Perry County, Kentucky
Perry County, KY: land and buildings $2,578 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 21193. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value in 2022 stood at $2,578 per acre, the operators' own estimate, not a sale price, with a change of 125 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 17.6 percent a year. July nights average 65.8 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 64.4 F. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.47 F per decade, warming, and no July since 1900 has averaged 70 F or above. Drought weeks in 2021-2025 number 4, against 67 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, worst year 2007 with 27 weeks. No solar or wind operates in the county now; 490 MW solar is proposed to EIA.
KY median $4,449 · 6th lowest of 114
KY median 25% · lowest of 115
Cash rent
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 1997. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Perry County | — | $2,578 |
| Breathitt County | — | $2,132 |
| Clay County | $51 2025 | $2,956 |
| Harlan County | — | $2,816 |
| Knott County | — | $2,596 |
| Leslie County | — | $1,450 |
| Letcher County | — | $3,563 |
| Owsley County | — | $2,657 |
| Median next door | — | $2,657 |
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. Perry County, Kentucky. 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/kentucky/perry-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.