# Counties in Illinois by land in farms, 2022

All 102 values come from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service for 2022, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `farmland_area`
- Unit: acres
- Definition: Land operated by farms in the census year, in acres, including cropland, pasture, woodland and land under farm buildings, as counted by the USDA Census of Agriculture every five years.
- Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/usda-nass
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Iroquois County | 669,168 |
| 2 | Livingston County | 606,271 |
| 3 | LaSalle County | 603,762 |
| 4 | McLean County | 597,397 |
| 5 | Champaign County | 545,674 |
| 6 | Pike County | 481,175 |
| 7 | Sangamon County | 464,740 |
| 8 | Macoupin County | 458,695 |
| 9 | Bureau County | 455,336 |
| 10 | Henry County | 449,705 |
| 11 | Vermilion County | 445,066 |
| 12 | Knox County | 440,387 |
| 13 | Fulton County | 435,773 |
| 14 | Adams County | 423,666 |
| 15 | Hancock County | 417,260 |
| 16 | Logan County | 380,340 |
| 17 | Montgomery County | 379,349 |
| 18 | Lee County | 377,886 |
| 19 | Shelby County | 359,447 |
| 20 | DeKalb County | 353,524 |
| 21 | Ogle County | 351,824 |
| 22 | Christian County | 350,778 |
| 23 | Tazewell County | 344,083 |
| 24 | Whiteside County | 335,899 |
| 25 | Fayette County | 328,888 |
| 26 | Washington County | 326,641 |
| 27 | Edgar County | 325,023 |
| 28 | Mason County | 324,668 |
| 29 | Kankakee County | 322,007 |
| 30 | Greene County | 319,730 |
| 31 | Jo Daviess County | 309,287 |
| 32 | Stephenson County | 305,770 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 302,602 |
| 34 | Jackson County | 291,160 |
| 35 | St. Clair County | 287,115 |
| 36 | Morgan County | 283,082 |
| 37 | Effingham County | 281,772 |
| 38 | Warren County | 279,691 |
| 39 | Ford County | 279,456 |
| 40 | Peoria County | 278,241 |
| 41 | McDonough County | 277,887 |
| 42 | Woodford County | 277,669 |
| 43 | Clinton County | 276,216 |
| 44 | Madison County | 264,765 |
| 45 | Carroll County | 261,931 |
| 46 | Macon County | 259,085 |
| 47 | White County | 258,774 |
| 48 | Randolph County | 254,611 |
| 49 | Mercer County | 251,455 |
| 50 | Clark County | 249,166 |
| 51 | Marion County | 246,697 |
| 52 | Jasper County | 246,336 |
| 53 | Will County | 241,269 |
| 54 | Crawford County | 234,709 |
| 55 | Jefferson County | 232,182 |
| 56 | Piatt County | 228,142 |
| 57 | Clay County | 227,457 |
| 58 | Hamilton County | 223,423 |
| 59 | Douglas County | 217,560 |
| 60 | Coles County | 214,931 |
| 61 | Richland County | 214,131 |
| 62 | Schuyler County | 207,067 |
| 63 | Marshall County | 206,667 |
| 64 | Henderson County | 199,669 |
| 65 | Moultrie County | 197,600 |
| 66 | Monroe County | 197,346 |
| 67 | Grundy County | 188,601 |
| 68 | Lawrence County | 186,482 |
| 69 | McHenry County | 184,403 |
| 70 | De Witt County | 180,145 |
| 71 | Gallatin County | 174,434 |
| 72 | Franklin County | 174,342 |
| 73 | Perry County | 174,088 |
| 74 | Winnebago County | 167,697 |
| 75 | Brown County | 163,236 |
| 76 | Stark County | 162,962 |
| 77 | Cumberland County | 161,892 |
| 78 | Bond County | 161,590 |
| 79 | Jersey County | 161,192 |
| 80 | Saline County | 159,177 |
| 81 | Cass County | 156,808 |
| 82 | Menard County | 155,670 |
| 83 | Kane County | 146,717 |
| 84 | Rock Island County | 144,843 |
| 85 | Union County | 140,501 |
| 86 | Kendall County | 129,224 |
| 87 | Massac County | 127,131 |
| 88 | Boone County | 124,244 |
| 89 | Wabash County | 118,306 |
| 90 | Edwards County | 117,890 |
| 91 | Johnson County | 108,064 |
| 92 | Calhoun County | 106,067 |
| 93 | Scott County | 104,741 |
| 94 | Williamson County | 103,673 |
| 95 | Pulaski County | 99,694 |
| 96 | Pope County | 77,364 |
| 97 | Alexander County | 62,494 |
| 98 | Putnam County | 51,822 |
| 99 | Hardin County | 34,138 |
| 100 | Lake County | 32,226 |
| 101 | Cook County | 10,281 |
| 102 | DuPage County | 819 |