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Table 2 Median (min, max) county crop density (percentage of total acreage) for six Midwestern states, excluding counties with populations >300,000

From: Agricultural crop density and risk of childhood cancer in the midwestern United States: an ecologic study

Crop

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Michigan

Missouri

Ohio

Total

Agricultural land

72.04 (16.80, 90.83)

59.24 (4.52, 96.11)

76.63 (40.89, 94.41)

16.79 (0.14, 73.97)

43.28 (5.91, 97.71)

44.57 (7.18, 95.20)

57.69 (0.14, 97.71)

Barley

0.00 (0.00, 0.05)

0.00 (0.00, 0.07)

0.00 (0.00, 0.12)

0.02 (0.00, 0.22)

0.00 (0.00, 0.10)

0.01 (0.00, 0.25)

0.00 (0.00, 0.25)

Beans (dry)

-

0.00 (0.00, 0.14)

0.00 (0.00, 0.14)

0.02 (0.00, 14.98)

0.00 (0.00, 0.08)

0.00 (0.00, 0.14)

0.00 (0.00, 14.98) a

Corn

34.39 (2.15, 53.68)

26.31 (0.88, 51.12)

37.97 (7.02, 52.50)

2.01 (0.00, 28.44)

4.65 (0.00, 35.88)

11.29 (0.14, 31.11)

19.1 (0.00, 53.68)

Hay

1.61 (0.29, 7.51)

1.90 (0.39, 7.94)

2.63 (0.48, 11.33)

2.92 (0.05, 9.77)

9.23 (0.09, 22.71)

3.54 (0.85, 12.57)

2.84 (0.05, 22.71)

Oats

0.04 (0.00, 0.65)

0.02 (0.00, 0.60)

0.21 (0.01, 1.28)

0.14 (0.00, 0.82)

0.02 (0.00, 0.18)

0.09 (0.00, 2.18)

0.07 (0.00, 2.18)

Sorghum

0.03 (0.00, 2.72)

0.00 (0.00, 0.67)

0.00 (0.00, 0.25)

0.00 (0.00, 0.06)

0.13 (0.00, 3.27)

0.00 (0.00, 0.14)

0.00 (0.00, 3.27)

Soybeans

28.11 (2.88, 42.98)

24.12 (0.73, 44.62)

28.71 (6.23, 40.64)

0.44 (0.00, 24.15)

9.66 (0.00, 61.20)

16.10 (0.01, 47.99)

20.12 (0.00, 61.20)

Sugar beets

-

-

-

0.00 (0.00, 10.28)

-

0.00 (0.00, 0.32)

0.00 (0.00, 10.28) b

Wheat

1.10 (0.05, 18.37)

0.94 (0.08, 11.98)

0.03 (0.00, 0.66)

0.37 (0.00, 8.55)

1.02 (0.00, 18.92)

2.25 (0.01, 12.42)

0.71 (0.00, 18.92)

  1. aExcluding Illinois. bHarvested in Michigan and Ohio only. - Crop not grown in this state. Agricultural land is total agricultural land including the nine crops under study