Agriculture Census Information

Farm Equipment and Field

The following table depicts various data including, total number of farms, farm size, farm value, crops harvested, etc. for Kankakee County. This data was taken from the 2017 Agriculture Census, performed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). For more detailed information visit the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) website.

Agriculture Data

Here are some of the numbers published in the 2017 Agriculture Census Profile.

CategoryNumber
Farms (number)756
Land in farms (acres)312,904
Land in farms - average. size (acres)414
Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres105
Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres172
Farms by size - 50 to 179 acre159
Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres145
Farms by size - 500 to 99982
Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more93
Total cropland (farms)96%
Total cropland (acres)333,821
Total cropland - harvested cropland (farms)636
Total cropland - harvested cropland (acres)326,000
Irrigated land (farms)6%
Irrigated land (acres)18,404
Market value of agricultural products sold - average per farm (dollars)292,508
Market value of agricultural products sold - crops ($1,000)201,805
Farms by value of sales - less than $2,500159
Farms by value of sales - $2,500 to $4,99932
Farms by value of sales - $5,000 to $9,99950
Farms by value of sales - $10,000 to $24,99969
Farms by value of sales - $25,000 to $49,99955
Farms by value of sales - $50,000 to $99,99976
Farms by value of sales - $100,000 or more315


Below are the full Agriculture Census Profiles
2017 Agriculture Census (PDF)
2002 Agriculture Census (PDF)