POPULATION AND EXPORTS

POPULATION: Total and farm, Illinois and United States, census years 1920-90

Year United States Illinois
Total
population
Farm population Total
population
Farm population
Number % of total Number % of total
  Thousands Percent Thousands Percent
1920 106,022 31,974 30.2 6,574 1,107 16.8
1930 123,203 30,529 24.8 7,630 1,002 13.1
1940 132,165 30,547 23.1 7,897 979 12.4
1950 151,326 23,048 15.2 8,712 763 8.8
1960 179,323 13,445 7.5 10,081 621 6.2
1970 203,301 8,292 4.1 11,113 429 3.8
1980 226,546 5,618 2.5 11,427 314 2.7
1990 248,710 3,872 1.6 11,431 207 1.8
Source: Decennial Census, Bureau of the Census.

AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS: Value of exports of selected commodities, Illinois, 1993-97

Commodities Fiscal year ending September 30 1997 as %
of total
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
 
Million dollars
 
Feed grains & products 1,065.2 1,149.3 1,522.1 1,627.5 1,300.4 34.7
Soybeans & products 1,126.3 1,167.2 1,226.5 1,375.4 1,549.5 41.3
Live animals & meat (excl. poultry) 159.1 163.3 146.3 251.6 213.3 5.7
Wheat & products 118.7 96.5 107.0 217.7 150.5 4.0
Feeds & fodders 71.4 83.5 83.8 80.3 89.6 2.4
Hides & skins 41.4 45.7 23.6 54.2 50.1 1.3
Seeds 47.9 47.4 43.7 47.7 57.6 1.5
Fats, oils, & greases 21.6 21.1 21.1 27.9 21.3 0.6
Vegetables 32.3 27.4 29.4 25.0 31.5 0.8
 
Total 2,923.5 3,060.7 3,457.9 3,973.9 3,748.1  
Source:Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States, ERS, USDA.

AGRICULTURAL EXPORT SHARES: Rank of top ten states, 1988-97

State
1988
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
California 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Iowa 2 3 3 2 2 2 5 2 2 2
Illinois 3 6 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3
Nebraska 6 2 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4
Texas 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 5
Kansas 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Minnesota 7 7 6 7 7 7 9 7 7 7
Arkansas - - - - - - 10 10 - 8
Washington - 9 - 9 8 10 8 8 9 9
Indiana 8 8 8 8 10 9 7 9 8 10
N. Dakota - - - - 9 8 - - 10 -
Missouri 9 10 9 - - - - - - -
Ohio 10 - 10 10 - - - - - -
Source: Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States, ERS, USDA.
Illinois Agricultural Statistics Service
Annual Summary - 1998
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