Lee County, Florida
Lee County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $70 an acre (2022); land and buildings $13,080 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.00 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lee County averaged $70 per acre in 2022. Land value and buildings reached $13,080 per acre in 2022, up 7.2 percent from 2017, or 1.4 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $62.5 million, with wind the largest cause at 60 percent; heat and drought accounted for 0 percent of indemnities in every period listed, from 1989-1999 through 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 1989-2025 stands at 1, with 9 of 26 crop years paying out more than premium; the ratio over 2016-2025 is 2.23, and indemnity paid per $100 of insured value in that span is $6.21.
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
FL median $6,645 · 8th highest of 61
FL median $6.45 · 26th lowest of 52
FL median 33% · 3rd 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County | — | — | $13,080 | $6.21 |
| Charlotte County | $27 | — | $8,300 | $11.60 |
| Collier County | — | $351 2025 | $6,076 | $7.03 |
| Hendry County | $42 | $310 2025 | $4,646 | $5.66 |
| Median next door | $34 2 co. | — | $6,076 | $7.03 |
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. Lee 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/lee-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.