Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $84 an acre (2024); land and buildings $21,834 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent averages $84 per acre; irrigated cash rent reaches $1,000 per acre. Land value stood at $21,834 per acre in 2022, up 17.5 percent from 2017-2022, or 3.3 percent a year. Irrigation covers 68 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and groundwater supplied 70 percent of irrigation water in 2015. The county spent 477 of 1357 weeks, 35.2 percent, in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2016 the worst year at 52 weeks; 2021-2025 logged 122 such weeks. July nightly lows have warmed 0.78 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 65 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.1 F.
CA median of 2024 surveys $22 · highest of 13
CA median $431 · 9th highest of 40
CA median $11,471 · 6th highest of 52
CA median 43% · 2nd highest of 55
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
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1990. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | $84 2024 | $1,000 | $21,834 | — |
| Kern County | $48 2023 | $445 | $10,539 | $4.95 |
| Orange County | — | $2,360 | $15,003 | $1.03 |
| San Bernardino County | $23 2024 | $304 | $47,339 | $4.96 |
| Ventura County | $63 2024 | $3,340 | $28,278 | $4.55 |
| Median next door | — | $1,403 | $21,641 | $4.75 |
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. Los Angeles County, California. 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/california/los-angeles-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.