Pasquotank County, North Carolina
Pasquotank County, NC: non-irrigated cash rent $135 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,382 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 167.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 37139. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $135 per acre, up 26.2 percent from 2016 to 2026. None of the harvested cropland is irrigated, per the 2022 census. Crop insurance history shows excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025, at 43 percent of $39.3 million paid. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved 39 percent, 33 percent, 35 percent, then 50 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. The July nightly low has warmed at 0.71 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 71.9 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 70.4 F. Land value, per the operators' own 2022 estimate, stands at $4,382 per acre.
NC median $80 · 6th highest of 85
NC median $5,711 · 27th lowest of 92
NC median 114.8 · highest of 49
NC median $14.91 · 3rd lowest of 78
NC median 35% · 2nd highest of 94
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasquotank County | $135 | $4,382 | 167.0 | $4.33 |
| Camden County | $120 2025 | $4,007 | 166.1 | $2.58 |
| Gates County | $112 | $4,274 | 130.1 | $4.57 |
| Perquimans County | $112 | $3,918 | 144.4 | $5.15 |
| Median next door | $112 2 co. | $4,007 | 144.4 | $4.57 |
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. Pasquotank 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/pasquotank-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.