Farm operations
79
Avg 543 ac / farm
2022 USDA Census TX · FIPS 48007 Bottom quartile by state sales UNPUB PASTURE-LED
Aransas County, Texas - Farm Data
Agricultural and commodity intelligence for Aransas County. Ranked #248 of 254 counties in Texas.
42,886 acres of agricultural land
- Cropland
- 4.1% 1,767 acres
- Other land
- 95.9% 41,119 acres
According to the 2022 USDA NASS Census of Agriculture, Aransas County, Texas is a PASTURE-LED county with no published payments-per-acre stamp; commodity sales sit well below state median.
Commodity sales
$2.2M
0.042× state median -- Well below state median
Federal payments
-
USDA programs
Net farm income
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2022 cash income
What the Aransas County Farm Data Shows
Aransas County, Texas reads as a PASTURE-LED county with no published payments-per-acre stamp. 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 acre could not be stamped because NASS did not publish receipts or acreage for this county.
The state comparisons on this page use the 252 of 254 Texas counties with published commodity sales (2 withheld by NASS to protect respondents are left out, not counted as zero), averaging the two central values when the count is even. Payments per acre use the 249 counties that report both receipts and acreage, and net-income peers are the 147 that reported a profit.
Net cash farm income was not published for Aransas County (NASS confidentiality withhold). Pair the payment peers below before treating any single county as representative of Texas.
Read with Aransas County
Nearest NASS federal-payment peers and $/acre poles for Aransas (UNPUB · PASTURE-LED), replacing the old fixed Related and same-state alphabetical strip.
UNPUB PASTURE-LED
What to do with this
From Aransas County, Texas, these three pages are the natural next reads:
- See how Texas compares nationally on ERS farm payments and income. Texas 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 Aransas County, Texas?
Aransas County, Texas has 79 farms (2022 USDA Census). Average farm size 543 acres; land stamp PASTURE-LED.
What is the total agricultural production value of Aransas County?
Aransas County's total commodity sales are $2.2M (2022 Census of Agriculture), ranking #248 among 254 counties in Texas.
How much federal farm assistance does Aransas County receive?
Aransas County received - in federal government farm program receipts (2022), stamping UNPUB on NASS payments-per-acre with a PASTURE-LED land mix.
What is the net farm income in Aransas County?
Net cash farm income was not published for Aransas County. NASS withholds this figure for counties with too few farm operations to protect individual respondents' confidentiality.
State Overview
Texas
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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 UNPUB · land stamp PASTURE-LED (NASS payments-per-acre / cropland share bands).
NASS withholds commodity sales for 2 Texas counties with too few farm operations to publish without identifying individual producers. Those counties are excluded from the peer median on this page rather than counted as zero sales.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Verify with USDA NASS Census of Agriculture →
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.