Farm operations
166
Avg 718 ac / farm
2022 USDA Census AZ · FIPS 04023 Bottom quartile by state sales LIGHT PASTURE-LED
Santa Cruz County, Arizona - Farm Data
Agricultural and commodity intelligence for Santa Cruz County. Ranked #13 of 15 counties in Arizona.
119,188 acres of agricultural land
- Cropland
- 3.3% 3,974 acres
- Other land
- 96.7% 115,214 acres
USDA NASS · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Santa Cruz County received $6.30 in Census government payments per agricultural acre, 2.1× the Arizona county median of $3.05.
According to the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture.
- $6.30
- government payments per agricultural acre
- $3.05
- Arizona county median per acre
- 2.06×
- Arizona median per acre
Payments per acre use the same NASS county table for receipts and acreage. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series.
According to the 2022 USDA NASS Census of Agriculture, Santa Cruz County, Arizona is a PASTURE-LED county with federal farm payments per acre that stamp LIGHT; commodity sales sit well below state median and it shows above-typical federal dependence.
Commodity sales
$11.3M
0.20× state median -- Well below state median
Federal payments
$751K
6.6% of sales -- Above-typical dependence
Net farm income
$-1.7M
2022 cash income -- Net loss
F
Farm economy grade: F -- Santa Cruz County's net farm income sits at the 7th percentile among 3,046 NASS-reporting counties nationally (2022 Census). Percentile-benchmarked, not a same-state comparison like the tier label above.
What the Santa Cruz County Farm Data Shows
Santa Cruz County, Arizona reads as a PASTURE-LED county with LIGHT federal payment intensity. In the NASS Census vocabulary this portal uses, cropland is under 25% of agricultural land, a mix where livestock forage and disaster titles (LFP/ELAP) usually outweigh row-crop commodity programs; payments per agricultural acre fall in the second-lowest national quintile, $3.41 to $6.98 an acre, which is light federal support for the land base.
The state comparisons on this page use the 15 of 15 Arizona counties with published commodity sales, averaging the two central values when the count is even. Payments per acre use the 15 counties that report both receipts and acreage, and net-income peers are the 8 that reported a profit.
Pair the payment peers below before treating any single county as representative of Arizona.
Read with Santa Cruz County
Nearest NASS federal-payment peers and $/acre poles for Santa Cruz (LIGHT · PASTURE-LED), replacing the old fixed Related and same-state alphabetical strip.
LIGHT PASTURE-LED
Grimes County, TX · TRACE
$751K federal receipts is higher by - than Santa Cruz; land stamp PASTURE-LED vs PASTURE-LED.
Johnson County, AR · MID
$752K federal receipts is higher by $1K than Santa Cruz; land stamp MIXED vs PASTURE-LED.
Pulaski County, VA · MID
$750K federal receipts is lower by $1K than Santa Cruz; land stamp MIXED vs PASTURE-LED.
Allendale County, SC · MID
$748K federal receipts is lower by $3K than Santa Cruz; land stamp MIXED vs PASTURE-LED.
Taney County (LIGHT $/acre pole)
Taney sits near Santa Cruz on payments-per-acre ($6.31) while total receipts differ.
Warrick County (LIGHT $/acre pole)
Warrick sits near Santa Cruz on payments-per-acre ($6.28) while total receipts differ.
Arizona ERS state roll-up
Santa Cruz stamps LIGHT · PASTURE-LED inside Arizona's NASS county table, open the state ERS payment stack next.
Census payments leaderboard
Open the national ranking of U.S. counties by NASS federal farm program payments to see the counties around Santa Cruz under the LIGHT intensity band.
What to do with this
Where to go after Santa Cruz County, Arizona:
- See how Arizona compares nationally on ERS farm payments and income. Arizona state page
- Browse the full county table to compare payment intensity across the country. All counties
- Understand what actually drives county-level farm payments. Read the guide
County figures (2022 NASS Census of Agriculture) are a separate population from USDA ERS state and national payment series and must not be summed together.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many farms are in Santa Cruz County, Arizona?
Santa Cruz County, Arizona has 166 farms (2022 USDA Census). Average farm size 718 acres; land stamp PASTURE-LED.
What is the total agricultural production value of Santa Cruz County?
Santa Cruz County's total commodity sales are $11.3M (2022 Census of Agriculture), ranking #13 among 15 counties in Arizona.
How much federal farm assistance does Santa Cruz County receive?
Santa Cruz County received $751K in federal government farm program receipts (2022), stamping LIGHT on NASS payments-per-acre ($6.30/acre) with a PASTURE-LED land mix.
What is the net farm income in Santa Cruz County?
Net cash farm income for operations in Santa Cruz County is $-1.7M (2022 Census of Agriculture).
State Overview
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service 2022 Census of Agriculture · 2022
Dollar values reflect calendar year 2022 farm operations data.
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Intensity stamp LIGHT · land stamp PASTURE-LED (NASS payments-per-acre / cropland share bands).
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County farm figures on this page are rendered from the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, no number is typed in by an editor. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.