Perry County, Arkansas
Perry County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $27 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,212 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.48 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05105. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
AR median $30 · 24th lowest of 61
AR median $3,631 · 24th lowest of 75
AR median $13.59 · 7th highest of 41
AR median 29% · 31st highest of 75
Excess moisture and flooding drove most of the crop insurance indemnities paid in Perry County from 1989 to 2025, accounting for 84 percent of the $6.0 million total. The loss ratio was 1.48 over that span and 1.72 in the ten closed crop years from 2016 to 2025. Non-irrigated cash rent was $27 per acre in 2026, down 6.9 percent from 2016.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Arkansas county rate, side by side: Arkansas cash rent by county.
Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Perry County: its grids, county values and record.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Arkansas average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Rain so far this year in Arkansas, county by county
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry County | $27 | n/a | $3,212 | $24.13 |
| Conway County | $25 | n/a | $3,149 | $11.92 |
| Faulkner County | $26 | $100 | $4,679 | $19.03 |
| Garland County | n/a | n/a | $7,941 | n/a |
| Pulaski County | $39 | n/a | $4,602 | $18.89 |
| Saline County | $17 | n/a | $4,510 | n/a |
| Yell County | $26 | n/a | $3,691 | $16.16 |
| Median next door | $26 | $100 1 co. | $4,556 | $17.53 |
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. Perry County, Arkansas. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/arkansas/perry-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.