FARMS

Number of farms and land in farms, Illinois, 1910-97
Year Number of farms 1/ Land in farms Avg. size of farms   Year Number of farms 1/ Land in farms Avg. size of farms
  Thousand Thousand acres Acres   Thousand Thousand acres Acres
1910 253 Not
available
before
1950
 1954 181 31,300 173
1911 252 1955 178 31,300 176
1912 251 1956 175 31,200 178
1913 250 1957 172 31,100 181
1914 248 1958 168 31,000 185
1915 247 1959 164 30,900 188
1916 245 1960 159 30,700 193
1917 244 1961 155 30,600 197
1918 242 1962 151 30,500 202
1919 241 1963 148 30,400 205
1920 240 1964 144 30,300 210
1921 238 1965 140 30,200 216
1922 236 1966 136 30,100 221
1923 234 1967 133 30,000 226
1924 231 1968 131 29,800 227
1925 228 1969 130 29,700 228
1926 226 1970 128 29,500 230
1927 227 1971 127 29,400 231
1928 229 1972 126 29,400 233
1929 230 1973 125 29,300 234
1930 230 1974 124 29,200 235
1931 230 1975 113 29,100 258
1932 231 1976 112 29,000 259
1933 233 1977 111 28,900 260
1934 233 1978 110 28,800 262
1935 231 1979 108 28,800 267
1936 226 1980 107 28,800 269
1937 224 1981 107 28,800 269
1938 222 1982 104 28,700 276
1939 222 1983 100 28,700 287
1940 221 1984 96 28,700 299
1941 218 1985 93 28,700 309
1942 216 1986 91 28,700 315
1943 211 1987 89 28,600 321
1944 208 1988 88 28,600 325
1945 206 1989 86 28,500 331
1946 208 1990 83 28,400 342
1947 206 1991 82 28,300 345
1948 204 1992 81 28,200 348
1949 203 1993 79 28,100 356
1950 203 31,700 156 1994 77 28,100 365
1951 198 31,600 160 1995 77 28,100 365
1952 192 31,600 165 1996 76 28,100 370
1953 186 31,500 169 1997 76 28,000 368
1/ 1974 and earlier years based on "old" farm definition-$50 in sales if over 10 acres or $250 in sales if less than 10 acres; 1975 and later years based on "new" farm definition-$1,000 in sales regardless of acres

Number of farms and land in farms by gross sales, Illinois, 1988-97
Year Number of farms Land in farms
$1,000-$9,999 $10,000-$99,999 $100,000 & over $1,000-$9,999 $10,000-$99,999 $100,000 & over
          Thousand acres  
1988 22,000 45,400 20,600 1,100 11,200 16,300
1989 20,500 45,000 20,500 900 10,500 17,100
1990 19,000 42,000 22,000 800 8,400 19,200
1991 20,500 38,000 23,500 800 7,600 19,900
1992 21,500 37,000 22,500 800 7,500 19,900
1993 21,000 35,000 23,000 800 7,200 20,100
1994 21,000 33,000 23,000 800 6,800 20,500
1995 22,000 31,500 23,500 800 6,800 20,500
1996 21,000 32,000 23,000 800 6,950 20,350
1997 21,000 31,500 23,500 800 6,550 20,650

Illinois Agricultural Statistics Service
Annual Summary - 1997		 Page 14


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