Jones County, Georgia
Jones County, GA: non-irrigated cash rent $25 an acre (2025); land and buildings $3,562 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13169. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Jones County runs $25 per acre in 2025, against a census land value of $3,562 per acre in 2022. Only 2 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. Drought pressure has eased in recent years: 6 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 282 of 1357 weeks (20.8 percent) over 2000-2025, with the worst year, 2012, at 52 weeks. July nightly lows have warmed since 1976 at 0.6 F per decade, and the 2017-2026 average of 71 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 69.8 F.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
GA median $4,057 · 48th lowest of 135
GA median 24% · 50th lowest of 138
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones County | $25 2025 | — | $3,562 | — |
| Baldwin County | — | — | $2,901 | — |
| Bibb County | — | — | $8,544 | — |
| Jasper County | — | — | $4,573 | — |
| Monroe County | $36 2023 | — | $4,275 | $19.07 |
| Putnam County | $40 | — | $4,713 | — |
| Twiggs County | — | $221 | $2,361 | $18.61 |
| Wilkinson County | $41 2024 | — | $2,292 | — |
| Median next door | $40 1 co. | $221 1 co. | $4,275 | $18.84 2 co. |
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. Jones 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/jones-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.