Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Sweetwater County, Wyoming
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
- Sweetwater County's rent is 0.5 times the Wyoming average and 0.2 times the US average.
- It is the 3rd lowest of the 15 Wyoming counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has fallen 24.1%, from $58 to $44 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Sweetwater figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2020 it combined Sweetwater into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Sweetwater County | Wyoming | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $44 | $86.50 | $244 |
| 2025 | $45 | $80 | $244 |
| 2024 | $73.50 | $81.50 | $245 |
| 2023 | $68 | $86.50 | $237 |
| 2022 | $53.50 | $91 | $227 |
| 2021 | $51.50 | $89 | $217 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $82 | $216 |
| 2019 | $50 | $81 | $220 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $215 |
| 2017 | $58 | $82 | $212 |
Every Wyoming county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $24 an acre in Carbon County to $170 an acre in Goshen County.
- Under $45 (3 counties)
- $45 to under $78 (3 counties)
- $78 to under $101 (3 counties)
- $101 to under $135 (3 counties)
- $135 and over (3 counties)
- Not published separately (8 counties, $73 an acre combined)
NASS combined Albany County, Campbell County, Converse County, Crook County, Laramie County, Platte County, Sublette County and Weston County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goshen County | $170 | 5.2% |
| 2 | Washakie County | $162 | 13.6% |
| 3 | Niobrara County | $135 | 10.7% |
| 4 | Park County | $110 | 9.8% |
| 5 | Big Horn County | $106 | 8.9% |
| 6 | Hot Springs County | $101 | 12.4% |
| 7 | Natrona County | $89 | 8.9% |
| 8 | Fremont County | $78 | 7.3% |
| 8 | Johnson County | $78 | 15.3% |
| 10 | Lincoln County | $53 | 9.4% |
| 11 | Sheridan County | $49.50 | 8.3% |
| 12 | Teton County | $45 | 11.9% |
| 13 | Sweetwater County This county | $44 | 22.9% |
| 14 | Uinta County | $41 | 8.0% |
| 15 | Carbon County | $24 | 9.5% |
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.