Kleberg County, Texas
Kleberg County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $46 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,396 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48273. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Kleberg County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Kleberg County runs $46 per acre, up 37.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. All harvested cropland here is non-irrigated; the 2022 census puts irrigated share at 0 percent. Heat and drought stand as the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, at 79 percent of $162.0 million paid, and that share ran higher in 2000-2009 at 93 percent and 2010-2019 at 88 percent than in 1989-1999 at 25 percent. The county spent 267 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 52 weeks in 2012 alone. July nights have warmed 0.47 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average low of 77.3 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 76.4 F.
TX median $27
TX median $2,782
TX median $29.48
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
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kleberg County | $46 | — | $1,396 | $12.64 |
| Aransas County | — | — | $1,831 | $15.07 |
| Brooks County | $8 2023 | — | $1,945 | — |
| Jim Wells County | $31 2025 | — | $2,446 | $32.67 |
| Kenedy County | — | — | $1,827 | — |
| Nueces County | $70 | $71 | $2,963 | $10.76 |
| Median next door | $70 1 co. | $71 1 co. | $1,945 | $15.07 |
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. Kleberg 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/kleberg-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.