County · Mississippi · USDA NASS 2025

Jones County

cropland

$29.00/ac

MS avg $99.50

Pasture

$32.50/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.547

MS avg 0.500

Rank · cropland

62/79

percentile 22

Δ since 2020

−12%

MS +14%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Jones County at $29 per acre per year, with pasture at $32.5/acre. The county's soils index 0.55 (NCCPI), above the Mississippi county average of 0.50 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is down 12% since 2020; Jones County ranks 62 of 79 Mississippi counties.

All counties · 79 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Washington	160.00	182.00	—	0.567
2	Warren	153.00	195.00	—	0.452
3	Yazoo	152.00	196.00	25.50	0.534
4	Coahoma	143.00	192.00	—	0.582
5	Holmes	142.00	185.00	23.00	0.551
6	Humphreys	140.00	173.00	—	0.561
7	Tallahatchie	139.00	182.00	23.00	0.603
8	Sharkey	136.00	176.00	—	0.414
9	Sunflower	134.00	180.00	—	0.600
10	Issaquena	131.00	185.00	—	0.325
11	Calhoun	129.00	—	15.00	0.544
11	Webster	129.00	—	14.00	0.535
13	Leflore	128.00	189.00	—	0.622
14	Grenada	123.00	—	21.50	0.539
14	Panola	123.00	194.00	24.50	0.536
16	Yalobusha	122.00	—	20.00	0.502
17	Bolivar	114.00	177.00	—	0.542
18	Quitman	112.00	158.00	—	0.587
19	De Soto	111.00	—	15.00	0.658
19	Tunica	111.00	156.00	—	0.496
21	Montgomery	106.00	—	16.50	0.474
22	Claiborne	103.00	—	15.00	0.452
23	Noxubee	94.00	180.00	22.00	0.565
24	Lafayette	91.00	—	20.50	0.366
25	Lee	88.50	—	19.00	0.517
26	Attala	88.00	—	20.50	0.473
27	Pontotoc	77.00	—	22.00	0.542
28	Madison	74.50	—	19.50	0.558
29	Chickasaw	71.50	161.00	24.50	0.546
29	Prentiss	71.50	—	25.00	0.424
31	Hinds	70.50	—	24.00	0.615
32	Monroe	67.50	—	25.00	0.474
33	Rankin	67.00	—	22.00	0.597
34	Carroll	66.50	190.00	24.00	0.465
35	Itawamba	65.50	—	21.50	0.432
35	Marshall	65.50	—	25.50	0.467
37	Tate	62.50	—	21.00	0.522
37	Union	62.50	—	18.00	0.508
39	Adams	62.00	—	12.00	0.462
40	Oktibbeha	60.00	—	27.50	0.594
41	Forrest	59.50	—	22.00	0.423
42	Copiah	59.00	—	24.50	0.359
43	Benton	58.50	—	23.50	0.452
44	Alcorn	54.50	—	20.00	0.439
44	Lowndes	54.50	—	22.00	0.545
44	Tippah	54.50	—	17.00	0.491
47	Covington	54.00	—	31.00	0.489
48	Jefferson	52.50	—	17.00	0.397
49	Marion	46.50	—	19.50	0.447
49	Scott	46.50	—	25.50	0.571
51	Stone	46.00	—	23.00	0.485
52	Simpson	44.50	—	28.00	0.458
53	George	41.00	—	24.00	0.438
54	Pearl River	40.00	—	35.00	0.501
55	Perry	39.00	—	24.50	0.482
56	Clay	37.50	—	17.00	0.570
57	Leake	34.50	—	21.50	0.476
58	Franklin	32.00	—	21.50	0.282
59	Tishomingo	31.50	—	12.50	0.352
60	Lamar	31.00	—	28.50	0.459
61	Pike	30.50	—	27.50	0.474
62	Jones	29.00	—	32.50	0.547
63	Lawrence	27.00	—	25.50	0.464
64	Walthall	26.50	—	17.50	0.471
64	Winston	26.50	—	16.50	0.488
66	Clarke	25.50	—	16.50	0.495
67	Choctaw	25.00	—	22.50	0.529
67	Neshoba	25.00	—	19.50	0.527
69	Greene	24.00	—	27.50	0.494
70	Lincoln	23.50	—	29.00	0.409
71	Jasper	22.00	—	19.00	0.566
71	Jefferson Davis	22.00	—	23.00	0.430
73	Amite	21.50	—	21.00	0.467
73	Smith	21.50	—	20.00	0.535
75	Lauderdale	21.00	—	19.00	0.490
76	Newton	20.50	—	21.50	0.600
76	Wilkinson	20.50	—	24.50	0.434
78	Kemper	17.00	—	18.00	0.492
79	Wayne	12.00	—	19.50	0.479

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Source: USDA NASS cash rents survey, county estimates, latest published year per series. Soil productivity from USDA SSURGO (NCCPI). Planning-grade market data — not an appraisal, legal, or financial advice. Free · instant · nobody calls you.