Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jackson 
Jasper 
Jefferson 
Jersey 
Jo Daviess 
Johnson 
Kane 
Kankakee 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
783 
910 
1,063 
509 
935 
558 
590 
818 
2007 
810 
882 
1,156 
519 
1,016 
568 
759 
835 
acres, 2012 
214,197 
250,766 
213,901 
155,483 
271 ,793 
89,715 
168,541 
342,637 
2007 
224,414 
243,451 
232,531 
189,462 
281,457 
100,499 
192,372 
385,808 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
501 
612 
659 
378 
607 
298 
466 
706 
2007 
533 
586 
671 
375 
610 
296 
590 
739 
acres, 2012 
150,901 
200,526 
139,372 
119,070 
172,673 
31,250 
151,464 
320,367 
TENURE 
2007 
162,307 
203,535 
161,750 
152,769 
174,948 
33,748 
178,538 
368,368 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
562 
550 
814 
322 
598 
460 
295 
377 
2007 
578 
530 
854 
317 
662 
444 
438 
393 
acres, 2012 
48,348 
44,319 
73,404 
32,417 
79,015 
52,025 
16,332 
53,382 
2007 
56,502 
48,588 
81,097 
43,484 
79,042 
55,435 
26,747 
85,600 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
308 
263 
422 
192 
295 
219 
204 
273 
2007 
323 
248 
384 
178 
278 
196 
302 
309 
acres, 2012 
12,604 
20,051 
24,212 
14,219 
24,894 
8,789 
10,439 
45,217 
2007 
16,724 
26,162 
31,589 
25,187 
20,816 
7,864 
18,699 
78,798 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
183 
312 
220 
155 
268 
82 
179 
317 
2007 
166 
311 
258 
162 
252 
111 
192 
311 
acres, 2012 
154,463 
190,231 
126,629 
109,366 
179,692 
35,925 
1 1 7,473 
236,565 
2007 
134,074 
184,860 
142,294 
124,006 
168,668 
43,916 
132,155 
248,608 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
62,348 
73,325 
51,308 
40,656 
74,190 
16,475 
27,460 
64,592 
2007 
51,086 
66,795 
52,580 
50,435 
73,208 
22,223 
29,079 
60,156 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
92,115 
116,906 
75,321 
68,710 
105,502 
19,450 
90,013 
171,973 
2007 
82,988 
118,065 
89,714 
73,571 
95,460 
21,693 
103,076 
188,452 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
164 
303 
208 
154 
250 
70 
169 
313 
2007 
154 
301 
251 
157 
240 
91 
185 
306 
acres, 2012 
128,575 
165,679 
103,452 
93,880 
138,222 
21,864 
107,321 
223,691 
2007 
113,000 
167,784 
121,442 
108,441 
126,084 
25,379 
127,884 
240,261 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
38 
48 
29 
32 
69 
16 
116 
124 
2007 
66 
41 
44 
40 
102 
13 
129 
131 
acres, 2012 
1 1 ,386 
16,216 
13,868 
13,700 
13,086 
1,765 
34,736 
52,690 
2007 
33,838 
10,003 
9,140 
21,972 
33,747 
1,148 
33,470 
51,600 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
29 
46 
29 
32 
62 
9 
93 
120 
2007 
56 
37 
36 
40 
92 
9 
103 
124 
acres, 2012 
9,722 
14,796 
1 1 ,708 
10,971 
9,557 
597 
33,704 
51,459 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
32,583 
9,589 
8,719 
19,141 
28,048 
505 
31,955 
49,309 
Total operators 
number 
1,122 
1,284 
1,456 
752 
1,358 
811 
924 
1,207 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
501 
602 
728 
323 
579 
328 
345 
502 
2 operators 
235 
257 
283 
145 
305 
210 
183 
266 
3 operators 
42 
36 
46 
36 
41 
17 
44 
35 
4 operators 
2 
15 
6 
2 
6 
3 
14 
10 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
- 
3 
4 
- 
4 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
296 
289 
391 
173 
356 
236 
291 
265 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
275 
257 
348 
148 
324 
230 
236 
235 
2 operators 
9 
13 
17 
8 
10 
3 
23 
12 
3 operators 
1 
2 
3 
1 
4 
- 
3 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,118 
1,255 
1,584 
772 
1,558 
775 
1,125 
1,158 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
543 
588 
789 
318 
596 
385 
464 
568 
2 operators 
232 
228 
314 
166 
333 
162 
249 
224 
3 operators 
30 
56 
46 
28 
65 
19 
31 
34 
4 operators 
4 
7 
6 
3 
16 
1 
7 
6 
5 or more operators 
1 
3 
1 
4 
6 
1 
8 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
242 
252 
448 
179 
420 
217 
359 
248 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
240 
242 
429 
160 
369 
199 
304 
232 
2 operators 
1 
5 
8 
3 
18 
9 
21 
8 
3 operators 
- 
- 
1 
1 
5 
- 
3 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
2 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
682 
849 
928 
459 
848 
484 
455 
748 
2007 
730 
837 
972 
472 
914 
489 
578 
751 
acres, 2012 
202,685 
245,506 
200,009 
150,043 
261,374 
77,489 
158,827 
331,394 
2007 
217,469 
236,466 
212,072 
186,890 
267,822 
92,287 
184,323 
366,050 
Female 
farms, 2012 
101 
61 
135 
50 
87 
74 
135 
70 
2007 
80 
45 
184 
47 
102 
79 
181 
84 
acres, 2012 
11,512 
5,260 
13,892 
5,440 
10,419 
12,226 
9,714 
1 1 ,243 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
6,945 
6,985 
20,459 
2,572 
13,635 
8,212 
8,049 
19,758 
Farming 
2012 
330 
375 
352 
239 
473 
168 
391 
465 
2007 
330 
412 
356 
267 
443 
203 
379 
426 
Other 
2012 
453 
535 
711 
270 
462 
390 
199 
353 
Place of residence: 
2007 
480 
470 
800 
252 
573 
365 
380 
409 
On farm operated 
2012 
622 
726 
779 
352 
666 
452 
418 
543 
2007 
576 
678 
862 
383 
696 
420 
573 
590 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
161 
184 
284 
157 
269 
106 
172 
275 
2007 
234 
204 
294 
136 
320 
148 
186 
245 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Illinois 625 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
