Jefferson County, Alabama
Jefferson County, AL: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2017); land and buildings $6,943 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 01073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in 2017 stood at $20 per acre. Land value in 2022 was $6,943 per acre, up 57.3 percent since 2017, or 9.5 percent a year. Only 1 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated. July nightly lows have warmed since 1976, running 0.35 F per decade, with 2017-2026 averaging 70.7 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.8 F; 26 Julys since 1900 have reached that 70 F mark. Drought weeks fell from 153 of 1357 weeks in 2000-2025 to 14 in 2021-2025.
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
AL median $3,400 · highest of 67
AL median 26% · 20th lowest of 67
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | — | — | $6,943 | — | — |
| Bibb County | $24 | — | $2,611 | — | — |
| Blount County | $48 | — | $5,006 | — | $4.73 |
| Shelby County | $42 | $70 | $5,118 | — | $4.94 |
| St. Clair County | $37 | — | $5,176 | — | — |
| Tuscaloosa County | $46 | — | $3,742 | 132.2 | $6.07 |
| Walker County | $24 | — | $3,512 | — | — |
| Median next door | $39 | $70 1 co. | $4,374 | 132.2 1 co. | $4.94 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Jefferson County, Alabama. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/alabama/jefferson-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.