Hardin County, Illinois
Hardin County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $100 an acre (2020); land and buildings $4,632 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hardin County averaged $100 per acre in 2020, up 20.5 percent from 2009. Census land value came in at $4,632 per acre in 2022, up 41.2 percent from 2017, or 7.1 percent a year. Crop insurance history shows $11.1 million in indemnities over 1989-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 54 percent. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 23 percent in 1989-1999 to 31 percent in 2000-2009 to 46 percent in 2010-2019 to 25 percent in 2020-2025. No cropland in the county reported irrigation in the 2022 census, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $8,638 · 4th lowest of 91
IL median $2.04 · highest of 101
IL median 55% · 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
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardin County | — | — | $4,632 | — | $14.84 |
| Gallatin County | $155 | $188 2025 | $5,746 | 167.5 | $6.43 |
| Pope County | $92 2025 | — | $4,224 | — | $10.13 |
| Saline County | $150 | — | $4,910 | 170.3 | $5.68 |
| Crittenden County, KY | $168 | — | $3,369 | 160.5 | $7.12 |
| Livingston County, KY | $168 | — | $4,592 | — | $9.53 |
| Union County, KY | $259 | — | $6,523 | 183.9 | $3.13 |
| Median next door | $168 | — | $4,751 | 168.9 | $6.78 |
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. Hardin 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/hardin-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.