Cash rent for pasture: Nicholas County, Kentucky
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
- Nicholas County's rent is 0.9 times the Kentucky average and 2.1 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 27th lowest of the 68 Kentucky counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2009 it has risen 105.9%, from $17 to $35 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Nicholas figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2021 it combined Nicholas into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Nicholas County | Kentucky | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $35 | $39.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $25 | $35 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $35 | $31.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $27 | $30 | $15 |
| 2022 | $22 | $28.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $27 | $13 |
| 2020 | $16 | $28 | $13 |
| 2019 | $17.50 | $27 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $25 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $20 | $27 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $27 | $14 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $27 | $12 |
| 2013 | Combined into "other counties" | $27 | $12 |
| 2012 | $16 | $25 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $16 | $25 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $17 | $23 | $11 |
| 2009 | $17 | $25 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $27 | $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 Kentucky county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $13.50 an acre in Pendleton County to $59.50 an acre in Barren County.
- Under $29 (13 counties)
- $29 to under $35 (13 counties)
- $35 to under $41 (12 counties)
- $41 to under $49.50 (16 counties)
- $49.50 and over (14 counties)
- Not published separately (52 counties, $37.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Ballard County, Bath County, Bell County, Boyd County, Breathitt County, Campbell County, Carlisle County, Carroll County, Clay County, Clinton County, Elliott County, Floyd County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Gallatin County, Graves County, Harlan County, Henderson County, Hickman County, Hopkins County, Jefferson County, Jessamine County, Johnson County, Knott County, Knox County, Lawrence County, Lee County, Leslie County, Letcher County, Lyon County, Magoffin County, Marshall County, Martin County, McCracken County, McCreary County, McLean County, Menifee County, Mercer County, Muhlenberg County, Oldham County, Owen County, Owsley County, Perry County, Pike County, Powell County, Robertson County, Rowan County, Shelby County, Simpson County, Spencer County, Trimble County and Wolfe County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barren County | $59.50 | 7.2% |
| 2 | Allen County | $55.50 | 13.6% |
| 2 | Todd County | $55.50 | 7.5% |
| 4 | Logan County | $55 | 7.7% |
| 5 | Warren County | $54.50 | 2.8% |
| 6 | Bourbon County | $54 | 18.9% |
| 6 | Clark County | $54 | 10.2% |
| 8 | Hart County | $52.50 | 4.9% |
| 9 | Calloway County | $52 | 16.4% |
| 9 | Hardin County | $52 | 12.6% |
| 9 | Trigg County | $52 | 21.5% |
| 12 | Monroe County | $51.50 | 16.3% |
| 13 | Christian County | $51 | 11.5% |
| 14 | Meade County | $49.50 | 15.5% |
| 15 | Russell County | $48.50 | 5.6% |
| 16 | Union County | $46.50 | 6.8% |
| 16 | Webster County | $46.50 | 9.4% |
| 18 | Marion County | $46 | 7.6% |
| 19 | Livingston County | $45.50 | 6.1% |
| 20 | Larue County | $45 | 9.1% |
| 20 | Taylor County | $45 | 10.3% |
| 22 | Boyle County | $44 | 6.2% |
| 23 | Edmonson County | $43.50 | 6.4% |
| 23 | Montgomery County | $43.50 | 8.2% |
| 25 | Scott County | $43 | 11.5% |
| 26 | Nelson County | $42.50 | 3.7% |
| 27 | Caldwell County | $42 | 6.6% |
| 28 | Adair County | $41 | 11.8% |
| 28 | Grayson County | $41 | 9.8% |
| 28 | Pulaski County | $41 | 6.5% |
| 31 | Fayette County | $39.50 | 9.1% |
| 32 | Lewis County | $39 | 9.7% |
| 32 | Mason County | $39 | 16.5% |
| 34 | Lincoln County | $38.50 | 7.8% |
| 35 | Garrard County | $38 | 9.9% |
| 35 | Green County | $38 | 7.5% |
| 35 | Ohio County | $38 | 13.7% |
| 38 | Breckinridge County | $36 | 4.2% |
| 39 | Washington County | $35.50 | 6.4% |
| 39 | Wayne County | $35.50 | 18.0% |
| 41 | Metcalfe County | $35 | 9.3% |
| 41 | Nicholas County This county | $35 | 5.2% |
| 43 | Cumberland County | $34 | 4.6% |
| 44 | Daviess County | $33.50 | 14.9% |
| 44 | Henry County | $33.50 | 8.0% |
| 46 | Crittenden County | $33 | 9.7% |
| 46 | Fleming County | $33 | 13.4% |
| 48 | Casey County | $32.50 | 7.5% |
| 48 | Hancock County | $32.50 | 7.9% |
| 50 | Boone County | $32 | 5.5% |
| 51 | Anderson County | $31 | 6.6% |
| 52 | Rockcastle County | $30 | 4.9% |
| 53 | Bullitt County | $29.50 | 18.3% |
| 54 | Harrison County | $29 | 11.2% |
| 54 | Woodford County | $29 | 5.9% |
| 56 | Laurel County | $28.50 | 6.3% |
| 57 | Madison County | $28 | 8.3% |
| 58 | Grant County | $26.50 | 5.5% |
| 59 | Carter County | $24.50 | 24.4% |
| 60 | Kenton County | $22 | 4.0% |
| 61 | Estill County | $21 | 2.5% |
| 62 | Butler County | $20 | 9.5% |
| 62 | Greenup County | $20 | 7.4% |
| 64 | Bracken County | $19 | 7.1% |
| 65 | Morgan County | $16.50 | 19.3% |
| 66 | Whitley County | $15.50 | 15.2% |
| 67 | Jackson County | $14 | 14.6% |
| 68 | Pendleton County | $13.50 | 9.8% |
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.