Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
75,087 
100.0 
76,860 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
26,937,721 
100.0 
26,775,100 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
67,609 
90.0 
67,431 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
23,752,778 
88.2 
23,707,699 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,063 
1.4 
757 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
53,155 
70.8 
54,185 
acres 
46,633 
0.2 
30,406 
acres 
22,373,010 
83.1 
22,611,443 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
27,742 
36.9 
24,433 
1 to 49 acres 
18,629 
24.8 
18,781 
acres 
1,449,212 
5.4 
1 ,428,922 
1 to 9 acres 
6,992 
9.3 
7,545 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
6,381 
8.5 
7,126 
1 0 to 19 acres 
4,948 
6.6 
4,949 
acres 
207,875 
0.8 
265,759 
20 to 29 acres 
2,915 
3.9 
2,697 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
23,909 
31.8 
20,010 
30 to 49 acres 
3,774 
5.0 
3,590 
acres 
1,241,337 
4.6 
1,163,163 
50 to 99 acres 
5,387 
7.2 
5,551 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
6,229 
8.3 
6,105 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
9,327 
12.4 
9,316 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
21,345 
28.4 
22,070 
500 to 999 acres 
6,779 
9.0 
7,462 
acres 
873,778 
3.2 
887,274 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,723 
6.3 
5,034 
2,000 acres or more 
2,081 
2.8 
1,936 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
46,304 
61.7 
38,049 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
861,953 
3.2 
751,205 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
3,092 
4.1 
9,113 
acres 
87,360 
0.3 
308,259 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
27,978 
37.3 
18,863 
acres 
1 ,292,408 
4.8 
787,997 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
28,386 
(X) 
26,660 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
986,719 
(X) 
885,837 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
25,585 
34.1 
17,626 
acres 
1,049,561 
3.9 
735,671 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
28,156 
(X) 
26,826 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
2,671 
3.6 
1,084 
acres 
17,575,381 
(X) 
16,397,926 
acres 
196,214 
0.7 
21,920 
16 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
