 
2 
5 
18 
10 
3 
2 
3 operators 
1 
3 
1 
- 
1 
2 
2 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
6 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
645 
95 
530 
675 
818 
457 
716 
62 
2007 
683 
120 
538 
587 
872 
473 
622 
48 
acres, 2012 
263,115 
7,909 
199,496 
165,752 
389,666 
188,557 
260,269 
6,841 
2007 
251 ,683 
7,046 
198,543 
140,822 
360,836 
193,972 
257,409 
7,615 
Female 
farms, 2012 
59 
32 
69 
58 
62 
54 
19 
12 
2007 
46 
64 
77 
67 
58 
35 
35 
25 
acres, 2012 
3,658 
590 
15,499 
4,397 
8,105 
6,955 
2,570 
411 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
3,186 
1,152 
6,813 
4,159 
9,936 
4,708 
4,104 
333 
Farming 
2012 
399 
56 
307 
282 
538 
283 
403 
26 
2007 
383 
84 
257 
247 
534 
287 
361 
25 
Other 
2012 
305 
71 
292 
451 
342 
228 
332 
48 
Place of residence: 
2007 
346 
100 
358 
407 
396 
221 
296 
48 
On farm operated 
2012 
490 
63 
454 
570 
662 
327 
549 
45 
2007 
490 
96 
408 
446 
744 
347 
415 
43 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
214 
64 
145 
163 
218 
184 
186 
29 
2007 
239 
88 
207 
208 
186 
161 
242 
30 
-continued 
622 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
