San Patricio County, Texas
San Patricio County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $84 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,388 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 81.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48409. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in San Patricio County stands at $84 per acre for 2026, up 24.6 percent from 2016. Cropland here runs on rain: only 2 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and where irrigation exists, 98 percent of the water comes from groundwater. Corn yields show no trend either way from 2010-2025, with a median of 81.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 34.9 in 2022. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $408.8 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 83 percent; that share was 46 percent in 1989-1999, 97 percent in 2000-2009, 88 percent in 2010-2019, and 73 percent in 2020-2025. The county logged 312 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 56 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
TX median $27 · highest of 189
TX median $2,782 · 104th highest of 246
TX median 90.7 · 10th lowest of 34
TX median $29.48 · 23rd lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 2nd highest of 251
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Patricio County | $84 | — | $3,388 | 81.4 | $13.90 |
| Aransas County | — | — | $1,831 | — | $15.07 |
| Bee County | $56 | — | $2,674 | — | $21.95 |
| Jim Wells County | $31 2025 | — | $2,446 | — | $32.67 |
| Live Oak County | $20 | — | $2,775 | — | $26.49 |
| Nueces County | $70 | $71 | $2,963 | — | $10.76 |
| Refugio County | $49 | — | $2,528 | — | $15.49 |
| Median next door | $52 | $71 1 co. | $2,601 | — | $18.72 |
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. San Patricio 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/san-patricio-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.