Cash rent for pasture: Maricopa County, Arizona
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- In 2016, Maricopa County's rent was 1.4 times the Arizona average and 0.2 times the US average.
- It is the highest of the 6 Arizona counties NASS published for 2016.
- From 2012 to 2016 it fell 66.3%, from $8 to $2.70 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Maricopa figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Maricopa into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Maricopa County | Arizona | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $2.80 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $1.90 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $1.60 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $2.60 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $1.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $1.70 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $2.40 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $2 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $2.30 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $2.70 | $2 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $1.80 | $12 |
| 2013 | $4 | $2 | $12 |
| 2012 | $8 | $2.20 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | Not available | $2.50 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | Not available | $3 | $11 |
| 2009 | Not available | $3 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | No figure | $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 |
Every Arizona county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $1 an acre in Navajo County to $4.10 an acre in Pinal County.
- Under $2.40 (1 county)
- $2.40 to under $3.10 (1 county)
- $3.10 to under $3.70 (1 county)
- $3.70 to under $4.10 (1 county)
- $4.10 and over (1 county)
- Not published separately (10 counties, $3.20 an acre combined)
NASS combined Cochise County, Coconino County, Gila County, Graham County, Greenlee County, La Paz County, Maricopa County, Mohave County, Pima County and Yuma County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Maricopa: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinal County | $4.10 | 14.4% |
| 2 | Apache County | $3.70 | 24.7% |
| 3 | Santa Cruz County | $3.10 | 15.0% |
| 4 | Yavapai County | $2.40 | 28.2% |
| 5 | Navajo County | $1 | 35.6% |
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.