Yoakum County, Texas
Yoakum County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,606 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48501. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland in Yoakum County rents for $158 per acre in 2026, while non-irrigated ground rents for $30 per acre, up 68.6 percent from 2016. Forty-five percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and all of that irrigation water comes from groundwater as of 2015. Heat and drought account for 55 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, and that share has moved from 45 percent in 1989-1999 to 55 percent in 2000-2009, 52 percent in 2010-2019, and 59 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 93 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, out of 419 such weeks total from 2000-2025. Census land value reached $1,606 per acre in 2022, up 71 percent from 2017.
TX median $27 · tied for 79th highest of 189
TX median $99 · 6th highest of 43
TX median $2,782 · 63rd lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 36th highest of 174
TX median 39% · 51st 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoakum County | $30 | $158 | $1,606 | $46.84 |
| Lea County, NM | — | $129 2024 | $979 | $40.09 |
| Cochran County | $34 | $140 2023 | $1,417 | $52.69 |
| Gaines County | $51 | $190 | $1,436 | $52.08 |
| Terry County | $54 | $135 2025 | $1,566 | $43.84 |
| Median next door | $51 | $190 1 co. | $1,427 | $47.96 |
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. Yoakum 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/yoakum-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.