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Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Polk County, Tennessee
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
Polk County, 2025
$56.50 an acre
Up 25.6% from $45 in 2024
Tennessee, 2026
$118 an acre
Up 2.6% from $115 in 2025
United States, 2026
$146 an acre
Down 0.7% from $147 in 2025
Polk CountyTennesseeUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 2025, Polk County's rent was 0.5 times the Tennessee average and 0.4 times the US average.
- It is the 38th lowest of the 86 Tennessee counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2017 to 2025 it rose 37.8%, from $41 to $56.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Polk figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2016 and 2026 it combined Polk into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Polk County | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $118 | $146 |
| 2025 | $56.50 | $115 | $147 |
| 2024 | $45 | $117 | $146 |
| 2023 | $50.50 | $113 | $142 |
| 2022 | $42 | $111 | $135 |
| 2021 | $45 | $104 | $128 |
| 2020 | $40.50 | $97 | $126 |
| 2019 | $39 | $99 | $127 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $95 | $125 |
| 2017 | $41 | $95 | $123 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $94 | $125 |
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Every Tennessee county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $20 an acre in Scott County to $196 an acre in Lake County.
- Under $40 (19 counties)
- $40 to under $80 (36 counties)
- $80 to under $120 (12 counties)
- $120 to under $160 (15 counties)
- $160 and over (6 counties)
- Not published separately (7 counties, $82 an acre combined)
NASS combined Campbell County, Cheatham County, Davidson County, Polk County, Sequatchie County, Shelby County and Van Buren County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Polk: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake County | $196 | 5.3% |
| 2 | Robertson County | $187 | 4.9% |
| 3 | Sumner County | $180 | 10.1% |
| 4 | Obion County | $178 | 4.8% |
| 5 | Franklin County | $173 | 6.5% |
| 6 | Dyer County | $161 | 4.6% |
| 7 | Tipton County | $156 | 3.7% |
| 8 | Lincoln County | $155 | 11.4% |
| 9 | Gibson County | $153 | 4.8% |
| 10 | Haywood County | $152 | 10.7% |
| 11 | Weakley County | $145 | 3.5% |
| 12 | Crockett County | $143 | 5.5% |
| 13 | Madison County | $142 | 5.9% |
| 14 | Henry County | $141 | 6.5% |
| 15 | Lauderdale County | $135 | 7.7% |
| 15 | Macon County | $135 | 13.4% |
| 17 | Montgomery County | $132 | 5.3% |
| 18 | Coffee County | $131 | 5.0% |
| 18 | Lawrence County | $131 | 18.0% |
| 20 | Smith County | $130 | 13.4% |
| 21 | Carroll County | $127 | 12.4% |
| 22 | Warren County | $115 | 5.7% |
| 23 | Hardeman County | $110 | 5.7% |
| 24 | De Kalb County | $106 | 19.9% |
| 25 | Fayette County | $105 | 15.9% |
| 26 | Cumberland County | $94 | 10.5% |
| 26 | Perry County | $94 | 5.4% |
| 28 | Cannon County | $93.50 | 15.5% |
| 29 | Henderson County | $92.50 | 9.6% |
| 30 | Chester County | $92 | 14.3% |
| 31 | Hardin County | $91.50 | 12.1% |
| 32 | Maury County | $86.50 | 9.8% |
| 33 | Bedford County | $81.50 | 5.4% |
| 34 | Bledsoe County | $79.50 | 12.6% |
| 35 | Cocke County | $75 | 17.2% |
| 35 | Decatur County | $75 | 9.3% |
| 35 | Putnam County | $75 | 23.4% |
| 38 | Benton County | $73 | 6.5% |
| 38 | Wayne County | $73 | 14.5% |
| 40 | Loudon County | $70 | 18.1% |
| 40 | Marshall County | $70 | 25.0% |
| 40 | McMinn County | $70 | 5.2% |
| 43 | Overton County | $68.50 | 23.5% |
| 44 | McNairy County | $65 | 10.1% |
| 44 | Rutherford County | $65 | 10.8% |
| 46 | Giles County | $64.50 | 11.2% |
| 46 | Houston County | $64.50 | 18.0% |
| 46 | Stewart County | $64.50 | 1.8% |
| 49 | Washington County | $63.50 | 26.9% |
| 50 | Humphreys County | $61.50 | 7.6% |
| 51 | Dickson County | $61 | 18.5% |
| 52 | Marion County | $59 | 20.6% |
| 53 | Unicoi County | $58.50 | 13.5% |
| 54 | Jefferson County | $57.50 | 13.6% |
| 55 | Greene County | $57 | 13.1% |
| 56 | White County | $56.50 | 10.0% |
| 57 | Blount County | $56 | 11.3% |
| 58 | Wilson County | $55.50 | 26.5% |
| 59 | Moore County | $55 | 3.0% |
| 60 | Grundy County | $53.50 | 9.9% |
| 61 | Williamson County | $53 | 16.1% |
| 62 | Monroe County | $52.50 | 8.6% |
| 62 | Morgan County | $52.50 | 18.8% |
| 64 | Hamblen County | $48.50 | 8.5% |
| 65 | Trousdale County | $41 | 8.4% |
| 66 | Clay County | $40 | 5.1% |
| 66 | Hickman County | $40 | 5.6% |
| 66 | Jackson County | $40 | 5.0% |
| 66 | Pickett County | $40 | 6.1% |
| 70 | Fentress County | $39.50 | 9.8% |
| 71 | Bradley County | $38 | 12.8% |
| 71 | Roane County | $38 | 6.3% |
| 73 | Knox County | $35.50 | 22.7% |
| 74 | Carter County | $35 | 5.3% |
| 74 | Sevier County | $35 | 3.7% |
| 76 | Sullivan County | $34.50 | 5.7% |
| 77 | Lewis County | $31 | 9.5% |
| 78 | Johnson County | $30 | 5.6% |
| 79 | Claiborne County | $29 | 21.4% |
| 80 | Hamilton County | $28.50 | 13.9% |
| 81 | Grainger County | $27 | 5.2% |
| 82 | Anderson County | $26.50 | 21.4% |
| 83 | Rhea County | $26 | 6.6% |
| 84 | Hawkins County | $25.50 | 4.1% |
| 85 | Meigs County | $25 | 3.7% |
| 85 | Union County | $25 | 3.0% |
| 87 | Hancock County | $23 | 4.7% |
| 88 | Scott County | $20 | 2.8% |
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 Polk is 14.9% (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.