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Rockdale County, Georgia

Rockdale County, GA: land and buildings $7,472 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 13247. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Rockdale County had 8,318 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Rockdale County land and buildings came in at $7,472 per acre in 2022, up 5.8 percent over 2017-2022, or 1.1 percent a year. The July average nightly low ran 70.5 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 69.2 F, with a warming trend of 0.54 F per decade since 1976. Severe drought or worse covered the county during 310 of 1357 weeks in 2000-2025, 22.8 percent of that span, with 2008 the worst year at 50 weeks; the 2021-2025 period logged only 6 such weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$7,472/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
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
43%
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$7,472/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,982/ac
Census 2017$7,060/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+5.8%+1.1% 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

20002005201020152020202540500

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, 2000–2025310 of 1,357 weeks23% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200850 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.5 °F1991–2020 normal 69.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.54 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland66 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland24 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20221,514+198.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202243%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand value
Rockdale County—$7,472
DeKalb County—$99,639
Gwinnett County—$16,242
Henry County—$8,949
Newton County$29$6,257
Walton County$34$6,750
Median next door$31 2 co.$8,949

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Rockdale 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/rockdale-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.