Farmland Atlas · county record

Cook County, Illinois

Cook County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $136 an acre (2026); land and buildings $18,054 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$136/ac

2026 county average
IL median $254 · tied for 5th lowest of 86

Land and buildings

$18,054/ac

2022 census · read with care: fell 13% from 2017 while next door rose a median 16%

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: the 2022 census value fell 13% from 2017 while the 6 counties next door rose a median 16%; the census figure counts buildings and small residential farms, so this drop is not read as a change in cropland prices

Corn yield, median

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fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$11.96

2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 5th highest of 101

Farmland rented

74%

2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 3rd highest 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$136/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$18,054/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$10,471/ac

Census 2017$20,635/ac

Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 13% from 2017 while the 6 counties next door rose a median 16%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$11.96

Loss ratio, 2016–20251.34claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.13$8.6 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 52% · heat and drought 37% · price decline (revenue policies) 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202551 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200523 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20253 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.2 °F1991–2020 normal 64.0 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.32 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September24.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 202228% of cropland2,565 ac

Farmed no-till, 202254% of cropland4,970 ac

Cover crops, 20225% of cropland439 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20256 ac

Solar and wind operating, 202541.7 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Farmland rented from others, 202274%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Cook County	$136	—	$18,054	—	$11.96
DuPage County	$150 2024	—	$57,683	—	$4.72
Kane County	$274	$238	$12,276	185.6	$2.85
Lake County	$125	—	$15,913	—	$7.18
McHenry County	$234	$272 2025	$8,304	—	$3.23
Will County	$231	—	$10,259	177.8	$3.38
Lake County, IN	$186	—	$7,916	167.4	$2.73
Median next door	$231	$238 1 co.	$11,268	177.8	$3.31

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. Cook 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/cook-county

Every 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.

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