USDA county cash rentFIPS 06047
Merced County, California cash rent (2026)
Mean annual cash rent per acre, preserved by USDA land-use category. These figures are not a low, median, and high distribution. The annual history below spans 2019 through 2026.
Full active history: every available rate year is listed below. Suppressed and unreported cells stay unavailable, never zero.
Annual county means
Cash rent by land type and year
Missing and USDA-suppressed categories display as an em dash, never zero. Gaps in the chart are years without a published value.
- Non-irrigated cropland
- Irrigated cropland
- Pasture
| Rate year | Non-irrigated cropland | Irrigated cropland | Pasture |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $33 | $411 | $24 |
| 2025 | — (not reported) | $360 | — (not reported) |
| 2024 | $22 | $413 | — (not reported) |
| 2023 | — (not reported) | — (not reported) | $14 |
| 2022 | — (not reported) | $325 | $12 |
| 2021 | $34 | $410 | $14 |
| 2020 | — (not reported) | — (not reported) | — (not reported) |
| 2019 | — (not reported) | $373 | — (not reported) |
State context
How this county compares
Each comparison uses the same land type and rate year across California reporting counties.
Non-irrigated cropland
- Merced County
- $33
- Median among reporting counties (20 reporting counties)
- $35
50th percentile among 20 reporting counties.
Irrigated cropland
- Merced County
- $411
- Median among reporting counties (41 reporting counties)
- $437
44th percentile among 41 reporting counties.
Pasture
- Merced County
- $24
- Median among reporting counties (38 reporting counties)
- $18
76th percentile among 38 reporting counties.
Source and dates
About these rates
- Latest valid rate year
- 2026
- USDA source release
- Aug 21, 2026
- Dataset refreshed
- Oct 9, 2026
- Active dataset release
- bce02b07
USDA reports separate county means for each land-use category. A suppressed value indicates that USDA withheld the number; an absent category means it was not reported in the active release history.