Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish, LA: land and buildings $2,130 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 22075. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value here sits at $2,130 per acre in the 2022 census, up 51 percent from 2017, or 8.6 percent a year. July nights average 77.1 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 76.3 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.46 F per decade, warming. Irrigation covers 43 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census. Drought has held severe levels or worse for 142 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 41 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025 and the worst year, 2000, logging 37 weeks. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
LA median $3,628 · 2nd lowest of 63
LA median 51% · highest of 63
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 2007. 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 | Land value |
|---|---|
| Plaquemines Parish | $2,130 |
| Jefferson Parish | $2,176 |
| Orleans Parish | $44,661 |
| St. Bernard Parish | $2,086 |
| Median next door | $2,176 |
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. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. 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/louisiana/plaquemines-parishEvery 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.