1890 25,669,060 41.41 6,140 30,498,277 1900 27,669,219 53.84 7,588 32,794,728 1910 28,048,323 108.32 15,505 32,522,937 Year Percent Percent Percent Percent Farm Land in Ill. Increase Increase of Land of Farm in Farms in Farm Area in Land Total Cultivated Land Farms Improved 1850 33.6 41.9 1860 88.1 73.7 58.3 62.6 1870 41.5 23.8 72.2 74.7 1880 26.1 22.4 88.3 82.5 35,867,520 32,522,937 1890 -5.9 -3.7 85.0 84.2 1900 9.8 7.5 91.4 84.5 1910 -4.6 -0.8 90.7 86.2 (United States Census Report) Year Population No. Farms Average Size of Farms 1790 1800 5,641 1810 24,520 1820 147,178 1830 343,031 1840 685,866 1850 851,470 76,208 158. acres 1860 1,711,951 143,310 145.9 " 1870 2,539,891 202,803 127.6 " 1880 3,077,871 255,741 123.8 " 1890 3,826,352 240,681 126.7 " 1900 4,821,550 264,151 124.2 " 1910 5,638,591 251,872 129.1 " Year No. B. C. No. B. C. No. B. C. Per Per Farm Per Capita Acre Farm Land (Population) 1850 7.1 .63 .0045 1860 9.9 .83 .0067 1870 7.7 .62 .0060 1880 7.8 .65 .0063 1890 7.1 .46 .0056 1900 7.07 .38 .0057 1910 4.9 .22 .0038 _The Corn Crop of Illinois for Fifty-four Years._ Year Acreage Yield Price