County · Texas · USDA NASS 2023

Sterling County

cropland

$5.00/ac

TX avg $36.50

Pasture

$2.50/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.266

TX avg 0.380

Rank · cropland

224/224

percentile 0

Δ trend

—

TX +22%

USDA's 2023 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Sterling County at $5 per acre per year, with pasture at $2.5/acre. The county's soils index 0.27 (NCCPI), below the Texas county average of 0.38 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents.

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$/ac cropland · quantile classes

STERLING COUNTY48431

cropland$5.00

pasture$2.50

nccpi0.266

rank224/224

All counties · 252 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	San Patricio	87.50	—	9.20	—
2	Willacy	75.50	109.00	16.00	0.319
3	Bee	70.50	—	8.90	0.414
4	Nueces	70.00	—	12.50	0.356
5	Cameron	66.00	101.00	8.70	0.269
6	Hidalgo	64.50	101.00	12.50	0.350
7	Matagorda	63.00	77.50	15.00	0.395
8	Wharton	62.00	100.00	18.50	0.398
9	Calhoun	61.00	—	11.00	0.308
10	Lamb	58.50	112.00	8.40	0.411
10	Refugio	58.50	—	9.30	0.358
12	De Witt	56.00	—	12.50	0.406
12	Jackson	56.00	89.50	14.50	0.405
14	Milam	53.50	—	18.00	0.444
15	Terry	53.00	135.00	3.30	0.429
16	Williamson	52.50	—	11.50	0.332
17	Fort Bend	52.00	98.00	18.00	0.404
18	Victoria	51.50	—	13.00	0.407
19	Zapata	50.00	71.50	6.00	0.269
20	Crosby	49.00	118.00	4.60	0.415
21	Martin	48.50	—	—	0.377
22	Dawson	48.00	109.00	10.50	0.429
22	Lynn	48.00	107.00	9.60	0.447
24	Bailey	47.50	108.00	11.50	0.378
25	Bell	46.50	—	18.50	0.345
26	Carson	45.00	79.50	7.90	0.434
27	Collingsworth	44.00	—	10.00	0.378
28	Tom Green	43.00	161.00	6.10	0.264
29	Mclennan	42.50	—	19.00	0.385
30	Kleberg	42.00	—	16.00	—
30	Medina	42.00	105.00	6.40	0.300
32	Waller	40.00	64.50	18.00	—
33	Runnels	39.50	—	7.40	0.372
34	Hill	39.00	—	15.50	0.397
34	Hockley	39.00	74.50	11.50	0.449
36	Cochran	38.50	140.00	6.70	0.412
36	Gaines	38.50	199.00	8.00	0.356
36	Hansford	38.50	148.00	12.00	0.444
39	Collin	38.00	—	12.00	0.406
39	Lubbock	38.00	78.00	6.40	0.452
41	Hale	37.50	156.00	17.00	0.455
41	Howard	37.50	—	3.50	0.354
41	Reagan	37.50	—	2.70	—
41	Sherman	37.50	151.00	9.50	0.450
45	Hays	37.00	—	5.70	—
45	Parmer	37.00	109.00	17.50	0.460
45	Scurry	37.00	—	7.10	0.395
48	Caldwell	36.50	32.50	11.00	0.428
48	Castro	36.50	154.00	13.50	0.455
50	Fisher	36.00	—	7.70	0.424
50	Swisher	36.00	84.50	11.00	0.441
50	Yoakum	36.00	147.00	3.30	0.389
53	Goliad	35.50	—	9.70	0.417
54	Delta	35.00	—	18.50	—
54	King	35.00	—	—	0.305
54	Starr	35.00	95.50	8.10	0.283
54	Wichita	35.00	86.50	9.00	0.431
58	Comanche	34.50	47.00	11.50	0.391
58	Schleicher	34.50	—	5.60	0.217
60	Frio	33.50	158.00	6.60	0.395
61	Deaf Smith	33.00	102.00	11.00	0.448
62	Guadalupe	32.50	—	8.40	0.419
62	Upshur	32.50	—	15.50	—
64	Archer	32.00	—	11.00	0.389
64	Fannin	32.00	—	19.00	0.514
