Cash rent for pasture: Sumter County, Florida
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
- Sumter County's rent is 0.6 times the Florida average and 0.8 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 7th lowest of the 29 Florida counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has fallen 41.9%, from $21.50 to $12.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Sumter figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Sumter County | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $12.50 | $21.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $14.50 | $20 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $15 | $19.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $20.50 | $16.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | $23.50 | $17.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | $22.50 | $17 | $13 |
| 2020 | $28.50 | $17.50 | $13 |
| 2019 | $30 | $15.50 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $17 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $21.50 | $15.50 | $12.50 |
Every Florida county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $7.60 an acre in Osceola County to $58 an acre in Palm Beach County.
- Under $12 (5 counties)
- $12 to under $17.50 (5 counties)
- $17.50 to under $27 (7 counties)
- $27 to under $37 (6 counties)
- $37 and over (6 counties)
- Not published separately (38 counties, $22 an acre combined)
NASS combined Bay County, Bradford County, Broward County, Calhoun County, Clay County, Collier County, Columbia County, Dixie County, Duval County, Escambia County, Flagler County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Hamilton County, Hernando County, Highlands County, Holmes County, Jefferson County, Leon County, Liberty County, Marion County, Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, Nassau County, Okaloosa County, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Putnam County, Santa Rosa County, Sarasota County, Seminole County, St. Johns County, Suwannee County, Taylor County, Union County, Wakulla County, Walton County and Washington County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palm Beach County | $58 | 5.7% |
| 2 | Gilchrist County | $49 | 11.0% |
| 3 | Jackson County | $43.50 | 20.4% |
| 4 | Glades County | $41 | 5.2% |
| 5 | Lafayette County | $37.50 | 17.2% |
| 6 | St. Lucie County | $37 | 7.6% |
| 7 | Baker County | $36 | 6.2% |
| 8 | Gadsden County | $35 | 4.9% |
| 9 | Alachua County | $34 | 9.3% |
| 10 | Levy County | $31 | 9.2% |
| 11 | Volusia County | $27.50 | 10.5% |
| 12 | Hendry County | $27 | 12.5% |
| 13 | Indian River County | $24.50 | 16.5% |
| 14 | Brevard County | $22 | 4.8% |
| 15 | Polk County | $21 | 7.0% |
| 16 | Orange County | $20 | 29.0% |
| 17 | Madison County | $19.50 | 10.9% |
| 18 | De Soto County | $17.50 | 8.1% |
| 18 | Okeechobee County | $17.50 | 8.0% |
| 20 | Hardee County | $13.50 | 16.3% |
| 21 | Hillsborough County | $13 | 16.8% |
| 22 | Manatee County | $12.50 | 8.1% |
| 22 | Sumter County This county | $12.50 | 7.5% |
| 24 | Charlotte County | $12 | 6.4% |
| 25 | Lee County | $11.50 | 11.1% |
| 26 | Lake County | $10.50 | 8.8% |
| 27 | Citrus County | $10 | 7.5% |
| 27 | Martin County | $10 | 4.9% |
| 29 | Osceola County | $7.60 | 14.1% |
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.