Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Mecklenburg County, NC: land and buildings $27,096 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care; crop insurance loss ratio 0.34 since 1995. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37119. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Mecklenburg County had 7,704 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
July nights in Mecklenburg County average 69.9 F for 2017-2026, up from 68.6 F in the 1991-2020 normal. The trend since 1976 runs 0.53 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance indemnities from 1995-2025 total $1.1 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 60 percent; that share was 66 percent in 2000-2009, 60 percent in 2010-2019, and 55 percent in 2020-2025. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 173 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 8 weeks in 2021-2025.
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 1994. 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburg County | — | $27,096 | — | — |
| Cabarrus County | $70 | $9,055 | 125.2 | $9.20 |
| Gaston County | $35 | $8,015 | — | $7.29 |
| Iredell County | $86 | $7,124 | — | $7.99 |
| Lincoln County | $49 | $8,442 | — | $18.24 |
| Union County | $105 | $6,148 | 109.4 | $7.29 |
| Lancaster County, SC | $34 | $5,224 | — | $17.02 |
| York County, SC | $34 | $8,629 | — | $20.35 |
| Median next door | $49 | $8,015 | 117.3 2 co. | $9.20 |
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. Mecklenburg 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/mecklenburg-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.