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Cash rent for pasture: Jefferson County, Arkansas
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, 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
Jefferson County, 2025
$25 an acre
Up 16.3% from $21.50 in 2023
Arkansas, 2026
$23.50 an acre
Up 6.8% from $22 in 2025
United States, 2026
$16.50 an acre
Up 6.5% from $15.50 in 2025
Jefferson CountyArkansasUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 2025, Jefferson County's rent was 1.1 times the Arkansas average and 1.6 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 13th highest of the 51 Arkansas counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2009 to 2025 it was unchanged at $25 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Jefferson figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024 and 2026 it combined Jefferson into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Jefferson County | Arkansas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $23.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $25 | $22 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $21.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $21.50 | $21.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | $17 | $20.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | $18.50 | $19 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $19 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $19 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $18 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $18 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $20 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $18 | $14 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $18 | $12 |
| 2013 | Combined into "other counties" | $18 | $12 |
| 2012 | $18 | $18 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $15 | $16 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $16.50 | $16 | $11 |
| 2009 | $25 | $19 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $21 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | No figure | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | No figure | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | No figure | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | No figure | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | No figure | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | No figure | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | No figure | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | No figure | $8.80 |
| 1995 | No figure | $15.60 | No figure |
| 1994 | No figure | $20.90 | No figure |
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Every Arkansas county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $8.40 an acre in Garland County to $37.50 an acre in Ashley County.
- Under $17.50 (10 counties)
- $17.50 to under $20 (12 counties)
- $20 to under $25 (11 counties)
- $25 to under $30 (11 counties)
- $30 and over (11 counties)
- Not published separately (20 counties, $19.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Bradley County, Calhoun County, Chicot County, Clay County, Cleveland County, Crittenden County, Cross County, Dallas County, Desha County, Grant County, Jefferson County, Lee County, Mississippi County, Monroe County, Ouachita County, Phillips County, Poinsett County, Pulaski County, St. Francis County and Woodruff County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Jefferson: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley County | $37.50 | 15.2% |
| 1 | Carroll County | $37.50 | 8.1% |
| 3 | Madison County | $35 | 4.4% |
| 4 | Lafayette County | $34.50 | 10.8% |
| 5 | Columbia County | $33 | 7.5% |
| 6 | Marion County | $32 | 6.7% |
| 6 | Nevada County | $32 | 17.0% |
| 8 | Washington County | $31 | 4.7% |
| 9 | Jackson County | $30.50 | 15.2% |
| 9 | Sevier County | $30.50 | 14.2% |
| 11 | Benton County | $30 | 7.8% |
| 12 | Randolph County | $29.50 | 7.8% |
| 13 | Independence County | $28 | 6.1% |
| 14 | Boone County | $27.50 | 4.6% |
| 14 | Little River County | $27.50 | 8.8% |
| 16 | Arkansas County | $27 | 10.0% |
| 16 | Fulton County | $27 | 18.8% |
| 16 | Howard County | $27 | 8.3% |
| 16 | Pope County | $27 | 9.9% |
| 20 | Hempstead County | $26.50 | 7.9% |
| 21 | Polk County | $26 | 7.8% |
| 22 | Lawrence County | $25 | 13.0% |
| 23 | Newton County | $24.50 | 22.8% |
| 23 | Pike County | $24.50 | 7.1% |
| 25 | Stone County | $24 | 6.8% |
| 26 | Crawford County | $22.50 | 4.5% |
| 26 | Montgomery County | $22.50 | 7.6% |
| 28 | Perry County | $22 | 3.3% |
| 29 | Scott County | $21.50 | 12.6% |
| 30 | Lincoln County | $21 | 7.5% |
| 31 | Drew County | $20.50 | 4.6% |
| 32 | Greene County | $20 | 13.5% |
| 32 | Miller County | $20 | 8.9% |
| 34 | Baxter County | $19.50 | 4.7% |
| 34 | Craighead County | $19.50 | 9.7% |
| 34 | Johnson County | $19.50 | 16.1% |
| 34 | Searcy County | $19.50 | 8.1% |
| 38 | Hot Spring County | $19 | 6.9% |
| 39 | Sharp County | $18.50 | 13.6% |
| 39 | White County | $18.50 | 5.0% |
| 39 | Yell County | $18.50 | 4.2% |
| 42 | Faulkner County | $18 | 3.8% |
| 42 | Lonoke County | $18 | 9.2% |
| 44 | Cleburne County | $17.50 | 18.7% |
| 44 | Prairie County | $17.50 | 10.8% |
| 46 | Logan County | $16.50 | 3.0% |
| 47 | Union County | $16 | 9.7% |
| 48 | Izard County | $14.50 | 6.8% |
| 48 | Van Buren County | $14.50 | 4.0% |
| 50 | Conway County | $14 | 6.0% |
| 50 | Franklin County | $14 | 4.7% |
| 52 | Clark County | $13 | 3.9% |
| 53 | Sebastian County | $11.50 | 3.1% |
| 54 | Saline County | $10.50 | 7.1% |
| 55 | Garland County | $8.40 | 13.7% |
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, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Jefferson is 3.4% (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.