Jim Hogg County, Texas
Jim Hogg County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $6 an acre (2023); land and buildings $2,044 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48247. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Jim Hogg County runs $6 per acre. Land value and buildings sit at $2,044 per acre in the 2022 Census, up 17.7 percent over 2017-2022, or 3.3 percent a year. Heat and drought drove 72 percent of crop insurance indemnities in 1992-2003, and 71 percent in 1989-1999, totaling $479,121 in the earlier closed period. The July average nightly low has moved from 74.7 F (1991-2020 normal) to 75.6 F (2017-2026), part of a warming trend of 0.52 F per decade since 1976. The county spent 338 of 1357 weeks, 24.9 percent, in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 68 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Wind operating capacity stands at 78 MW; solar operating and proposed capacity are 0 MW.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
TX median $2,782 · 95th lowest of 246
TX median 39% · 7th lowest of 251
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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hogg County | $6 2023 | — | $2,044 | — |
| Brooks County | $8 2023 | — | $1,945 | — |
| Duval County | $19 2024 | — | $1,532 | $64.12 |
| Starr County | $19 | $96 2024 | $2,289 | $34.54 |
| Webb County | $12 | — | $1,750 | — |
| Zapata County | $50 2023 | $45 | $1,569 | $62.17 |
| Median next door | $15 2 co. | $45 1 co. | $1,750 | $62.17 |
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. Jim Hogg County, Texas. 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/texas/jim-hogg-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.