County · Arkansas · USDA NASS 2025

Johnson County

cropland

$21.00/ac

AR avg $52.00

Pasture

$24.00/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.337

AR avg 0.480

Rank · cropland

52/74

percentile 30

Δ since 2020

−22%

AR +6%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Johnson County at $21 per acre per year, with pasture at $24/acre. The county's soils index 0.34 (NCCPI), below the Arkansas county average of 0.48 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is down 22% since 2020; Johnson County ranks 52 of 74 Arkansas counties.

All counties · 75 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Chicot	145.00	183.00	—	0.554
2	Lawrence	115.00	146.00	21.50	0.624
3	Jackson	114.00	153.00	18.00	0.681
4	Mississippi	111.00	174.00	—	0.526
5	Crittenden	103.00	148.00	—	0.530
6	Lee	100.00	134.00	26.00	0.571
7	Saint Francis	99.50	156.00	22.50	0.559
8	Phillips	98.50	152.00	—	0.605
9	Arkansas	98.00	142.00	15.00	0.624
10	Cross	97.50	158.00	18.50	0.576
11	Woodruff	93.00	148.00	—	0.619
12	Monroe	79.50	133.00	—	0.586
13	Greene	78.00	161.00	24.00	0.602
14	Desha	73.00	186.00	—	0.590
15	Poinsett	64.00	180.00	18.00	0.556
16	Lafayette	57.50	132.00	27.00	—
17	Craighead	54.50	153.00	27.00	0.649
18	Jefferson	54.00	145.00	25.00	—
19	Washington	52.50	—	34.50	0.377
20	Carroll	50.00	—	30.00	0.291
21	Randolph	43.50	127.00	23.00	0.593
22	Pulaski	42.50	—	23.50	0.512
23	Clay	41.50	180.00	—	0.644
24	Prairie	39.00	139.00	—	—
25	Boone	37.50	—	21.50	0.294
26	Benton	35.00	—	33.50	0.354
26	Little River	35.00	—	17.50	—
26	Lonoke	35.00	151.00	18.00	—
26	Miller	35.00	—	24.00	—
30	Madison	34.50	—	29.50	0.323
31	Cleveland	33.00	—	—	0.592
32	Independence	32.00	143.00	24.50	0.487
33	Faulkner	31.00	—	18.50	0.431
34	Clark	30.50	—	18.50	0.615
35	Calhoun	26.50	—	—	—
35	Lincoln	26.50	159.00	19.50	—
35	Sevier	26.50	—	22.50	0.598
38	Cleburne	26.00	—	25.00	0.326
38	White	26.00	111.00	17.50	0.516
40	Logan	25.50	—	17.50	0.401
40	Marion	25.50	—	28.50	0.261
42	Drew	24.50	138.00	17.00	0.625
42	Fulton	24.50	—	25.50	0.501
42	Perry	24.50	—	29.00	0.397
45	Crawford	23.00	—	20.00	0.327
45	Hempstead	23.00	—	24.00	0.612
45	Pike	23.00	—	18.00	0.516
45	Polk	23.00	—	17.00	0.316
49	Newton	22.00	—	18.50	0.266
49	Pope	22.00	—	27.50	0.347
51	Howard	21.50	—	28.00	0.542
52	Johnson	21.00	—	24.00	0.337
53	Baxter	20.50	—	19.50	0.318
53	Hot Spring	20.50	—	20.00	0.534
53	Sebastian	20.50	—	15.00	0.413
56	Izard	20.00	—	16.50	0.427
57	Sharp	19.50	—	16.00	0.539
58	Franklin	18.50	—	11.00	0.372
58	Grant	18.50	—	15.00	0.563
60	Nevada	18.00	—	19.00	0.573
61	Conway	17.50	—	13.00	0.437
61	Stone	17.50	—	29.00	0.286
63	Yell	17.00	—	15.00	0.420
64	Scott	15.50	—	21.00	0.351
65	Ouachita	14.50	—	25.50	0.592
66	Saline	14.00	—	11.50	0.360
66	Van Buren	14.00	—	14.00	0.306
68	Dallas	13.50	—	12.50	—
69	Searcy	12.50	—	14.50	0.318
70	Bradley	12.00	—	13.00	0.558
70	Columbia	12.00	—	17.00	0.656
72	Montgomery	11.50	—	18.50	0.281
73	Garland	10.50	—	10.50	0.263
74	Union	7.80	—	—	0.589
—	Ashley	—	146.00	—	0.620

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