Albany County, Wyoming
Albany County, WY: irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2025); land and buildings $1,040 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 56001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land in Albany County carries a census value of $1,040 per acre, up 42.3 percent from 2017-2022, 7.3 percent a year. Irrigation covers 81 percent of harvested cropland, and none of that water comes from groundwater as of 2015. Drought has touched the county in 238 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, 17.5 percent of the record, with 2002 the worst year at 46 weeks; from 2021-2025 the count is 51 weeks. The July nightly low averaged 49.9 F from 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 49 F, with a warming trend of 0.5 F per decade since 1976. Wind capacity in the county stands at 487.1 MW operating, with 504 MW more proposed to EIA.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
WY median $1,248 · 10th lowest of 22
WY median 33% · lowest of 23
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 2008. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany County | — | $40 2025 | $1,040 | — |
| Jackson County, CO | $15 2024 | $100 2023 | $2,216 | — |
| Larimer County, CO | $29 | $195 | $6,276 | $4.90 |
| Carbon County | — | $24 | $971 | — |
| Converse County | — | — | $709 | — |
| Laramie County | $28 | $112 2025 | $2,003 | $15.66 |
| Platte County | $22 2025 | $120 2025 | $1,028 | $10.76 |
| Median next door | $28 2 co. | $110 2 co. | $1,516 | $10.76 |
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. Albany County, Wyoming. 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/wyoming/albany-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.