Cash rent for irrigated cropland: San Miguel County, Colorado
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 2019, San Miguel County's rent was 0.1 times the Colorado average and 0.1 times the US average.
- It is the 2nd lowest of the 37 Colorado counties NASS published for 2019.
- From 2012 to 2019 it fell 71.3%, from $75 to $21.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate San Miguel figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined San Miguel into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | San Miguel County | Colorado | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $185 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $183 | $244 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $184 | $245 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $180 | $237 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $175 | $227 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $160 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $142 | $216 |
| 2019 | $21.50 | $151 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $144 | $215 |
| 2017 | $37 | $143 | $212 |
| 2016 | $25 | $142 | $206 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $140 | $209 |
| 2014 | $37 | $140 | $208 |
| 2013 | $67 | $125 | $202 |
| 2012 | $75 | $125 | $187 |
| 2011 | Combined into "other counties" | $115 | $171 |
| 2010 | Combined into "other counties" | $110 | No figure |
Every Colorado county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $33 an acre in Park County to $290 an acre in Yuma County.
- Under $96.50 (6 counties)
- $96.50 to under $138 (6 counties)
- $138 to under $178 (6 counties)
- $178 to under $206 (6 counties)
- $206 and over (6 counties)
- Not published separately (34 counties, $96.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Arapahoe County, Archuleta County, Baca County, Broomfield County, Cheyenne County, Clear Creek County, Costilla County, Crowley County, Custer County, Denver County, Dolores County, Douglas County, Eagle County, El Paso County, Elbert County, Garfield County, Gilpin County, Grand County, Hinsdale County, Huerfano County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Kiowa County, Lake County, Lincoln County, Mineral County, Moffat County, Ouray County, Pitkin County, Routt County, San Juan County, San Miguel County, Summit County and Teller County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
San Miguel: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuma County | $290 | 14.6% |
| 2 | Phillips County | $257 | 7.5% |
| 3 | Logan County | $234 | 7.1% |
| 4 | Rio Grande County | $220 | 17.6% |
| 5 | Washington County | $214 | 11.5% |
| 6 | Morgan County | $206 | 7.0% |
| 7 | Weld County | $202 | 7.5% |
| 8 | Larimer County | $195 | 7.3% |
| 9 | Alamosa County | $191 | 24.6% |
| 10 | Saguache County | $189 | 12.6% |
| 11 | Bent County | $178 | 11.7% |
| 11 | Sedgwick County | $178 | 10.9% |
| 13 | Pueblo County | $175 | 7.9% |
| 14 | Kit Carson County | $170 | 6.7% |
| 15 | Otero County | $155 | 14.8% |
| 16 | Prowers County | $154 | 8.5% |
| 17 | Adams County | $146 | 22.5% |
| 18 | Montrose County | $138 | 14.4% |
| 19 | Montezuma County | $135 | 9.6% |
| 20 | Conejos County | $134 | 8.6% |
| 21 | Las Animas County | $122 | 9.7% |
| 22 | Delta County | $120 | 10.7% |
| 23 | Mesa County | $113 | 15.0% |
| 24 | Boulder County | $96.50 | 7.0% |
| 25 | Rio Blanco County | $86.50 | 7.0% |
| 26 | La Plata County | $81.50 | 11.6% |
| 27 | Fremont County | $67 | 7.6% |
| 28 | Chaffee County | $61 | 10.1% |
| 29 | Gunnison County | $54 | 9.3% |
| 30 | Park County | $33 | 8.2% |
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.