1877 4,367,603
1878 3,983,450
1879 4,193,884
1880 4,257,054
1881 2,206,621
1882 4,697,966
1883 4,752,828
1884 5,085,817
1885 5,417,147
1886 5,537,873
1887 5,630,571
1888 5,796,935
1889 5,679,874
1890 5,083,438
1891 4,681,972
1892 4,338,899
1893 4,954,871
1894 5,052,952
1895 4,631,270
1896 4,389,666
1897 4,745,917
1898 4,669,270
1899 4,880,101
1900 4,857,961
1901 4,774,062
1902 4,569,905
1903 4,447,287
1904 4,377,486
1905 4,359,426
1906 4,243,030
1907 4,308,402
1908 4,022,598
1909 3,807,796
1910 3,970,302
1911 3,819,412
1912 3,593,523
1913 3,521,966
(United States Census, and Year Books of Agricultural Department)
Year Acres of Av. Val. of F. and Av. Val. Acres of
Imp. Land Build's. per acre Per Farm Far. Land
1850 5,039,545 $ 7.99 $ 1,663 12,037,412
1860 13,096,374 15.96 3,480 20,911,989
1870 19,329,952 28.45 4,358 25,882,861
1880 26,115,154 31.87 4,598 31,673,645
1890 25,669,060 41.41 6,140 30,498,277
1900 27,669,219 53.84 7,588 32,794,728
1910 28,048,323 108.32 15,505 32,522,937
Year Percent Percent Percent Percent Farm Land in Ill.
Increase Increase of Land of Farm
in Farms in Farm Area in Land Total Cultivated
Land Farms Improved
1850 33.6 41.9
1860 88.1 73.7 58.3 62.6
1870 41.5 23.8 72.2 74.7
1880 26.1 22.4 88.3 82.5 35,867,520 32,522,937
1890 -5.9 -3.7 85.0 84.2
1900 9.8 7.5 91.4 84.5
1910 -4.6 -0.8 90.7 86.2
(United States Census Report)
Year Population No. Farms Average Size
of Farms
1790
1800 5,641
1810 24,520
1820 147,178
1830 343,031
1840 685,866
1850 851,470 76,208 158. acres
1860 1,711,951 143,310 145.9 "
1870 2,539,891 202,803 127.6 "
1880 3,077,871 255,741 123.8 "
1890 3,826,352 240,681 126.7 "
1900 4,821,550 264,151 124.2 "
1910 5,638,591 251,872 129.1 "
Year No. B. C. No. B. C. No. B. C. Per
Per Farm Per Capita Acre Farm Land
(Population)
1850 7.1 .63 .0045
1860 9.9 .83 .0067
1870 7.7 .62 .0060
1880 7.8 .65 .0063
1890 7.1 .46 .0056
1900 7.07 .38 .0057
1910 4.9 .22 .0038
_The Corn Crop of Illinois for Fifty-four Years._