64	Floyd	32.00	108.00	9.50	0.431
67	Childress	31.50	—	9.10	0.413
67	Navarro	31.50	—	14.00	0.444
69	Baylor	31.00	—	8.70	0.370
69	Jim Wells	31.00	—	9.20	0.364
71	Armstrong	30.50	60.50	8.50	0.385
71	Concho	30.50	74.00	6.10	0.290
71	Cooke	30.50	—	18.50	0.371
71	Grayson	30.50	—	15.50	0.391
75	Borden	30.00	—	5.00	0.373
75	Jefferson	30.00	53.00	8.40	—
75	Potter	30.00	—	7.00	0.362
78	Fayette	29.50	—	14.00	0.398
79	Jones	29.00	—	9.60	0.445
79	Knox	29.00	52.50	6.20	0.378
79	Moore	29.00	148.00	8.00	0.430
79	Taylor	29.00	—	9.20	0.366
83	Falls	28.50	—	21.00	0.434
83	Franklin	28.50	—	19.00	—
83	Haskell	28.50	54.00	9.20	0.414
83	Montague	28.50	—	16.50	0.435
87	Cottle	28.00	—	10.50	0.364
87	Gray	28.00	84.50	7.00	0.382
87	Live Oak	28.00	—	6.90	0.399
87	Ochiltree	28.00	103.00	8.50	0.429
91	Bexar	27.50	70.50	8.50	0.325
91	Henderson	27.50	—	15.00	0.530
91	Morris	27.50	—	14.50	—
91	Wilbarger	27.50	—	12.50	0.433
95	Clay	27.00	—	11.00	0.440
95	Johnson	27.00	—	14.50	0.390
95	Mason	27.00	115.00	5.40	0.233
95	Randall	27.00	92.50	12.00	0.424
99	Hall	26.50	—	7.00	0.364
99	Hood	26.50	—	12.00	—
101	Brazoria	26.00	57.00	13.00	0.366
101	Ellis	26.00	—	13.00	0.364
101	Kerr	26.00	—	8.10	0.190
101	Liberty	26.00	69.00	11.50	0.431
101	Nolan	26.00	109.00	6.60	0.298
101	Rains	26.00	—	19.50	—
101	Wilson	26.00	—	16.50	0.374
108	Lavaca	25.50	—	12.50	0.412
108	Rockwall	25.50	—	10.00	—
110	Gillespie	25.00	—	6.30	0.255
110	Lamar	25.00	62.50	15.00	—
110	Mcculloch	25.00	—	8.60	0.269
113	Bastrop	24.50	—	10.50	0.443
113	Camp	24.50	—	16.50	—
113	Somervell	24.50	—	12.00	—
116	Coryell	24.00	—	9.50	0.299
116	Hardeman	24.00	—	15.00	0.391
116	Harris	24.00	—	9.70	0.445
116	Mills	24.00	—	10.00	—
116	Mitchell	24.00	—	4.40	0.362
116	Orange	24.00	—	6.50	—
122	Burleson	23.50	124.00	11.50	0.439
122	Galveston	23.50	—	8.10	0.327
122	Palo Pinto	23.50	—	12.00	0.280
122	Young	23.50	—	10.00	0.354
126	Anderson	23.00	—	16.50	0.490
126	Austin	23.00	—	12.50	—
126	Bosque	23.00	—	11.50	0.288
126	Colorado	23.00	107.00	10.00	0.419
126	Kaufman	23.00	—	15.50	—
126	Polk	23.00	—	17.50	—
132	Andrews	22.50	—	1.00	0.216
132	Brazos	22.50	89.00	10.00	0.458
132	Hopkins	22.50	—	18.50	—
132	Montgomery	22.50	—	10.50	0.424
132	Travis	22.50	108.00	10.00	0.297
137	Bowie	22.00	—	18.00	0.651
137	Coleman	22.00	—	11.00	0.306
137	Denton	22.00	—	14.00	0.412
137	Hunt	22.00	—	8.20	0.480
137	Uvalde	22.00	91.00	4.70	0.261
137	Zavala	22.00	75.50	5.50	—
143	Houston	21.50	—	16.50	0.570
143	Tyler	21.50	—	15.50	0.463
145	Brown	21.00	37.50	10.50	—
145	Harrison	21.00	—	14.50	0.652
145	Lee	21.00	—	13.50	0.430
145	Nacogdoches	21.00	—	15.00	0.589
145	Tarrant	21.00	—	9.40	0.390
145	Washington	21.00	—	14.00	0.417
151	Coke	20.50	—	4.30	0.272
151	Grimes	20.50	—	14.50	0.418
151	Lampasas	20.50	—	9.40	0.256
154	Dallam	20.00	129.00	9.00	0.409
154	Dickens	20.00	—	7.50	0.390
154	Erath	20.00	—	11.50	0.364
