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Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Wayne County, Mississippi
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
Up to dateYearly. States at the end of July, counties in August. Last published Aug 21, 2026. Next expected August 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Wayne County, 2026
$23 an acre
Up 91.7% from $12 in 2025
Mississippi, 2026
$103 an acre
Up 3.5% from $99.50 in 2025
United States, 2026
$146 an acre
Down 0.7% from $147 in 2025
Wayne CountyMississippiUnited States
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What the numbers say
- Wayne County's rent is 0.2 times the Mississippi average and 0.2 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 8th lowest of the 71 Mississippi counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2009 it has fallen 19.3%, from $28.50 to $23 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Wayne figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Wayne County | Mississippi | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $23 | $103 | $146 |
| 2025 | $12 | $99.50 | $147 |
| 2024 | $14.50 | $98.50 | $146 |
| 2023 | $16.50 | $96 | $142 |
| 2022 | $25 | $92.50 | $135 |
| 2021 | $24.50 | $89 | $128 |
| 2020 | $37 | $87 | $126 |
| 2019 | $34 | $87 | $127 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $84 | $125 |
| 2017 | $46.50 | $83 | $123 |
| 2016 | $42 | $84 | $125 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $87 | $133 |
| 2014 | $15.50 | $83 | $130 |
| 2013 | $17 | $79 | $125 |
| 2012 | $26.50 | $79 | $115 |
| 2011 | $20 | $75 | $101 |
| 2010 | $25 | $72 | No figure |
| 2009 | $28.50 | $67 | No figure |
| 2008 | Not available | $73 | No figure |
| 2007 | No figure | $65 | No figure |
| 2006 | No figure | $62 | No figure |
| 2005 | No figure | $60 | No figure |
| 2004 | No figure | $58 | No figure |
| 2003 | No figure | $56 | No figure |
| 2002 | No figure | $54 | No figure |
| 2001 | No figure | $54 | No figure |
| 2000 | No figure | $52 | No figure |
| 1999 | No figure | $49.20 | No figure |
| 1998 | No figure | $47.90 | No figure |
| 1997 | No figure | $49 | No figure |
| 1996 | No figure | $45 | No figure |
| 1995 | No figure | $41.60 | No figure |
| 1994 | No figure | $44.30 | No figure |
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Every Mississippi county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $11 an acre in Kemper County to $172 an acre in Washington County.
- Under $40 (19 counties)
- $40 to under $80 (24 counties)
- $80 to under $120 (13 counties)
- $120 to under $160 (14 counties)
- $160 and over (1 county)
- Not published separately (11 counties, $49 an acre combined)
NASS combined Adams County, Forrest County, Hancock County, Harrison County, Itawamba County, Jackson County, Lauderdale County, Perry County, Simpson County, Stone County and Winston County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington County | $172 | 5.6% |
| 2 | Coahoma County | $155 | 9.3% |
| 2 | Warren County | $155 | 5.2% |
| 4 | Humphreys County | $153 | 10.6% |
| 4 | Issaquena County | $153 | 5.6% |
| 6 | Yazoo County | $152 | 2.6% |
| 7 | Tallahatchie County | $147 | 4.2% |
| 8 | Holmes County | $146 | 5.8% |
| 9 | Sharkey County | $145 | 4.7% |
| 10 | Leflore County | $140 | 7.7% |
| 11 | Calhoun County | $132 | 6.4% |
| 12 | Webster County | $125 | 7.3% |
| 13 | Bolivar County | $123 | 5.0% |
| 13 | Sunflower County | $123 | 5.8% |
| 15 | Panola County | $120 | 5.5% |
| 16 | Grenada County | $112 | 8.4% |
| 17 | Quitman County | $111 | 7.6% |
| 18 | De Soto County | $110 | 9.4% |
| 19 | Yalobusha County | $104 | 10.7% |
| 20 | Claiborne County | $102 | 4.4% |
| 21 | Lafayette County | $101 | 17.0% |
| 22 | Montgomery County | $100 | 8.1% |
| 23 | Tunica County | $98 | 5.6% |
| 24 | Lee County | $90 | 3.5% |
| 25 | Chickasaw County | $88.50 | 5.9% |
| 26 | Attala County | $85 | 10.5% |
| 27 | Monroe County | $83 | 9.6% |
| 28 | Noxubee County | $80.50 | 7.2% |
| 29 | Marshall County | $78.50 | 7.4% |
| 30 | Benton County | $77 | 5.2% |
| 31 | Carroll County | $76.50 | 24.0% |
| 32 | Tate County | $73.50 | 18.9% |
| 33 | Copiah County | $72.50 | 17.5% |
| 34 | Madison County | $70 | 6.2% |
| 35 | Rankin County | $69.50 | 5.4% |
| 36 | Pontotoc County | $66.50 | 16.5% |
| 37 | Hinds County | $66 | 8.3% |
| 37 | Prentiss County | $66 | 7.4% |
| 37 | Union County | $66 | 4.4% |
| 40 | Tippah County | $65 | 17.3% |
| 41 | Alcorn County | $59.50 | 14.2% |
| 41 | Covington County | $59.50 | 7.7% |
| 43 | George County | $59 | 4.9% |
| 44 | Oktibbeha County | $54.50 | 14.5% |
| 45 | Jefferson County | $49.50 | 8.5% |
| 46 | Lowndes County | $47.50 | 8.9% |
| 47 | Scott County | $46 | 24.6% |
| 48 | Pearl River County | $44.50 | 13.5% |
| 49 | Marion County | $44 | 7.3% |
| 50 | Jones County | $42 | 12.2% |
| 51 | Leake County | $40.50 | 5.2% |
| 52 | Tishomingo County | $40 | 29.7% |
| 53 | Lamar County | $34.50 | 8.2% |
| 54 | Newton County | $32 | 22.9% |
| 54 | Pike County | $32 | 6.6% |
| 56 | Smith County | $31 | 26.3% |
| 57 | Choctaw County | $30.50 | 22.9% |
| 58 | Clay County | $30 | 23.7% |
| 59 | Greene County | $28.50 | 7.9% |
| 60 | Lincoln County | $25.50 | 13.3% |
| 61 | Walthall County | $24.50 | 4.2% |
| 62 | Clarke County | $23 | 5.5% |
| 62 | Neshoba County | $23 | 4.4% |
| 62 | Wayne County This county | $23 | 5.0% |
| 65 | Franklin County | $22 | 8.3% |
| 65 | Jefferson Davis County | $22 | 5.4% |
| 67 | Amite County | $21 | 5.1% |
| 68 | Jasper County | $19.50 | 7.2% |
| 69 | Lawrence County | $18.50 | 7.1% |
| 70 | Wilkinson County | $14.50 | 8.5% |
| 71 | Kemper County | $11 | 6.3% |
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, NON-IRRIGATED - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Wayne is 5.0% (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.