Jefferson County, Illinois
Jefferson County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $136 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,940 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 139.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17081. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Jefferson County averages $136 per acre for 2026, up 20.4 percent from 2016. Land value came in at $4,940 per acre in the 2022 census, up 18.8 percent from 2017, or 3.5 percent a year. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated, and excess moisture and flood account for 43 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid out over 1989-2025, well ahead of any other cause. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 33 percent in 1989-1999 to 29 percent in 2000-2009, then 51 percent in 2010-2019, then 28 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 30 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 10 weeks.
IL median $254 · tied for 5th lowest of 86
IL median $8,638 · 7th lowest of 91
IL median 190.2 · lowest of 82
IL median $2.04 · 14th highest of 101
IL median 55% · 8th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | $136 | $4,940 | 139.0 | $6.46 |
| Franklin County | $126 | $5,677 | 152.4 | $8.36 |
| Hamilton County | $138 2025 | $5,788 | — | $6.78 |
| Marion County | $172 | $6,108 | 153.8 | $5.60 |
| Perry County | $172 | $6,023 | 142.0 | $5.72 |
| Washington County | $190 | $8,068 | 163.0 | $4.12 |
| Wayne County | $176 | $5,608 | — | $7.82 |
| Median next door | $172 | $5,906 | 153.1 | $6.25 |
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. Jefferson 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/jefferson-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.