Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for non-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 2025, Rio Arriba County's rent was 0.8 times the New Mexico average and 0.1 times the US average.
- It is the 2nd lowest of the 4 New Mexico counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2021 to 2025 it fell 34.9%, from $21.50 to $14 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Rio Arriba figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2026 it combined Rio Arriba into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Rio Arriba County | New Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $20.50 | $146 |
| 2025 | $14 | $18.50 | $147 |
| 2024 | $15 | $22 | $146 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $21 | $142 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $16 | $135 |
| 2021 | $21.50 | $18.50 | $128 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $18 | $126 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $17.50 | $127 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $125 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $18 | $123 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $17 | $125 |
Every New Mexico county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $11 an acre in Quay County to $27.50 an acre in Curry County.
- Under $19 (1 county)
- $19 to under $27.50 (1 county)
- $27.50 and over (1 county)
- Not published separately (30 counties, $16 an acre combined)
NASS combined Bernalillo County, Catron County, Chaves County, Cibola County, Colfax County, De Baca County, Doña Ana County, Eddy County, Grant County, Guadalupe County, Harding County, Hidalgo County, Lea County, Lincoln County, Los Alamos County, Luna County, McKinley County, Mora County, Otero County, Rio Arriba County, San Juan County, San Miguel County, Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, Sierra County, Socorro County, Taos County, Torrance County, Union County and Valencia County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Rio Arriba: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curry County | $27.50 | 11.3% |
| 2 | Roosevelt County | $19 | 7.0% |
| 3 | Quay County | $11 | 10.1% |
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.