Camden County, New Jersey
Camden County, NJ: irrigated cash rent $84 an acre (2024); land and buildings $18,360 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.82 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 34007. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Camden County had 7,431 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land here carries a census value of $18,360 per acre, up 11.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 2.3 percent a year. July nightly lows average 68.7 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.1 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.85 F per decade, warming. Drought has been uneven: 61 of 1357 weeks fell into severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2002 alone at 38 weeks, and 21 weeks came in 2021-2025. Crop insurance history shows a loss ratio of 1.82 over 1989-2025, and heat and drought caused 1 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, 22 percent in 2000-2009, 11 percent in 2010-2019, and 14 percent in 2020-2025.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
NJ median $14,983
NJ median $8.47
NJ median 32%
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
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden County | — | $84 2024 | $18,360 | $9.77 |
| Atlantic County | — | $236 | $14,983 | $11.03 |
| Burlington County | $79 | $160 | $12,875 | $8.16 |
| Gloucester County | $108 | $112 | $14,091 | $9.29 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | — | — | $77,080 | — |
| Median next door | $94 2 co. | $160 | $14,537 | $9.29 |
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. Camden County, New Jersey. 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/new-jersey/camden-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.