Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number, 2012 
704 
127 
599 
733 
880 
511 
735 
74 
2007 
729 
184 
615 
654 
930 
508 
657 
73 
Land in farms 
acres, 2012 
266,773 
8,499 
214,995 
170,149 
397,771 
195,512 
262,839 
7,252 
2007 
254,869 
8,198 
205,356 
144,981 
370,772 
198,680 
261,513 
7,948 
Average size of farm 
acres, 2012 
379 
67 
359 
232 
452 
383 
358 
98 
2007 
350 
45 
334 
222 
399 
391 
398 
109 
Estimated market value of land and buildings .... 
farms, 2012 
704 
127 
599 
733 
880 
511 
735 
74 
2007 
729 
184 
615 
654 
930 
508 
657 
73 
$1,000, 2012 
1,880,691 
88,989 
1,074,304 
925,667 
3,123,781 
1 ,405,245 
2,000,009 
50,383 
2007 
987,343 
85,436 
673,226 
510,781 
1,717,807 
828,515 
1,099,921 
59,684 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
2,671,436 
700,700 
1 ,793,496 
1,262,847 
3,549,752 
2,749,989 
2,721,101 
680,856 
2007 
1,354,381 
464,325 
1,094,677 
781,010 
1,847,105 
1,630,935 
1,674,156 
817,586 
Average per acre 
dollars, 2012 
7,050 
10,471 
4,997 
5,440 
7,853 
7,188 
7,609 
6,948 
2007 
3,874 
10,422 
3,278 
3,523 
4,633 
4,170 
4,206 
7,509 
2012 farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
55 
20 
55 
64 
65 
36 
68 
5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
55 
22 
65 
63 
38 
44 
43 
16 
$100,000 to $199,999 
131 
17 
116 
134 
53 
66 
82 
13 
$200,000 to $499,999 
125 
16 
121 
190 
157 
116 
167 
21 
$500,000 to $999,999 
77 
21 
77 
96 
97 
53 
89 
11 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
70 
14 
43 
73 
98 
39 
69 
4 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
69 
16 
64 
74 
175 
66 
99 
1 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
63 
1 
26 
21 
118 
58 
70 
3 
$10,000,000 or more 
59 
- 
32 
18 
79 
33 
48 
- 
Approximate land area 
acres, 2012 
325,306 
604,968 
283,923 
221,457 
404,040 
254,409 
266,666 
209,648 
Proportion in farms 
percent, 2012 
82.0 
1.4 
75.7 
76.8 
98.4 
76.8 
98.6 
3.5 
2012 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
66 
57 
23 
30 
100 
71 
107 
41 
acres 
335 
182 
105 
135 
494 
350 
508 
(D) 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
196 
46 
171 
267 
188 
145 
192 
20 
acres 
5,323 
1,190 
4,838 
7,508 
4,390 
3,868 
4,455 
457 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
44 
2 
68 
65 
31 
32 
25 
4 
acres 
2,539 
(D) 
3,910 
3,677 
1,782 
1,877 
1,421 
258 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
52 
7 
71 
85 
56 
21 
55 
1 
acres 
4,161 
(D) 
5,801 
6,877 
4,538 
1,702 
4,471 
(D) 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
40 
4 
50 
50 
30 
31 
60 
_ 
acres 
4,717 
485 
5,827 
5,887 
3,486 
3,618 
7,211 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
farms 
41 
1 
32 
32 
33 
13 
29 
2 
acres 
6,512 
(D) 
5,031 
5,065 
5,127 
2,072 
4,650 
(D) 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
20 
1 
17 
19 
28 
10 
28 
1 
acres 
3,904 
(D) 
3,348 
3,693 
5,579 
2,066 
5,602 
(D) 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
18 
10 
21 
42 
21 
10 
2 
acres 
4,231 
- 
2,278 
5,033 
9,916 
4,957 
2,403 
(D) 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
64 
4 
44 
65 
135 
41 
74 
1 
acres 
23,248 
(D) 
16,209 
23,007 
50,828 
14,429 
26,355 
(D) 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
77 
4 
49 
63 
124 
63 
72 
1 
acres 
55,505 
(D) 
36,082 
43,038 
90,319 
45,877 
51,976 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
59 
34 
24 
80 
48 
58 
acres 
78,212 
- 
47,960 
35,272 
109,806 
62,686 
84,562 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
27 
1 
30 
12 
33 
15 
25 
1 
acres 
78,086 
(D) 
83,606 
30,957 
111,506 
52,010 
69,225 
(D) 
2007 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
85 
91 
54 
52 
160 
61 
100 
42 
acres 
397 
(D) 
302 
232 
901 
312 
590 
200 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
214 
64 
224 
251 
182 
144 
172 
18 
acres 
4,809 
1,358 
4,959 
6,017 
3,383 
3,266 
3,816 
366 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
45 
3 
42 
41 
42 
20 
31 
- 
acres 
2,653 
(D) 
2,471 
2,393 
2,495 
1,159 
1,754 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
47 
9 
45 
58 
40 
23 
65 
1 
acres 
3,881 
(D) 
3,644 
4,774 
3,263 
1,874 
5,364 
(D) 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
52 
3 
32 
31 
29 
23 
42 
4 
acres 
6,132 
367 
3,686 
3,696 
3,385 
2,681 
4,977 
482 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
farms 
25 
2 
29 
38 
31 
17 
22 
1 
acres 
3,992 
(D) 
4,540 
5,864 
4,923 
2,614 
3,438 
(D) 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
26 
18 
20 
23 
13 
12 
3 
acres 
5,222 
- 
3,534 
3,914 
4,501 
2,596 
2,402 
(D) 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
21 
3 
8 
17 
54 
21 
11 
acres 
4,974 
685 
1,852 
4,062 
12,772 
4,972 
2,660 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
67 
5 
48 
55 
125 
52 
56 
_ 
acres 
24,960 
1,688 
16,536 
19,454 
47,359 
18,178 
19,457 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
74 
4 
44 
62 
134 
76 
58 
3 
acres 
54,319 
2,615 
29,657 
43,655 
93,382 
58,454 
42,670 
2,309 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
47 
- 
46 
23 
78 
44 
57 
- 
acres 
65,320 
- 
64,287 
32,988 
100,712 
59,785 
77,646 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
26 
- 
25 
6 
32 
14 
31 
1 
acres 
78,210 
- 
69,888 
17,932 
93,696 
42,789 
96,739 
(D) 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 
Total cropland 
farms, 2012 
651 
92 
516 
680 
811 
457 
640 
48 
2007 
661 
123 
506 
558 
857 
452 
572 
40 
acres, 2012 
245,919 
7,501 
186,745 
143,465 
383,524 
182,583 
247,840 
5,878 
2007 
235,141 
6,470 
176,560 
124,539 
356,193 
185,564 
252,838 
6,388 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
511 
84 
348 
471 
689 
370 
569 
42 
2007 
536 
109 
309 
428 
723 
384 
484 
33 
acres, 2012 
235,967 
7,276 
171,480 
131,067 
376,205 
176,984 
241,928 
5,643 
2007 
227,937 
5,853 
166,316 
1 1 7,425 
348,789 
181,448 
245,147 
6,082 
Other pasture and grazing land that could have been 
used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms, 2012 
23 
7 
12 
9 
47 
13 
42 
2 
2007 
102 
14 
67 
87 
109 
55 
122 
2 
acres, 2012 
190 
96 
129 
107 
408 
325 
359 
(D) 
2007 
3,141 
(D) 
2,930 
1,637 
2,644 
1,685 
1,927 
(D) 
--continued 
326 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