154	Gonzales	20.00	—	10.00	0.416
154	Hutchinson	20.00	97.50	7.60	0.334
154	Red River	20.00	—	17.00	0.560
154	Van Zandt	20.00	—	16.00	0.564
154	Wood	20.00	—	12.00	0.532
162	Dallas	19.50	—	13.50	0.386
162	Lipscomb	19.50	71.00	8.10	0.399
162	San Saba	19.50	—	9.40	0.261
162	Throckmorton	19.50	—	9.90	0.333
166	Atascosa	19.00	140.00	15.50	0.380
166	Briscoe	19.00	62.00	6.50	0.318
166	Chambers	19.00	43.00	8.40	0.360
166	Cherokee	19.00	—	16.50	0.586
166	Duval	19.00	—	9.00	0.327
166	Jack	19.00	—	7.50	0.338
166	Oldham	19.00	80.00	6.00	0.355
166	Smith	19.00	—	13.00	0.578
174	Donley	18.50	106.00	8.30	0.362
174	Foard	18.50	—	7.50	0.363
176	Glasscock	18.00	—	2.90	0.350
176	Karnes	18.00	—	8.00	0.405
176	Leon	18.00	—	6.80	0.461
179	Dimmit	17.50	—	6.10	—
180	Hamilton	17.00	—	11.00	0.312
180	Shackelford	17.00	—	6.50	0.305
182	Blanco	16.50	—	5.40	—
182	Eastland	16.50	—	8.80	0.373
182	Freestone	16.50	—	10.50	0.498
182	Gregg	16.50	—	10.00	—
182	Menard	16.50	—	6.00	0.191
182	Motley	16.50	—	5.00	0.379
182	Parker	16.50	—	13.50	0.382
189	Limestone	16.00	—	11.00	0.458
189	Titus	16.00	—	12.50	—
191	Kendall	15.50	—	6.00	0.228
191	Sabine	15.50	—	7.50	—
191	San Augustine	15.50	—	12.50	—
194	Burnet	15.00	—	6.70	—
194	La Salle	15.00	—	6.10	0.309
194	Madison	15.00	—	14.00	0.476
194	Wheeler	15.00	—	7.70	0.389
194	Wise	15.00	76.00	11.50	0.400
199	Stephens	14.50	—	6.40	0.322
199	Stonewall	14.50	—	7.20	0.340
199	Walker	14.50	—	10.50	0.409
202	Cass	14.00	—	14.00	—
202	Hemphill	14.00	—	7.40	0.341
202	Panola	14.00	—	11.00	0.609
202	Shelby	14.00	—	12.00	0.619
202	Trinity	14.00	—	10.00	0.567
207	Callahan	13.50	—	8.70	0.347
207	Jasper	13.50	—	10.00	—
209	San Jacinto	12.00	—	16.50	—
210	Hardin	11.50	—	11.50	0.421
211	Angelina	11.00	—	14.50	0.548
211	Robertson	11.00	89.50	13.00	0.453
213	Comal	10.50	—	6.10	—
213	Rusk	10.50	—	15.00	0.572
215	Bandera	10.00	—	3.50	0.191
216	Kent	9.80	—	4.40	0.340
217	Roberts	9.60	90.00	5.80	0.326
218	Brooks	8.10	—	9.90	0.267
219	Kimble	7.90	—	3.40	0.187
220	Sutton	7.60	—	4.40	0.172
221	Webb	7.50	—	5.70	0.255
222	Llano	6.50	—	7.90	0.270
223	Jim Hogg	5.70	—	7.10	0.280
224	Sterling	5.00	—	2.50	0.266
—	Aransas	—	—	5.00	—
—	Brewster	—	—	1.50	—
—	Crane	—	—	1.90	—
—	Crockett	—	—	2.70	0.155
—	Culberson	—	—	0.60	—
—	Ector	—	—	0.40	—
—	Edwards	—	—	2.90	—
—	El Paso	—	181.00	4.70	—
—	Garza	—	—	4.20	0.382
—	Hartley	—	229.00	3.70	0.403
—	Hudspeth	—	106.00	0.60	—
—	Irion	—	—	3.10	0.247
—	Jeff Davis	—	—	3.40	0.145
—	Kenedy	—	—	4.10	—
—	Kinney	—	—	3.30	0.200
—	Marion	—	—	15.50	—
—	Maverick	—	50.00	3.40	0.267
—	Mcmullen	—	—	3.50	0.355
—	Midland	—	—	1.00	0.292
—	Newton	—	—	7.20	—
—	Pecos	—	—	1.00	0.123
—	Presidio	—	—	1.20	0.125
—	Real	—	—	3.40	—
—	Reeves	—	150.00	5.80	0.110
—	Terrell	—	—	1.60	0.089
—	Upton	—	—	6.70	—
—	Val Verde	—	—	2.10	0.068
—	Winkler	—	—	0.90	—

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