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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
316 
46 
313 
259 
382 
224 
265 
33 
2007 
274 
48 
250 
227 
319 
179 
249 
13 
Any 
2012 
388 
81 
286 
474 
498 
287 
470 
41 
2007 
455 
136 
365 
427 
611 
329 
408 
60 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
56 
13 
37 
38 
98 
49 
104 
8 
2007 
103 
21 
78 
83 
72 
80 
124 
6 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
25 
15 
20 
25 
41 
29 
20 
3 
2007 
44 
18 
22 
25 
66 
38 
32 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
46 
12 
28 
93 
64 
36 
34 
7 
2007 
41 
10 
31 
41 
78 
46 
36 
8 
200 days or more 
2012 
261 
41 
201 
318 
295 
173 
312 
23 
2007 
267 
87 
234 
278 
395 
165 
216 
44 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
12 
6 
17 
19 
26 
19 
26 
3 
2007 
31 
18 
27 
22 
14 
20 
30 
1 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
26 
4 
24 
44 
21 
26 
37 
3 
2007 
31 
17 
28 
32 
42 
43 
15 
- 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
94 
10 
40 
97 
66 
65 
83 
10 
2007 
105 
30 
87 
102 
123 
50 
96 
18 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
572 
107 
518 
573 
767 
401 
589 
58 
2007 
562 
119 
473 
498 
751 
395 
516 
54 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.8 
24.1 
27.5 
26.5 
27.4 
26.8 
23.6 
23.4 
2007 
22.9 
17.1 
22.8 
24.0 
24.6 
23.6 
24.0 
23.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
10 
4 
13 
18 
17 
18 
19 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
25 
4 
16 
39 
19 
17 
16 
1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
85 
8 
36 
94 
54 
59 
65 
11 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
584 
111 
534 
582 
790 
417 
635 
60 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.2 
26.1 
28.7 
27.6 
29.7 
28.9 
26.2 
25.8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
10 
. 
5 
. 
15 
3 
18 
. 
2007 
7 
5 
1 
4 
14 
1 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
32 
2 
33 
71 
32 
30 
55 
- 
2007 
29 
7 
26 
34 
30 
34 
50 
- 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
83 
11 
43 
62 
71 
35 
110 
5 
2007 
83 
34 
87 
117 
133 
47 
103 
9 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
160 
29 
148 
136 
237 
95 
183 
11 
2007 
219 
69 
192 
175 
261 
114 
182 
26 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
111 
19 
81 
122 
127 
65 
123 
14 
2007 
113 
17 
74 
77 
142 
93 
98 
15 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
92 
15 
70 
104 
116 
92 
109 
12 
2007 
76 
18 
64 
69 
106 
75 
71 
17 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
80 
17 
57 
87 
98 
93 
52 
18 
2007 
72 
11 
60 
79 
100 
56 
57 
2 
70 years and over 
2012 
136 
34 
162 
151 
184 
98 
85 
14 
2007 
130 
23 
111 
99 
144 
88 
94 
4 
Average age 
2012 
57.4 
61.2 
59.2 
57.6 
58.1 
59.8 
53.7 
62.6 
2007 
56.5 
52.3 
56.5 
54.9 
55.5 
57.2 
54.7 
55.4 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
584 
102 
465 
459 
717 
399 
401 
64 
2007 
453 
138 
319 
349 
658 
334 
308 
53 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
41 
9 
50 
35 
58 
39 
22 
6 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
295 
42 
159 
169 
171 
105 
137 
26 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
68 
30 
47 
37 
54 
35 
80 
16 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
9 
3 
10 
4 
7 
4 
9 
6 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
133 
22 
55 
139 
177 
164 
112 
3 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
66 
9 
154 
95 
254 
65 
69 
8 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
9 
3 
4 
10 
36 
11 
8 
3 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
12 
- 
18 
11 
49 
20 
6 
- 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
670 
118 
583 
714 
852 
492 
708 
69 
acres, 2012 
236,055 
8,268 
205,075 
162,142 
382,002 
183,371 
249,252 
7,008 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
13 
18 
5 
12 
37 
14 
25 
13 
acres, 2012 
1 1 ,803 
501 
5,404 
4,608 
18,633 
6,227 
9,880 
(D) 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
605 
72 
517 
662 
738 
449 
627 
43 
2007 
632 
105 
530 
587 
773 
448 
558 
32 
acres, 2012 
190,626 
5,506 
134,393 
138,795 
261,044 
157,696 
200,846 
5,869 
2007 
176,551 
5,767 
130,856 
115,180 
263,311 
152,749 
186,794 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
38 
19 
21 
38 
65 
25 
52 
8 
2007 
57 
25 
41 
43 
91 
37 
59 
13 
acres, 2012 
23,189 
2,310 
26,047 
15,201 
99,694 
23,921 
25,325 
327 
2007 
40,044 
1,367 
37,299 
13,585 
91,950 
37,020 
42,040 
1,316 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
38 
29 
31 
20 
47 
12 
40 
18 
2007 
31 
43 
26 
18 
41 
12 
26 
24 
acres, 2012 
37,369 
496 
44,672 
13,610 
30,616 
8,668 
34,790 
272 
2007 
36,428 
828 
33,195 
15,607 
10,862 
8,508 
27,516 
(D) 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
5 
4 
7 
- 
4 
1 
2 
2007 
- 
2 
1 
- 
10 
- 
2 
2 
acres, 2012 
12,000 
34 
5,783 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,288 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
18 
3 
23 
13 
26 
24 
14 
5 
2007 
9 
9 
17 
6 
15 
11 
12 
2 
acres, 2012 
3,589 
153 
4,100 
2,543 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
784 
2007 
1,846 
(D) 
(D) 
609 
3,361 
403 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Illinois 635 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
