Clarendon County, South Carolina
Clarendon County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $54 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,051 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 136.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Clarendon County averages $54 per acre in 2026, up 27.4 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $150 per acre in 2023, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent has moved from 1.73 in 2013 to 2.97 in 2023, a rising multiple. Irrigation water is 100 percent groundwater as of 2015. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 4.3 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 136.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 57 in 2008. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved 60 percent in 1989-1999, 52 percent in 2000-2009, 44 percent in 2010-2019, and 30 percent in 2020-2025.
SC median $40 · 6th highest of 38
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
SC median $3,802 · 9th lowest of 46
SC median 119.2 · 2nd highest of 17
SC median $15.63 · 14th lowest of 37
SC median 21% · 3rd highest of 46
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon County | $54 | $150 2023 | $3,051 | 136.1 | $14.43 |
| Berkeley County | $27 | — | $3,279 | 85.1 | $49.36 |
| Calhoun County | $54 | $105 | $3,395 | — | $5.81 |
| Florence County | $47 | — | $3,382 | 103.3 | $24.01 |
| Orangeburg County | $50 | $115 | $3,291 | 139.6 | $10.36 |
| Sumter County | $50 | — | $3,581 | 134.8 | $11.71 |
| Williamsburg County | $40 | $56 2025 | $2,941 | 105.0 | $23.25 |
| Median next door | $48 | $110 2 co. | $3,337 | 105.0 | $17.48 |
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. Clarendon County, South 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/south-carolina/clarendon-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.