Cash rent for pasture: Aiken County, South Carolina
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 2022, Aiken County's rent was the same as the South Carolina average and 1.4 times the US average.
- It is the 11th highest of the 22 South Carolina counties NASS published for 2022.
- From 2010 to 2022 it fell 2.4%, from $20.50 to $20 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Aiken figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 it combined Aiken into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Aiken County | South Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $24.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $20.50 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $22.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $19.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | $20 | $20 | $14 |
| 2021 | $20.50 | $22 | $13 |
| 2020 | $21 | $19 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $18 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $19 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | Combined into "other counties" | $18 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $18 | $12 |
| 2013 | $21 | $18 | $12 |
| 2012 | Combined into "other counties" | $16 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $20.50 | $15 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $20.50 | $18 | $11 |
| 2009 | Combined into "other counties" | $20 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $20 | $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 |
| 1995 | No figure | $16.10 | No figure |
Every South Carolina county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $12 an acre in Greenwood County to $34 an acre in Chesterfield County.
- Under $18 (4 counties)
- $18 to under $20.50 (3 counties)
- $20.50 to under $26 (5 counties)
- $26 to under $28 (5 counties)
- $28 and over (5 counties)
- Not published separately (24 counties, $26 an acre combined)
NASS combined Aiken County, Allendale County, Beaufort County, Berkeley County, Calhoun County, Charleston County, Clarendon County, Colleton County, Darlington County, Dillon County, Dorchester County, Edgefield County, Florence County, Georgetown County, Hampton County, Horry County, Jasper County, Lee County, Marion County, Marlboro County, Orangeburg County, Richland County, Sumter County and Union County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Aiken: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesterfield County | $34 | 13.6% |
| 2 | Barnwell County | $33.50 | 10.5% |
| 2 | Williamsburg County | $33.50 | 9.7% |
| 4 | Newberry County | $30 | 7.2% |
| 5 | Pickens County | $28 | 18.5% |
| 6 | Greenville County | $27.50 | 7.3% |
| 7 | Saluda County | $27 | 13.5% |
| 8 | Oconee County | $26.50 | 5.8% |
| 9 | Lancaster County | $26 | 11.6% |
| 9 | Laurens County | $26 | 7.1% |
| 11 | Bamberg County | $25.50 | 5.6% |
| 12 | Cherokee County | $22.50 | 6.3% |
| 13 | Lexington County | $21 | 7.9% |
| 14 | McCormick County | $20.50 | 5.4% |
| 14 | Spartanburg County | $20.50 | 6.3% |
| 16 | Anderson County | $20 | 11.3% |
| 17 | York County | $18.50 | 7.9% |
| 18 | Kershaw County | $18 | 3.8% |
| 19 | Abbeville County | $17.50 | 8.9% |
| 19 | Fairfield County | $17.50 | 4.9% |
| 21 | Chester County | $16 | 9.9% |
| 22 | Greenwood County | $12 | 5.7% |
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.