Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator ' 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Illinois 
23,211 
24,265 
5,993,007 
6,891 
843,244 
Counties 
Adams 
384 
389 
81,782 
97 
15,050 
Alexander 
59 
60 
11,121 
20 
3,460 
Bond 
202 
208 
30,870 
56 
4,695 
Boone 
194 
205 
45,743 
48 
1,829 
Brown 
114 
121 
26,543 
33 
6,412 
Bureau 
308 
320 
116,784 
110 
17,161 
Calhoun 
165 
167 
23,841 
64 
10,638 
Carroll 
202 
206 
88,359 
45 
7,049 
Cass 
119 
129 
29,245 
47 
4,001 
Champaign 
364 
383 
150,653 
115 
14,602 
Christian 
239 
245 
85,761 
54 
7,115 
Clark 
224 
234 
43,851 
101 
13,109 
Clay 
224 
237 
67,493 
55 
6,905 
Clinton 
203 
205 
46,387 
47 
6,570 
Coles 
210 
219 
57,584 
59 
3,658 
Cook 
66 
70 
2,510 
32 
590 
Crawford 
176 
180 
56,466 
69 
15,499 
Cumberland 
202 
209 
36,562 
58 
4,397 
De Kalb 
233 
251 
116,676 
62 
8,105 
De Witt 
155 
176 
55,688 
54 
6,955 
Douglas 
179 
183 
35,531 
19 
2,570 
Du Page 
30 
38 
932 
12 
411 
Edgar 
176 
190 
86,535 
51 
6,740 
Edwards 
113 
116 
30,704 
28 
3,948 
Effingham 
446 
503 
79,536 
118 
14,924 
Fayette 
369 
376 
58,012 
77 
9,751 
Ford 
149 
159 
81,608 
36 
10,672 
Franklin 
243 
249 
34,679 
74 
8,351 
Fulton 
303 
338 
61,848 
47 
6,688 
Gallatin 
47 
51 
17,168 
18 
2,137 
Greene 
203 
213 
77,120 
54 
23,977 
Grundy 
109 
113 
54,684 
26 
1,319 
Flamilton 
222 
228 
26,867 
110 
9,422 
Hancock 
329 
337 
85,464 
102 
10,977 
Hardin 
56 
58 
9,468 
16 
1,602 
Henderson 
119 
124 
30,471 
29 
5,373 
Henry 
420 
437 
129,288 
123 
14,875 
Iroquois 
343 
364 
171,684 
93 
17,516 
Jackson 
284 
294 
46,023 
101 
11,512 
Jasper 
267 
275 
52,664 
61 
5,260 
Jefferson 
368 
386 
57,657 
135 
13,892 
Jersey 
157 
164 
36,549 
50 
5,440 
Jo Daviess 
334 
344 
91,399 
87 
10,419 
Johnson 
233 
235 
31,733 
74 
12,226 
Kane 
258 
283 
40,462 
135 
9,714 
Kankakee 
248 
257 
50,541 
70 
1 1 ,243 
Kendall 
127 
137 
21,147 
30 
6,166 
Knox 
276 
292 
84,907 
80 
10,752 
Lake 
196 
222 
7,844 
115 
3,340 
La Salle 
424 
441 
127,023 
154 
18,626 
Lawrence 
98 
100 
19,265 
36 
3,424 
Lee 
229 
237 
90,422 
57 
6,833 
Livingston 
307 
315 
122,941 
98 
25,728 
Logan 
193 
198 
70,816 
43 
6,924 
McDonough 
251 
276 
67,911 
74 
5,547 
McHenry 
459 
495 
94,487 
190 
8,826 
McLean 
389 
405 
131,829 
116 
18,090 
Macon 
220 
226 
57,980 
79 
9,354 
Macoupin 
316 
327 
86,117 
80 
10,593 
Madison 
385 
395 
67,907 
107 
16,890 
Marion 
335 
347 
48,784 
110 
10,028 
Marshall 
107 
112 
34,828 
27 
4,167 
Mason 
110 
115 
36,195 
22 
1,947 
Massac 
128 
133 
16,130 
51 
3,570 
Menard 
113 
120 
33,964 
27 
6,571 
Mercer 
218 
223 
62,983 
64 
6,070 
Monroe 
180 
193 
37,381 
54 
7,281 
Montgomery 
301 
308 
87,162 
88 
8,797 
Morgan 
199 
207 
53,586 
45 
10,274 
Moultrie 
200 
208 
69,051 
36 
8,841 
Ogle 
429 
441 
131,771 
104 
9,021 
Peoria 
260 
273 
53,064 
75 
5,966 
Perry 
177 
183 
39,160 
67 
5,509 
Piatt 
125 
131 
48,214 
30 
4,415 
Pike 
268 
282 
87,386 
78 
13,547 
Pope 
138 
148 
21,756 
64 
10,617 
Pulaski 
70 
74 
16,598 
32 
5,852 
Putnam 
54 
54 
8,890 
18 
769 
Randolph 
196 
203 
43,154 
46 
5,886 
Richland 
177 
181 
40,659 
62 
6,314 
Rock Island 
247 
252 
33,367 
68 
3,271 
St. Clair 
235 
243 
76,487 
48 
3,292 
Saline 
190 
194 
30,976 
58 
4,655 
Sangamon 
346 
364 
79,721 
108 
12,996 
Schuyler 
181 
197 
36,179 
48 
5,880 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
648 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
