Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Escambia County, Alabama
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- In 2023, Escambia County's rent was the same as the Alabama average and 0.6 times the US average.
- It is the 5th lowest of the 10 Alabama counties NASS published for 2023.
- From 2019 to 2023 it rose 6.9%, from $130 to $139 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Escambia figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Escambia into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Escambia County | Alabama | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $139 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $142 | $244 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $140 | $245 |
| 2023 | $139 | $137 | $237 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $129 | $227 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $120 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $135 | $216 |
| 2019 | $130 | $125 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $111 | $215 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $121 | $212 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $101 | $206 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $98 | $209 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $93 | $208 |
Every Alabama county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $69.50 an acre in Shelby County to $172 an acre in Cherokee County.
- Under $143 (1 county)
- $143 to under $152 (1 county)
- $152 to under $160 (1 county)
- $160 to under $172 (1 county)
- $172 and over (1 county)
- Not published separately (62 counties, $134 an acre combined)
NASS combined Autauga County, Barbour County, Bibb County, Blount County, Bullock County, Butler County, Calhoun County, Chambers County, Chilton County, Choctaw County, Clarke County, Clay County, Cleburne County, Coffee County, Colbert County, Conecuh County, Coosa County, Covington County, Crenshaw County, Cullman County, Dale County, Dallas County, DeKalb County, Elmore County, Escambia County, Etowah County, Fayette County, Franklin County, Geneva County, Greene County, Hale County, Henry County, Houston County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Lamar County, Lauderdale County, Lee County, Limestone County, Lowndes County, Macon County, Madison County, Marengo County, Marion County, Marshall County, Mobile County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Perry County, Pickens County, Pike County, Randolph County, Russell County, St. Clair County, Sumter County, Talladega County, Tallapoosa County, Tuscaloosa County, Walker County, Washington County, Wilcox County and Winston County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Escambia: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cherokee County | $172 | 10.2% |
| 2 | Monroe County | $160 | 8.8% |
| 3 | Lawrence County | $152 | 7.7% |
| 4 | Baldwin County | $143 | 12.2% |
| 5 | Shelby County | $69.50 | 9.2% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.