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California Cash Rent by County — 2026 USDA Rates
Compare mean annual cash rent per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, and pasture. Every summary keeps land type and rate year separate, with active history from 2019 through 2026.
2026 USDA rate year
The median among 20 reporting counties was $35 per acre. USDA's separately published statewide mean was $39 per acre. Sacramento County had the highest reported county mean at $68. No compatible consecutive-year change is available.
Geographic pattern
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State history
2019–2026 median among reporting counties
734 published county-land-type records and 658 suppressed or missing records are retained. Unavailable annual values are shown explicitly and never interpolated.
- Non-irrigated cropland
- Irrigated cropland
- Pasture
Year-by-year values by land type
Non-irrigated cropland
| Year | USDA state mean | County median | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Not available | $26 | 21 |
| 2020 | Not available | $36 | 18 |
| 2021 | Not available | $28 | 34 |
| 2022 | Not available | $33 | 12 |
| 2023 | Not available | $35 | 25 |
| 2024 | Not available | $24 | 28 |
| 2025 | $40 | $27 | 1 |
| 2026 | $39 | $35 | 20 |
Irrigated cropland
| Year | USDA state mean | County median | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Not available | $376 | 37 |
| 2020 | Not available | $360 | 31 |
| 2021 | Not available | $353 | 40 |
| 2022 | Not available | $377 | 37 |
| 2023 | Not available | $373 | 36 |
| 2024 | Not available | $403 | 34 |
| 2025 | $483 | $360 | 39 |
| 2026 | $470 | $437 | 41 |
Pasture
| Year | USDA state mean | County median | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Not available | $15 | 30 |
| 2020 | Not available | $14 | 37 |
| 2021 | Not available | $13 | 36 |
| 2022 | Not available | $13 | 37 |
| 2023 | Not available | $14 | 36 |
| 2024 | Not available | $16 | 32 |
| 2025 | $16 | $19 | 34 |
| 2026 | $17 | $18 | 38 |
Highest and lowest reported means
County rankings by land type
Each list uses 2026 values for one land type only.
Non-irrigated cropland
Highest
Lowest
Irrigated cropland
Highest
- Napa County$4,000
- Ventura County$3,340
- Orange County$2,360
- Santa Barbara County$2,300
- Nevada County$1,540
Lowest
- Shasta County$205
- Lassen County$225
- Glenn County$246
- Siskiyou County$250
- Solano County$257
Pasture
Highest
Lowest
Sortable county table
2026 county cash rents
Change is shown only when the same land type has a valid value in the immediately prior year.
| County | Non-irrigated cropland | YoY change | Rate year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento County | $68/acre | — | 2026 |
| Madera County | $66/acre | — | 2026 |
| Amador County | $65/acre | — | 2026 |
| Marin County | $64/acre | — | 2026 |
| Sonoma County | $58/acre | — | 2026 |
| Stanislaus County | $55/acre | — | 2026 |
| Yolo County | $43/acre | — | 2026 |
| Tulare County | $42/acre | — | 2026 |
| Placer County | $42/acre | — | 2026 |
| Shasta County | $37/acre | — | 2026 |
| El Dorado County | $33/acre | — | 2026 |
| Merced County | $33/acre | — | 2026 |
| Lassen County | $32/acre | — | 2026 |
| Contra Costa County | $31/acre | — | 2026 |
| Mariposa County | $30/acre | — | 2026 |
| Solano County | $30/acre | — | 2026 |
| Tehama County | $30/acre | — | 2026 |
| Alameda County | $27/acre | — | 2026 |
| Glenn County | $24/acre | — | 2026 |
| Fresno County | $22/acre | — | 2026 |
| Butte County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Calaveras County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Colusa County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Del Norte County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Humboldt County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Imperial County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Inyo County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Kern County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Kings County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Lake County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Los Angeles County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Mendocino County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Modoc County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Monterey County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Napa County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Nevada County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Orange County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Riverside County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| San Benito County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| San Bernardino County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| San Diego County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| San Joaquin County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| San Luis Obispo County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| San Mateo County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Santa Barbara County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Santa Clara County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Santa Cruz County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Siskiyou County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Sutter County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Tuolumne County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Ventura County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
| Yuba County | — (not reported) | — | 2026 |
Source and method
How to read this report
USDA county cash rent is a mean for a named land-use category. It is not a low, median, and high distribution. The state cards above are labeled medians among reporting counties unless an official USDA statewide mean is explicitly available.
Rate year: 2026. USDA source release: Aug 21, 2026. Dataset refreshed: Oct 9, 2026.
Data editor: LandLeaseRates Data Team · Reviewed against active release bce02b07.
Read the full methodologyNarrative limitsFindings on this page are generated only from the active typed release; they do not infer causes or interpolate missing data.