Cash rent for pasture: Douglas County, Illinois
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
- Douglas County's rent is 1.7 times the Illinois average and 5.4 times the US average.
- It is the highest of the 43 Illinois counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2009 it has risen 77.0%, from $50 to $88.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Douglas figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2020, 2021 and 2025 it combined Douglas into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Douglas County | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $88.50 | $53 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $49 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $53 | $43.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $50.50 | $41 | $15 |
| 2022 | $48.50 | $39.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $41 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $42 | $13 |
| 2019 | $39.50 | $41 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $39 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $43.50 | $38 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $43 | $36 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $35 | $14 |
| 2014 | $41 | $38 | $12 |
| 2013 | $45 | $53 | $12 |
| 2012 | Combined into "other counties" | $35 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | Combined into "other counties" | $32 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | Combined into "other counties" | $39 | $11 |
| 2009 | $50 | $35 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $37 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | $35 | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | $34 | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | $34.50 | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | $34 | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | $32.50 | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | $32 | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | $33 | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | $33 | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | $31 | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | $32 | $8.80 |
| 1997 | No figure | $31 | No figure |
| 1996 | No figure | $29.40 | No figure |
| 1995 | No figure | $27.70 | No figure |
| 1994 | No figure | $31 | No figure |
Every Illinois county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $25 an acre in Williamson County to $88.50 an acre in Douglas County.
- Under $39 (8 counties)
- $39 to under $48 (9 counties)
- $48 to under $53 (8 counties)
- $53 to under $65 (9 counties)
- $65 and over (9 counties)
- Not published separately (59 counties, $48 an acre combined)
NASS combined Alexander County, Boone County, Bureau County, Calhoun County, Champaign County, Clark County, Clay County, Clinton County, Coles County, Cook County, Crawford County, Cumberland County, DeKalb County, DuPage County, Edwards County, Effingham County, Fayette County, Ford County, Gallatin County, Grundy County, Hamilton County, Hardin County, Iroquois County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Jersey County, Kane County, Kankakee County, Kendall County, Lake County, LaSalle County, Lawrence County, Livingston County, Logan County, Macon County, Madison County, Marshall County, Mason County, Massac County, McHenry County, Menard County, Monroe County, Piatt County, Pike County, Pulaski County, Richland County, Saline County, Schuyler County, Scott County, St. Clair County, Stark County, Union County, Vermilion County, Wabash County, Washington County, Wayne County, White County and Will County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas County This county | $88.50 | 5.4% |
| 2 | Carroll County | $78.50 | 4.2% |
| 3 | Stephenson County | $76 | 7.8% |
| 4 | Adams County | $74 | 8.6% |
| 5 | McLean County | $70.50 | 6.7% |
| 6 | Franklin County | $69.50 | 8.3% |
| 6 | Whiteside County | $69.50 | 5.9% |
| 8 | Christian County | $65 | 9.8% |
| 8 | De Witt County | $65 | 15.4% |
| 10 | Ogle County | $62.50 | 7.1% |
| 11 | Fulton County | $61.50 | 9.4% |
| 11 | Hancock County | $61.50 | 3.8% |
| 13 | Marion County | $57 | 5.5% |
| 14 | Jo Daviess County | $56 | 4.0% |
| 15 | Tazewell County | $54.50 | 7.1% |
| 16 | Sangamon County | $53.50 | 7.7% |
| 16 | Winnebago County | $53.50 | 5.9% |
| 18 | Rock Island County | $53 | 7.4% |
| 19 | Henderson County | $52.50 | 6.2% |
| 20 | Henry County | $51.50 | 14.9% |
| 21 | Lee County | $50 | 13.4% |
| 21 | Mercer County | $50 | 7.8% |
| 21 | Putnam County | $50 | 8.7% |
| 24 | Macoupin County | $48.50 | 5.1% |
| 25 | Montgomery County | $48 | 3.2% |
| 25 | Shelby County | $48 | 16.5% |
| 27 | Cass County | $46.50 | 6.3% |
| 28 | Bond County | $46 | 2.6% |
| 29 | Woodford County | $45.50 | 8.6% |
| 30 | Perry County | $45 | 5.8% |
| 31 | Warren County | $44 | 6.4% |
| 32 | Moultrie County | $40 | 5.7% |
| 33 | Brown County | $39.50 | 9.0% |
| 33 | McDonough County | $39.50 | 7.0% |
| 35 | Peoria County | $39 | 8.2% |
| 36 | Knox County | $38.50 | 6.7% |
| 37 | Edgar County | $38 | 7.0% |
| 38 | Johnson County | $37 | 22.3% |
| 39 | Greene County | $34 | 4.9% |
| 40 | Morgan County | $33 | 7.0% |
| 41 | Randolph County | $29.50 | 7.1% |
| 42 | Pope County | $25.50 | 6.3% |
| 43 | Williamson County | $25 | 8.6% |
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.