Farmland Atlas · county record

Douglas County, Georgia

Douglas County, GA: land and buildings $7,432 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13097. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Douglas County had 7,323 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Douglas County land carries a census value of $7,432 per acre, with the change from 2017-2022 at 11 percent, 2.1 percent a year. July nights have averaged 70.1 F over 2017-2026, up from a 68.6 F normal in 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.67 F per decade, warming. Ten Julys since 1900 have reached an average low at or above 70 F. Drought pressure has eased in recent years: severe drought or worse held the county for 256 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, worst in 2000 with 46 weeks, versus just 6 weeks from 2021-2025. Only 2 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$7,432/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
GA median $4,057
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
38%
2022 census, rented from others
GA median 24%

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,432/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,591/ac
Census 2017$6,695/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+11.0%+2.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025463

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025256 of 1,357 weeks19% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200046 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.1 °F1991–2020 normal 68.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.67 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20221% of cropland22 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland58 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20253 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20222,467+161.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202238%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand value
Douglas County—$7,432
Carroll County$36$6,433
Cobb County—$21,524
Fulton County—$25,039
Paulding County—$7,949
Median next door$36 1 co.$14,737

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. Douglas County, Georgia. 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/georgia/douglas-county
Every 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.