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USDA NASS · 2026 county estimates

Georgia cash rent, county by county

What tenants paid per acre across 120 Georgia counties. For non-irrigated cropland, it runs from $16.50 in Greene County to $142 in Pulaski County, with a county median of $58.

State avg · Non-irrigated cropland
$83.50/acre
2026 · +$1 (+1.2%) vs 2025
State avg · Irrigated cropland
$242/acre
2026 · +$4 (+1.7%) vs 2025
State avg · Pasture
$38/acre
2026 · +$2 (+5.6%) vs 2025

Highest non-irrigated cropland rent

  1. 1Pulaski County$142
  2. 2Wilcox County$125
  3. 3Thomas County$121
  4. 4Atkinson County$120
  5. 5Colquitt County$120

Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent

  1. 1Greene County$16.50
  2. 2Lincoln County$23
  3. 3Wilkes County$23.50
  4. 4Spalding County$27
  5. 5Whitfield County$27.50

Biggest increases, 2025→2026

  1. 1Hart County+40.4% (+$11.50)
  2. 2Catoosa County+35.3% (+$9)
  3. 3Haralson County+34.8% (+$8)
  4. 4Hancock County+31.8% (+$7)
  5. 5Dodge County+29.4% (+$18.50)

Biggest drops, 2025→2026

  1. 1Walton County−15.0% (−$6)
  2. 2Union County−13.5% (−$7)
  3. 3Effingham County−12.5% (−$4.50)
  4. 4Gordon County−11.8% (−$4.50)
  5. 5Ben Hill County−11.2% (−$12)
All 120 counties

