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 2026-10-06.

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
n/a
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
n/a
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
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Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$140202120222023202420252026$95$136 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Illinois county rate, side by side: Illinois cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$136/ac
Rent as a share of corn gross, 20219.4%$95 non-irrigated rent 2021 ÷ (170.3 bu, 2021 county yield, all practices × $5.96 Illinois price received); the county reports no irrigated corn

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

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 careThe 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 yieldFewer 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

2000200520102015202020250230

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, 2022NASS 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
19861991199620012006201120162021066

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

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Cook County$136n/a$18,054n/a$11.96
DuPage County$150 2024n/a$57,683n/a$4.72
Kane County$274$238$12,276185.6$2.85
Lake County$125n/a$15,913n/a$7.18
McHenry County$234$272 2025$8,304n/a$3.23
Will County$231n/a$10,259177.8$3.38
Lake County, IN$186n/a$7,916167.4$2.73
Median next door$231$238 1 co.$11,268177.8$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 2026-10-06, 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. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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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