FARMS

Number of farms and land in farms, Illinois, 1911-98
Year Number
of farms 1/		 Land in
farms		 Avg. size
of farms
  Thousand Thousand acres Acres
1911 252 Not available before 1950
1912 251 Not available before 1950
1913 250 Not available before 1950
1914 248 Not available before 1950
1915 247 Not available before 1950
1916 245 Not available before 1950
1917 244 Not available before 1950
1918 242 Not available before 1950
1919 241 Not available before 1950
1920 240 Not available before 1950
1921 238 Not available before 1950
1922 236 Not available before 1950
1923 234 Not available before 1950
1924 231 Not available before 1950
1925 228 Not available before 1950
1926 226 Not available before 1950
1927 227 Not available before 1950
1928 229 Not available before 1950
1929 230 Not available before 1950
1930 230 Not available before 1950
1931 230 Not available before 1950
1932 231 Not available before 1950
1933 233 Not available before 1950
1934 233 Not available before 1950
1935 231 Not available before 1950
1936 226 Not available before 1950
1937 224 Not available before 1950
1938 222 Not available before 1950
1939 222 Not available before 1950
1940 221 Not available before 1950
1941 218 Not available before 1950
1942 216 Not available before 1950
1943 211 Not available before 1950
1944 208 Not available before 1950
1945 206 Not available before 1950
1946 208 Not available before 1950
1947 206 Not available before 1950
1948 204 Not available before 1950
1949 203 Not available before 1950
1950 203 31,700 156
1951 198 31,600 160
1952 192 31,600 165
1953 186 31,500 169
1954 181 31,300 173
Year Number
of farms 1/		 Land in
farms		 Avg. size
of farms
  Thousand Thousand acres Acres
1955 178 31,300 176
1956 175 31,200 178
1957 172 31,100 181
1958 168 31,000 185
1959 164 30,900 188
1960 159 30,700 193
1961 155 30,600 197
1962 151 30,500 202
1963 148 30,400 205
1964 144 30,300 210
1965 140 30,200 216
1966 136 30,100 221
1967 133 30,000 226
1968 131 29,800 227
1969 130 29,700 228
1970 128 29,500 230
1971 127 29,400 231
1972 126 29,400 233
1973 125 29,300 234
1974 124 29,200 235
1975 113 29,100 258
1976 112 29,000 259
1977 111 28,900 260
1978 110 28,800 262
1979 108 28,800 267
1980 107 28,800 269
1981 107 28,800 269
1982 104 28,700 276
1983 100 28,700 287
1984 96 28,700 299
1985 93 28,700 309
1986 91 28,700 315
1987 89 28,600 321
1988 88 28,600 325
1989 86 28,500 331
1990 83 28,400 342
1991 82 28,300 345
1992 81 28,200 348
1993 81 28,100 347
1994 80 28,100 351
1995 80 28,000 350
1996 79 27,900 353
1997 79 27,800 352
1998 79 27,800 352
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, 1989-98
Year Number of farms Land in farms
$1,000-$9,999 $10,000-$99,999 $100,000 & over $1,000-$9,999 $10,0000-$99,999 $100,000 & over
  Thousand acres
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 25,500 32,500 23,000 1,700 7,200 19,200
1994 26,500 30,500 23,000 1,700 6,800 19,600
1995 27,000 29,500 23,500 1,700 6,700 19,600
1996 27,000 28,500 23,500 1,700 6,400 19,800
1997 27,700 27,800 23,500 1,700 6,000 20,100
1998 27,700 27,800 23,500 1,700 6,000 20,100

Illinois Agricultural Statistics Service
Annual Summary - 1999		 Page 13

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