Graham County, North Carolina
Graham County, NC: land and buildings $8,917 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37075. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Graham County had 2,256 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land value in Graham County was $8,917 per acre at the 2022 census, up 86.2 percent from 2017, or 13.2 percent a year. July nights average 61.8 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 60.8 F, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.42 F per decade, warming. Drought has touched the county in 166 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2008 the worst year at 42 weeks, and 21 weeks from 2021-2025. Irrigation covers 13 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and no solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.
NC median $5,711
NC median 35%
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 1992. 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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham County | — | $8,917 | — | — |
| Cherokee County | $74 | $6,855 | — | — |
| Macon County | $54 2025 | $8,663 | — | — |
| Swain County | — | $10,139 | — | — |
| Blount County, TN | $56 | $8,030 | 139.9 | $21.55 |
| Monroe County, TN | $53 | $5,749 | — | $11.57 |
| Median next door | $56 | $8,030 | 139.9 1 co. | $16.56 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. Graham County, North Carolina. 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/north-carolina/graham-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.