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 
Illinois 
Adams 
Alexander 
Bond 
Boone 
Brown 
Bureau 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland farms, 2012 
27,978 
420 
45 
230 
96 
221 
377 
2007 
18,863 
295 
28 
171 
73 
166 
290 
acres, 2012 
1,292,408 
21,175 
3,225 
8,474 
2,027 
1 1 ,757 
17,571 
2007 
787,997 
14,145 
2,538 
6,515 
2,105 
8,147 
10,572 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed farms, 2012 
25,585 
385 
41 
194 
79 
211 
367 
2007 
17,626 
275 
23 
149 
64 
158 
279 
acres, 2012 
1,049,561 
18,061 
3,007 
6,740 
1,613 
10,515 
16,939 
2007 
735,671 
12,666 
2,455 
6,139 
1,793 
7,695 
10,076 
Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 2012 
2,671 
32 
2 
44 
21 
20 
7 
2007 
1,084 
11 
2 
16 
8 
15 
14 
acres, 2012 
196,214 
2,487 
(D) 
1,529 
180 
483 
417 
2007 
21,920 
316 
(D) 
138 
228 
262 
160 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms, 2012 
1,063 
17 
3 
13 
5 
3 
9 
2007 
757 
20 
3 
12 
10 
3 
6 
acres, 2012 
46,633 
627 
(D) 
205 
234 
759 
215 
2007 
30,406 
1,163 
(D) 
238 
84 
190 
336 
Total woodland farms, 2012 
27,742 
665 
87 
308 
119 
278 
295 
2007 
24,433 
606 
79 
261 
119 
268 
291 
acres, 2012 
1,449,212 
47,564 
6,914 
10,742 
1,920 
33,453 
15,099 
2007 
1 ,428,922 
46,570 
6,585 
10,431 
2,298 
41,719 
16,512 
Woodland pastured farms, 2012 
6,381 
225 
32 
86 
40 
83 
63 
2007 
7,126 
237 
27 
74 
52 
104 
76 
acres, 2012 
207,875 
8,976 
1,032 
1,842 
428 
4,996 
2,579 
2007 
265,759 
10,932 
1,130 
1,740 
815 
1 1 ,699 
3,315 
Woodland not pastured farms, 2012 
23,909 
541 
74 
266 
88 
228 
256 
2007 
20,010 
471 
65 
206 
81 
224 
236 
acres, 2012 
1,241,337 
38,588 
5,882 
8,900 
1,492 
28,457 
12,520 
2007 
1,163,163 
35,638 
5,455 
8,691 
1,483 
30,020 
13,197 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) farms, 2012 
21,345 
531 
68 
228 
169 
140 
216 
2007 
22,070 
546 
61 
201 
183 
171 
249 
acres, 2012 
873,778 
28,547 
2,227 
6,047 
2,354 
10,503 
8,199 
2007 
887,274 
26,237 
2,735 
6,294 
2,740 
12,946 
9,415 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc farms, 2012 
46,304 
898 
71 
414 
339 
270 
596 
2007 
38,049 
688 
53 
339 
293 
199 
566 
acres, 2012 
861,953 
18,456 
1,475 
4,810 
3,633 
8,101 
16,028 
2007 
751,205 
16,639 
1,595 
4,719 
3,355 
4,245 
12,575 
Pastureland, all types farms, 2012 
24,714 
627 
72 
271 
196 
178 
267 
2007 
30,219 
691 
69 
266 
286 
221 
352 
acres, 2012 
1,169,013 
40,406 
3,385 
8,630 
2,979 
18,504 
13,994 
2007 
1,461,292 
47,678 
4,659 
10,046 
5,290 
27,700 
18,745 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs farms, 2012 
28,386 
367 
46 
247 
66 
252 
387 
2007 
26,660 
326 
37 
259 
72 
210 
408 
acres, 2012 
986,719 
17,745 
1,948 
7,974 
938 
12,073 
1 1 ,224 
2007 
885,837 
15,545 
2,495 
8,990 
965 
10,108 
9,263 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs farms, 2012 
28,156 
486 
33 
228 
163 
111 
539 
2007 
26,826 
419 
28 
237 
146 
115 
547 
acres, 2012 
17,575,381 
207,923 
41,104 
137,119 
96,830 
53,221 
294,338 
2007 
16,397,926 
183,962 
29,380 
152,515 
95,258 
47,185 
290,631 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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