Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Greene 
Grundy 
Hamilton 
Hancock 
Hardin 
Henderson 
Henry 
Iroquois 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
279 
190 
297 
416 
81 
202 
613 
564 
2007 
234 
168 
285 
426 
41 
189 
526 
566 
Any 
2012 
410 
241 
398 
674 
69 
194 
760 
906 
2007 
366 
282 
400 
637 
104 
211 
947 
905 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
67 
43 
67 
158 
24 
56 
109 
147 
2007 
70 
38 
103 
135 
25 
37 
214 
225 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
62 
20 
40 
49 
3 
18 
47 
99 
2007 
23 
23 
14 
67 
5 
24 
68 
74 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
33 
36 
31 
64 
8 
21 
177 
190 
2007 
30 
26 
35 
68 
18 
27 
107 
166 
200 days or more 
2012 
248 
142 
260 
403 
34 
99 
427 
470 
2007 
243 
195 
248 
367 
56 
123 
558 
440 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
33 
14 
10 
33 
3 
20 
69 
26 
2007 
30 
18 
16 
54 
3 
8 
44 
19 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
34 
14 
20 
63 
3 
23 
66 
60 
2007 
26 
31 
42 
46 
13 
10 
49 
70 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
89 
41 
66 
144 
24 
47 
124 
178 
2007 
76 
81 
107 
119 
27 
49 
194 
146 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
533 
362 
599 
850 
120 
306 
1,114 
1,206 
2007 
468 
320 
520 
844 
102 
333 
1,186 
1,236 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
23.5 
27.6 
29.4 
25.1 
24.3 
25.9 
25.4 
27.1 
2007 
23.9 
21.8 
22.9 
25.6 
20.6 
25.3 
24.4 
26.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
13 
11 
8 
28 
2 
9 
13 
18 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
24 
12 
18 
50 
1 
21 
101 
45 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
67 
38 
57 
136 
22 
48 
113 
170 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
585 
370 
612 
876 
125 
318 
1,146 
1,237 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.6 
29.1 
30.9 
27.0 
25.7 
28.2 
27.5 
29.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
15 
. 
4 
13 
. 
7 
8 
8 
2007 
10 
15 
1 
16 
1 
1 
17 
8 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
52 
32 
21 
92 
6 
30 
79 
91 
2007 
44 
55 
54 
58 
4 
21 
66 
79 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
68 
49 
100 
110 
13 
40 
135 
150 
2007 
71 
61 
91 
130 
13 
49 
219 
178 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
158 
94 
110 
266 
17 
74 
253 
332 
2007 
156 
136 
166 
278 
25 
103 
369 
376 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
93 
73 
76 
183 
20 
54 
203 
181 
2007 
99 
63 
87 
136 
20 
45 
268 
155 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
108 
50 
100 
118 
12 
52 
275 
174 
2007 
61 
39 
99 
99 
32 
55 
188 
209 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
62 
40 
67 
80 
28 
36 
142 
148 
2007 
66 
35 
55 
97 
26 
41 
120 
166 
70 years and over 
2012 
133 
93 
217 
228 
54 
103 
278 
386 
2007 
93 
46 
132 
249 
24 
85 
226 
300 
Average age 
2012 
56.4 
57.4 
61.5 
56.5 
62.6 
58.1 
58.3 
58.8 
2007 
55.3 
51.3 
56.5 
57.4 
59.7 
57.2 
55.5 
57.2 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
500 
331 
400 
748 
91 
287 
1,009 
1,066 
2007 
318 
325 
360 
610 
65 
259 
939 
924 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
29 
19 
52 
54 
9 
29 
90 
78 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
177 
103 
210 
368 
57 
103 
461 
248 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
52 
52 
48 
114 
3 
36 
166 
132 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
6 
3 
17 
68 
17 
11 
41 
14 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
81 
101 
74 
97 
12 
60 
187 
266 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
160 
93 
59 
122 
11 
95 
147 
334 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
30 
3 
2 
10 
- 
2 
15 
54 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
21 
18 
11 
7 
- 
3 
44 
65 
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 
653 
411 
668 
1,050 
148 
385 
1,332 
1,430 
acres, 2012 
263,866 
211,357 
208,320 
369,382 
32,410 
167,867 
460,666 
642,427 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
11 
13 
11 
18 
6 
31 
34 
22 
acres, 2012 
8,742 
3,807 
21,841 
4,998 
869 
13,665 
26,755 
9,830 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
574 
365 
629 
966 
139 
351 
1,206 
1,267 
2007 
506 
383 
592 
911 
127 
345 
1,269 
1,268 
acres, 2012 
200,435 
175,205 
161,208 
295,083 
27,122 
144,140 
380,259 
547,816 
2007 
185,510 
151,629 
159,114 
287,095 
28,341 
139,330 
385,755 
538,801 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
56 
31 
33 
56 
6 
28 
99 
69 
2007 
55 
47 
48 
93 
13 
39 
125 
108 
acres, 2012 
40,030 
32,563 
37,939 
29,953 
4,927 
15,502 
73,292 
52,892 
2007 
39,083 
51,869 
38,277 
47,338 
5,036 
20,283 
74,987 
86,682 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
32 
18 
17 
46 
5 
13 
31 
97 
2007 
27 
15 
29 
43 
3 
13 
41 
66 
acres, 2012 
38,102 
6,700 
21,266 
45,061 
1,156 
11,171 
19,211 
62,862 
2007 
45,993 
6,810 
20,543 
49,712 
(D) 
(D) 
22,628 
47,860 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
3 
7 
3 
5 
5 
6 
2007 
- 
3 
6 
5 
1 
- 
6 
3 
acres, 2012 
4,204 
1,604 
429 
7,284 
- 
- 
2,415 
1,120 
2007 
- 
(D) 
508 
676 
(D) 
- 
2,644 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
24 
10 
13 
17 
4 
32 
31 
2007 
12 
2 
10 
11 
1 
3 
32 
26 
acres, 2012 
7,353 
944 
2,477 
8,881 
- 
761 
4,117 
4,590 
2007 
2,502 
(D) 
1,431 
8,077 
(D) 
(D) 
3,889 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Illinois 637 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
