Cash rent for pasture: Navajo 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
- Navajo County's rent is 0.4 times the Arizona average and 0.1 times the US average.
- It is the lowest of the 5 Arizona counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has fallen 28.6%, from $1.40 to $1 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Navajo figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2022 it combined Navajo into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Navajo County | Arizona | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1 | $2.80 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $1.10 | $1.90 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $1.10 | $1.60 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $2.30 | $2.60 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $1.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | $1.60 | $1.70 | $13 |
| 2020 | $1.50 | $2.40 | $13 |
| 2019 | $1.30 | $2 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $1.40 | $2.30 | $12.50 |
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.
| 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 This 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.