Clinton County, Illinois
Clinton County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $218 an acre (2023); land and buildings $9,036 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 163.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Clinton County averaged $218 per acre in 2023, up 47.3 percent from 2013. Census land value came in at $9,036 per acre in 2022, up 30.4 percent from 2017, or 5.5 percent a year. Cropland here is 1 percent irrigated, and heat and drought account for 51 percent of crop insurance indemnities of $158.6 million paid out over 1989-2025. That share moved 30 percent, 28 percent, 59 percent, and 42 percent across the four periods on record, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 stood at 0.39. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 19 of 1357 weeks since 2000, with 2012 the worst year at 8 weeks.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $8,638 · 37th highest of 91
IL median 190.2 · tied for 13th lowest of 82
IL median $2.04 · 26th highest of 101
IL median 55% · 20th lowest of 101
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton County | $218 2023 | $9,036 | 163.0 | $4.90 |
| Bond County | $249 | $7,761 | — | $4.26 |
| Fayette County | $192 | $6,973 | — | $4.40 |
| Madison County | $249 | $6,940 | 181.9 | $2.18 |
| Marion County | $172 | $6,108 | 153.8 | $5.60 |
| St. Clair County | $243 | $9,310 | 162.0 | $3.46 |
| Washington County | $190 | $8,068 | 163.0 | $4.12 |
| Median next door | $218 | $7,367 | 162.5 | $4.19 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Clinton County, Illinois. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/illinois/clinton-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.