Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Bailey County, Texas
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
- Bailey County's rent is the same as the Texas average and 0.5 times the US average.
- It is the 13th highest of the 43 Texas counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2009 it has risen 46.7%, from $84.50 to $124 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Bailey figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2019 it combined Bailey into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Bailey County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $124 | $125 | $244 |
| 2025 | $108 | $114 | $244 |
| 2024 | $100 | $117 | $245 |
| 2023 | $132 | $113 | $237 |
| 2022 | $128 | $112 | $227 |
| 2021 | $89.50 | $100 | $217 |
| 2020 | $86.50 | $95 | $216 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $92 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $91 | $215 |
| 2017 | $71 | $87 | $212 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $90 | $206 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $82 | $209 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $87 | $208 |
| 2013 | $86 | $82 | $202 |
| 2012 | $80.50 | $79 | $187 |
| 2011 | Combined into "other counties" | $77 | $171 |
| 2010 | $79.50 | $75 | No figure |
| 2009 | $84.50 | $77 | No figure |
| 2008 | Not available | $80 | No figure |
| 2007 | No figure | $65 | No figure |
| 2006 | No figure | $62 | No figure |
| 2005 | No figure | $57.50 | No figure |
| 2004 | No figure | $56 | No figure |
| 2003 | No figure | $55 | No figure |
| 2002 | No figure | $53 | No figure |
| 2001 | No figure | $53 | No figure |
| 2000 | No figure | $53 | No figure |
| 1999 | No figure | $49 | No figure |
| 1998 | No figure | $51 | No figure |
| 1997 | No figure | $50 | No figure |
| 1996 | No figure | $53 | No figure |
| 1995 | No figure | $53.80 | No figure |
| 1994 | No figure | $58.50 | No figure |
Every Texas county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $26 an acre in Childress County to $205 an acre in Hartley County.
- Under $69 (8 counties)
- $69 to under $91.50 (9 counties)
- $91.50 to under $106 (8 counties)
- $106 to under $146 (9 counties)
- $146 and over (9 counties)
- Not published separately (211 counties, $105 an acre combined)
NASS combined Anderson County, Andrews County, Angelina County, Aransas County, Archer County, Armstrong County, Atascosa County, Austin County, Bandera County, Bastrop County, Baylor County, Bee County, Bell County, Blanco County, Borden County, Bosque County, Bowie County, Brazos County, Brewster County, Briscoe County, Brooks County, Brown County, Burleson County, Burnet County, Caldwell County, Calhoun County, Callahan County, Camp County, Carson County, Cass County, Cherokee County, Clay County, Cochran County, Coke County, Coleman County, Collin County, Collingsworth County, Comal County, Comanche County, Concho County, Cooke County, Coryell County, Cottle County, Crane County, Crockett County, Culberson County, Dallas County, Dawson County, Delta County, Denton County, DeWitt County, Dickens County, Dimmit County, Donley County, Duval County, Eastland County, Ector County, Edwards County, Ellis County, Erath County, Falls County, Fayette County, Fisher County, Foard County, Fort Bend County, Franklin County, Freestone County, Galveston County, Garza County, Gillespie County, Glasscock County, Goliad County, Gonzales County, Gray County, Grayson County, Gregg County, Grimes County, Guadalupe County, Hall County, Hamilton County, Hardeman County, Hardin County, Harris County, Harrison County, Haskell County, Hays County, Hemphill County, Henderson County, Hill County, Hood County, Hopkins County, Houston County, Howard County, Hudspeth County, Hunt County, Hutchinson County, Irion County, Jack County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jeff Davis County, Jim Hogg County, Jim Wells County, Johnson County, Jones County, Karnes County, Kaufman County, Kendall County, Kenedy County, Kent County, Kerr County, Kimble County, King County, Kinney County, Kleberg County, Knox County, La Salle County, Lamar County, Lampasas County, Lavaca County, Lee County, Leon County, Liberty County, Limestone County, Live Oak County, Llano County, Loving County, Marion County, Martin County, Mason County, Maverick County, McCulloch County, McLennan County, McMullen County, Menard County, Midland County, Milam County, Mills County, Mitchell County, Montague County, Montgomery County, Morris County, Motley County, Nacogdoches County, Navarro County, Newton County, Nolan County, Oldham County, Orange County, Palo Pinto County, Panola County, Parker County, Pecos County, Polk County, Potter County, Presidio County, Rains County, Randall County, Reagan County, Real County, Red River County, Reeves County, Refugio County, Roberts County, Rockwall County, Runnels County, Rusk County, Sabine County, San Augustine County, San Jacinto County, San Patricio County, San Saba County, Schleicher County, Scurry County, Shackelford County, Shelby County, Smith County, Somervell County, Starr County, Stephens County, Sterling County, Stonewall County, Sutton County, Tarrant County, Taylor County, Terrell County, Terry County, Throckmorton County, Titus County, Travis County, Trinity County, Tyler County, Upshur County, Upton County, Val Verde County, Van Zandt County, Victoria County, Walker County, Waller County, Ward County, Washington County, Webb County, Wheeler County, Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Williamson County, Wilson County, Winkler County, Wise County, Wood County and Young city into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartley County | $205 | 7.3% |
| 2 | Gaines County | $190 | 6.2% |
| 3 | Frio County | $173 | 21.7% |
| 4 | Sherman County | $170 | 10.9% |
| 5 | Hansford County | $160 | 7.4% |
| 6 | Yoakum County | $158 | 15.2% |
| 7 | Tom Green County | $150 | 5.0% |
| 8 | Hale County | $147 | 4.9% |
| 9 | Moore County | $146 | 9.3% |
| 10 | Castro County | $145 | 4.3% |
| 11 | El Paso County | $140 | 8.5% |
| 12 | Dallam County | $127 | 7.0% |
| 13 | Bailey County This county | $124 | 8.4% |
| 14 | Parmer County | $116 | 9.7% |
| 15 | Lipscomb County | $113 | 10.3% |
| 16 | Hidalgo County | $109 | 8.6% |
| 17 | Lamb County | $107 | 8.1% |
| 18 | Colorado County | $106 | 12.8% |
| 19 | Wharton County | $105 | 7.4% |
| 20 | Medina County | $102 | 6.0% |
| 21 | Deaf Smith County | $101 | 7.4% |
| 22 | Ochiltree County | $99 | 9.2% |
| 23 | Robertson County | $97.50 | 8.4% |
| 23 | Willacy County | $97.50 | 6.2% |
| 25 | Cameron County | $94 | 5.5% |
| 26 | Lynn County | $91.50 | 6.4% |
| 27 | Uvalde County | $88 | 6.7% |
| 28 | Floyd County | $75.50 | 6.7% |
| 28 | Lubbock County | $75.50 | 9.6% |
| 30 | Hockley County | $75 | 8.7% |
| 31 | Bexar County | $72.50 | 4.4% |
| 32 | Swisher County | $72 | 5.4% |
| 33 | Fannin County | $71.50 | 13.1% |
| 34 | Nueces County | $71 | 11.3% |
| 35 | Crosby County | $69 | 6.7% |
| 36 | Matagorda County | $68.50 | 8.8% |
| 37 | Chambers County | $65 | 20.5% |
| 38 | Brazoria County | $60 | 9.4% |
| 39 | Jefferson County | $50.50 | 10.1% |
| 39 | Zavala County | $50.50 | 9.9% |
| 41 | Zapata County | $45 | 9.1% |
| 42 | Madison County | $37 | 11.1% |
| 43 | Childress County | $26 | 4.0% |
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.