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What the numbers say
In 2025, Dorchester County's rent was 1.2 times the Maryland average and 1.1 times the US average.
It is the highest of the 3 Maryland counties NASS published for 2025.
From 2020 to 2025 it rose 37.1%, from $197 to $270 an acre.
Gaps are years with no separate Dorchester figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, in 2019, 2022 and 2026 it combined Dorchester into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2016 and 2017. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
Cash rent: irrigated cropland, dollars an acre
Year
Dorchester County
Maryland
United States
2026
Combined into "other counties"
$233
$244
2025
$270
$227
$244
2024
$227
$225
$245
2023
$228
$212
$237
2022
Combined into "other counties"
$201
$227
2021
$199
$197
$217
2020
$197
$194
$216
2019
Combined into "other counties"
$196
$220
2018
No county survey that year
No figure
$215
2017
Not available
$190
$212
2016
Not available
$175
$206
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Every Maryland county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $234 an acre in Caroline County to $282 an acre in Kent County.
Under $259 (1 county)
$259 to under $282 (1 county)
$282 and over (1 county)
Not published separately (21 counties, $190 an acre combined)
NASS combined Allegany County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore city, Baltimore County, Calvert County, Carroll County, Cecil County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Somerset County, St. Mary's County, Talbot County, Washington County, Wicomico County and Worcester County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey. County estimates released Aug 21, 2026; state and US estimates released Jul 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "RENT, CASH, CROPLAND, IRRIGATED - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Dorchester is 34.5% (lower means more precise). Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
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.
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