Okaloosa County, Florida
Okaloosa County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $44 an acre (2024); land and buildings $8,894 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Okaloosa County averaged $44 per acre in 2024, down 38.7 percent from 2014. Land value, by the operators' own estimate, ran $8,894 per acre in 2022, up 86.7 percent from 2017. The July nightly low averaged 73.4 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 72 F, warming at 0.52 F per decade since 1976. Heat and drought caused 34 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, with the share rising from 24 percent in 1989-1999 to 33 percent in 2000-2009 to 42 percent in 2010-2019, then 28 percent in 2020-2025. Drought covered 149 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2000 the worst year at 31 weeks, and 29 weeks came in 2021-2025 alone.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
FL median $6,645 · 18th highest of 61
FL median $6.45 · 13th highest of 52
FL median 33% · 4th lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okaloosa County | $44 2024 | — | $8,894 | $11.30 |
| Covington County, AL | $67 | — | $3,400 | $15.32 |
| Escambia County, AL | $101 | $139 2023 | $2,763 | $10.42 |
| Santa Rosa County | $107 | — | $6,486 | $8.36 |
| Walton County | $41 | — | $5,504 | $16.52 |
| Median next door | $84 | — | $4,452 | $12.87 |
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. Okaloosa 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/okaloosa-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.