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Look up property lines and lot boundaries in Illinois. Coverage is 5,872,112 lots across 97 counties, covering 1,540,400,654 mapped acres. 640,637 of those lots are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Illinois received $1.3 billion in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 98,524 recipients. 890,343 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $303.9 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

97
Counties
5,872,112
Lots mapped
1,540,400,654
Acres
640,637
Institutional

Largest landowners in Illinois

Largest institutional landowners by acreage in Illinois
OwnerParcelsAcres
COOK COUNTY FOREST PRE3,61964,219
STATE OF ILLINOIS3,38945,142
FARMLAND RESERVE INC53043,046
LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT1,82130,801
STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES52823,673
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD1,25622,870
FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF KANE COUNTY94022,754
CERES FARMS CROPLAND HOLDINGS LLC24218,841
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC19318,166
FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT97916,825

Companies, trusts and public agencies, by acres held under one name across Illinois's county records. See the top 50

Federal farm payments in Illinois

$1.3B
Paid in 2025
98,524
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Illinois, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$773.4M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$233.3M
CRP Payment - Annual Rental$173.3M
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$56.6M
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$9.5M
CRP Cost-Share Web-Based$2.7M

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Illinois

890,343
Acres disclosed
3,266
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Illinois, 2024
CountryAcres
Canada206,471
Italy176,640
Portugal87,713
Germany85,148
Spain69,628
United Kingdom61,763

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Crop insurance in Illinois

124,667
Policies
20,134,864
Insured acres
$303.9M
Claims paid
0.34
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Illinois, 2024
CropClaims
Soybeans$183.8M
Corn$109.8M
All Other Crops$3.4M
Wheat$3M
Peaches$1.5M

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

788,229
CRP acres, 2025
1,952
Substations
177
345 kV and up
765 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

Counties with the most farm payments

Counties in Illinois ranked by federal farm payments
CountyPaid
Iroquois County$28.8M
Livingston County$27.8M
McLean County$27.7M
Champaign County$24.4M
LaSalle County$24.2M
Montgomery County$23.2M
Henry County$22.6M
Sangamon County$22.3M

Counties with the most foreign-held farmland

Counties in Illinois ranked by foreign-held agricultural acres
CountyAcres
McLean County182,070
Logan County65,032
De Witt County55,147
Woodford County48,300
Christian County41,282
Lee County33,312
Iroquois County30,200
Macon County30,029

Illinois property lines by county

  • Adams County38,785
  • Alexander County8,760
  • Bond County14,477
  • Boone County24,320
  • Brown County5,615
  • Bureau County31,847
  • Carroll County13,849
  • Cass County12,361
  • Champaign County80,220
  • Christian County24,343
  • Clark County14,147
  • Clay County15,621
  • Clinton County27,964
  • Coles County28,674
  • Cook County1,864,829
  • Crawford County17,483
  • Cumberland County11,696
  • DeKalb County45,394
  • De Witt County11,157
  • Douglas County15,497
  • DuPage County337,117
  • Edgar County18,085
  • Edwards County7,574
  • Effingham County23,569
  • Fayette County21,869
  • Ford County10,687
  • Franklin County31,477
  • Fulton County27,910
  • Gallatin County8,061
  • Greene County11,668
  • Grundy County27,032
  • Hamilton County10,511
  • Hancock County21,182
  • Hardin County4,807
  • Henderson County8,082
  • Henry County31,895
  • Iroquois County28,252
  • Jackson County34,207
  • Jasper County15,858
  • Jefferson County30,894
  • Jersey County14,795
  • Johnson County12,995
  • Kane County185,393
  • Kankakee County54,929
  • Kendall County61,734
  • Knox County33,239
  • Lake County278,866
  • LaSalle County69,727
  • Lawrence County14,914
  • Lee County29,033
  • Livingston County27,043
  • Logan County18,827
  • McDonough County18,348
  • McHenry County150,087
  • McLean County71,425
  • Macon County56,667
  • Macoupin County38,000
  • Madison County136,702
  • Marion County33,867
  • Marshall County13,243
  • Mason County16,652
  • Massac County10,827
  • Menard County11,967
  • Mercer County13,973
  • Monroe County19,464
  • Montgomery County25,794
  • Morgan County22,489
  • Moultrie County11,373
  • Ogle County31,276
  • Peoria County90,343
  • Perry County11,380
  • Piatt County4,501
  • Pike County22,238
  • Putnam County7,680
  • Randolph County26,093
  • Richland County13,319
  • Rock Island County65,953
  • St. Clair County147,886
  • Saline County21,720
  • Sangamon County105,131
  • Schuyler County9,114
  • Shelby County20,234
  • Stark County6,089
  • Stephenson County28,029
  • Tazewell County68,092
  • Union County12,741
  • Vermilion County55,059
  • Wabash County9,917
  • Warren County14,192
  • Washington County20,575
  • Wayne County20,544
  • White County20,956
  • Whiteside County36,506
  • Will County327,399
  • Williamson County51,042
  • Winnebago County127,941
  • Woodford County26,013