Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Columbia County, Florida
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, Columbia County's rent was 0.5 times the Florida average and 0.5 times the US average.
- It is the lowest of the 14 Florida counties NASS published for 2023.
- Gaps are years with no separate Columbia figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Columbia into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Columbia County | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $279 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $268 | $244 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $260 | $245 |
| 2023 | $129 | $267 | $237 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $248 | $227 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $245 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $263 | $216 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $216 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $232 | $215 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $259 | $212 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $227 | $206 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $200 | $209 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $192 | $208 |
Every Florida county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $86 an acre in Gilchrist County to $569 an acre in Hillsborough County.
- Under $164 (1 county)
- $164 to under $343 (1 county)
- $343 to under $352 (1 county)
- $352 to under $569 (1 county)
- $569 and over (1 county)
- Not published separately (62 counties, $257 an acre combined)
NASS combined Baker County, Bay County, Bradford County, Brevard County, Broward County, Calhoun County, Charlotte County, Citrus County, Clay County, Collier County, Columbia County, DeSoto County, Dixie County, Duval County, Escambia County, Flagler County, Franklin County, Gadsden County, Glades County, Gulf County, Hamilton County, Hardee County, Hendry County, Hernando County, Holmes County, Indian River County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Lafayette County, Lake County, Lee County, Leon County, Levy County, Liberty County, Madison County, Manatee County, Marion County, Martin County, Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Nassau County, Okaloosa County, Okeechobee County, Orange County, Osceola County, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Polk County, Putnam County, Santa Rosa County, Sarasota County, Seminole County, St. Johns County, St. Lucie County, Sumter County, Suwannee County, Taylor County, Union County, Volusia County, Wakulla County, Walton County and Washington County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Columbia: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillsborough County | $569 | 6.0% |
| 2 | Highlands County | $352 | 5.2% |
| 3 | Palm Beach County | $343 | 8.0% |
| 4 | Alachua County | $164 | 4.4% |
| 5 | Gilchrist County | $86 | 6.2% |
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.