Georgia cash rent table, 2026

$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published

Appling CountySoutheast$101—$59.50+1.0%
Atkinson CountySouth Central$120$265$630%
Bacon CountySoutheast$87.50$200—+18.2%
Baker CountySouthwest$106$271—0%
Banks CountyNortheast$27.50—$29.50+25.0%
Barrow CountyNorth Central$31—$23.50−7.5%
Bartow CountyNorthwest$46—$36+19.5%
Ben Hill CountySouth Central$95$273—−11.2%
Berrien CountySouth Central$103$269$54.50+10.2%
Bleckley CountyCentral$80.50$197—−4.7%
Brantley CountySoutheast$47.50——−4.0%
Brooks CountySouth Central$106$223—+5.0%
Bulloch CountyEast Central$79$194—−6.0%
Burke CountyEast Central$47.50$182$44+10.5%
Butts CountyCentral————
Calhoun CountySouthwest$87$225—+0.6%
Candler CountyEast Central$74.50——−2.6%
Carroll CountyWest Central$35.50—$24—
Catoosa CountyNorthwest$34.50——+35.3%
Chattooga CountyNorthwest$57.50——+26.4%
Cherokee CountyNorth Central$46.50———
Clay CountySouthwest$83——+5.1%
Coffee CountySouth Central$108$231$69.50+0.9%
Colquitt CountySouth Central$120$255$62.50−7.7%
Columbia CountyEast Central————
Cook CountySouth Central$101$243$56−4.7%
Coweta CountyWest Central$29—$30.50—
Crisp CountySouth Central$83——−7.3%
Dade CountyNorthwest$29.50—$23—
Dawson CountyNorth Central——$39—
Decatur CountySouthwest$117$266—+10.4%
Dodge CountyCentral$81.50$212—+29.4%
Dooly CountySouth Central$75——−4.5%
Early CountySouthwest$87$261$53−4.9%
Echols CountySouth Central$95———
Effingham CountyEast Central$31.50——−12.5%
Elbert CountyNortheast$36.50—$22.50−2.7%
Emanuel CountyEast Central$69—$44.50+7.8%
Floyd CountyNorthwest——$27—
Forsyth CountyNorth Central$46.50—$37+17.7%
Franklin CountyNortheast$34—$31−5.6%
Gilmer CountyNorth Central$44—$29.50+25.7%
Gordon CountyNorthwest$33.50—$41.50−11.8%
Grady CountySouthwest$113$303$55.50+13.0%
Greene CountyCentral$16.50—$16+13.8%
Habersham CountyNortheast$41—$43—
Hall CountyNorth Central$41—$45.50+18.8%
Hancock CountyCentral$29——+31.8%
Haralson CountyWest Central$31—$34.50+34.8%
Harris CountyWest Central————
Hart CountyNortheast$40—$28.50+40.4%
Heard CountyWest Central$30.50—$27—
Houston CountyCentral$59—$44—
Irwin CountySouth Central$113$220$34.50+13.0%
Jackson CountyNorth Central——$38—
Jeff Davis CountySouth Central$111$224—+4.7%
Jefferson CountyEast Central$35$203$380%
Jenkins CountyEast Central$73.50——+21.5%
Johnson CountyCentral$45.50——−7.1%
Jones CountyCentral————
Lamar CountyWest Central$35——+16.7%
Lanier CountySouth Central$86.50——+10.9%
Laurens CountyCentral$48$187—+9.1%
Lee CountySouthwest$73.50$270—+20.5%
Lincoln CountyNortheast$23—$18.50—
Lowndes CountySouth Central$92——−4.2%
Lumpkin CountyNorth Central————
Macon CountyWest Central$88.50$196$53−4.3%
Madison CountyNortheast$35.50—$35−4.1%
Marion CountyWest Central$36——−6.5%
McDuffie CountyEast Central$77.50—$31.50+19.2%
Meriwether CountyWest Central$43.50—$22.50—
Miller CountySouthwest$95.50$259$55.50−4.5%
Mitchell CountySouthwest$112$260—−6.7%
Montgomery CountyCentral$80.50——+15.0%
Morgan CountyCentral$35—$32.50−5.4%
Murray CountyNorthwest$43—$35—
Newton CountyCentral$28.50—$24.50—
Oconee CountyNorth Central——$31.50—
Oglethorpe CountyNortheast$33.50—$27−5.6%
Peach CountyCentral$60———
Pickens CountyNorth Central————
Pierce CountySoutheast$119———
Pike CountyWest Central————
Polk CountyNorthwest$53.50—$36+17.6%
Pulaski CountyCentral$142$216—+12.7%
Putnam CountyCentral$39.50——+1.3%
Rabun CountyNortheast$65.50———
Randolph CountySouthwest$62.50$207$28—
Schley CountyWest Central$44.50———
Screven CountyEast Central$57$183—+14.0%
Seminole CountySouthwest$108$274$62.50+5.9%
Spalding CountyWest Central$27———
Stephens CountyNortheast$39.50—$25.50+27.4%
Stewart CountySouthwest—$152——
Sumter CountySouthwest$65———
Taliaferro CountyCentral$58———
Tattnall CountySoutheast$61$220—−6.2%
Taylor CountyWest Central——$29.50—
Terrell CountySouthwest$77$234—+6.2%
Thomas CountySouthwest$121$252—+1.7%
Tift CountySouth Central$111$256$560%
Toombs CountySoutheast$67.50$242—−5.6%
Towns CountyNorth Central$46———
Treutlen CountyCentral$74.50——+8.0%
Turner CountySouth Central$90.50$284—−7.2%
Twiggs CountyCentral—$221——
Union CountyNorth Central$45—$23.50−13.5%
Upson CountyWest Central$35———
Walker CountyNorthwest$40—$41.50+6.7%
Walton CountyNorth Central$34—$21−15.0%
Ware CountySoutheast————
Washington CountyCentral$57—$27+14.0%
Wayne CountySoutheast$75.50——−6.2%
Webster CountySouthwest$35———
White CountyNorth Central$53—$40+16.5%
Whitfield CountyNorthwest$27.50—$39.50+22.2%
Wilcox CountySouth Central$125$205—+14.7%
Wilkes CountyNortheast$23.50—$20.50−6.0%
Worth CountySouth Central$113$251$55+8.7%

Counties NASS published only in 2025 show a dash for 2026; their pages carry the 2025 figure.

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Sources & method

Where these numbers come from

  • Every rent on these pages is a published estimate from the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey: the average cash rent paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pasture. We pull the 2024–2026 county and state series straight from Quick Stats.
  • NASS skips counties with too few survey reports, or withholds them to protect respondents, and lumps them into an "other counties" total. Those counties get no page here, and missing years show as a dash. We do not estimate, average or interpolate around the gaps.
  • The coefficient of variation (CV) is NASS's measure of sampling precision. Lower is tighter; the higher the CV, the wider the real range around the county figure.
  • "Bordering counties" are the ones that share a boundary under the Census Bureau county adjacency file, including across state lines.
  • An average rent is a benchmark, not a fair price for a specific field. Soil, drainage, fertility, improvements and lease terms all move the number.

Data last refreshed October 8, 2026.