Escambia County, Florida
Escambia County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $96 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,806 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Escambia County runs $96 per acre, up 3.8 percent from 2016 to 2026. The census puts land and buildings at $7,806 per acre, with rent at 1.1 percent of that value as of 2022. Irrigation covers 6 percent of harvested cropland, all of it drawn from groundwater. Crop insurance history leans on excess moisture and flood, the largest cause of the $22.2 million paid out over 1989-2025, with a loss ratio of 0.72 across that span and 0.77 over 2016-2025. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved 15 percent, 22 percent, 36 percent, and 24 percent across the four decades listed. Drought weeks stayed low in 2021-2025, at 18.
FL median $44 · 2nd highest of 21
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
FL median $6,645 · 22nd highest of 61
FL median $6.45 · 18th highest of 52
FL median 33% · 19th highest of 62
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 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escambia County | $96 | — | $7,806 | — | $8.58 |
| Baldwin County, AL | $90 | $143 | $6,202 | 152.0 | $8.53 |
| Escambia County, AL | $101 | $139 2023 | $2,763 | — | $10.42 |
| Santa Rosa County | $107 | — | $6,486 | — | $8.36 |
| Median next door | $101 | $143 1 co. | $6,202 | 152.0 1 co. | $8.53 |
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. Escambia County, Florida. 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/florida/escambia-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.