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1994 Iowa Land Value Survey

The following table shows 1993 and 1994 land values, by crop reporting district and by county, with the dollar change from 1993 to 1994 and the percentage change from 1993 to 1994.
By Crop Reporting District:
                1994     1993    1993-94 Change
District      $/acre   $/acre      $     %
Northwest       1663     1618     45     2.8%
North Central   1610     1507    103     6.8%
Northeast       1249     1176     73     6.2%
West Central    1453     1326    127     9.6%
Central         1653     1542    111     7.2%
East Central    1546     1433    113     7.9%
Southwest       1009      961     48     5.0%
South Central    673      643     30     4.7%
Southeast       1241     1166     75     6.4%

By County:
                1994     1993    1993-1994 Change
County Name   $/acre   $/acre      $     %
Adair            850      807      43     5.3%
Adams            884      832      52     6.3%
Allamakee        813      732      81    11.1%
Appanoose        568      560       8     1.4%
Audubon         1378     1275     103     8.1%
Benton          1566     1464     102     7.0%
Black Hawk      1654     1586      68     4.3%
Boone           1727     1590     137     8.6%
Bremer          1451     1358      93     6.8%
Buchanan        1460     1382      78     5.6%
Buena Vista     1760     1695      65     3.8%
Butler          1524     1447      77     5.3%
Calhoun         1758     1724      34     2.0%
Carroll         1579     1571       8     0.5%
Cass            1169     1081      88     8.1%
Cedar           1738     1645      93     5.7%
Cerro Gordo     1587     1503      84     5.6%
Cherokee        1532     1451      81     5.6%
Chickasaw       1183     1106      77     7.0%
Clarke           664      656       8     1.2%
Clay            1638     1564      74     4.7%
Clayton         1077      928     149    16.1%
Clinton         1374     1315      59     4.5%
Crawford        1378     1309      69     5.3%
Dallas          1419     1296     123     9.5%
Davis            751      694      57     8.2%
Decatur          538      540      -2    -0.4%
Delaware        1531     1417     114     8.0%
Des Moines      1345     1252      93     7.4%
Dickinson       1489     1434      55     3.8%
Dubuque         1354     1251     103     8.2%
Emmet           1720     1612     108     6.7%
Fayette         1330     1235      95     7.7%
Floyd           1387     1311      76     5.8%
Franklin        1672     1583      89     5.6%
Fremont         1117     1076      41     3.8%
Greene          1536     1502      34     2.3%
Grundy          1766     1660     106     6.4%
Guthrie         1244     1130     114    10.1%
Hamilton        1892     1758     134     7.6%
Hancock         1673     1571     102     6.5%
Hardin          1716     1616     100     6.2%
Harrison        1196     1090     106     9.7%
Henry           1295     1208      87     7.2%
Howard          1055      976      79     8.1%
Humboldt        1820     1709     111     6.5%
Ida             1547     1456      91     6.3%
Iowa            1365     1258     107     8.5%
Jackson         1176     1107      69     6.2%
Jasper          1420     1319     101     7.7%
Jefferson        997      927      70     7.6%
Johnson         1697     1544     153     9.9%
Jones           1305     1224      81     6.6%
Keokuk          1226     1168      58     5.0%
Kossuth         1792     1650     142     8.6%
Lee             1128     1036      92     8.9%
Linn            1678     1579      99     6.3%
Louisa          1506     1447      59     4.1%
Lucas            608      612      -4    -0.7%
Lyon            1482     1437      45     3.1%
Madison         1013      983      30     3.1%
Mahaska         1222     1153      69     6.0%
Marion          1108     1058      50     4.7%
Marshall        1505     1410      95     6.7%
Mills           1174     1091      83     7.6%
Mitchell        1319     1250      69     5.5%
Monona          1162     1065      97     9.1%
Monroe           758      715      43     6.0%
Montgomery      1034      993      41     4.1%
Muscatine       1603     1498     105     7.0%
O'Brien         1868     1807      61     3.4%
Osceola         1627     1578      49     3.1%
Page             919      887      32     3.6%
Palo Alto       1655     1540     115     7.5%
Plymouth        1576     1415     161    11.4%
Pocahontas      1781     1684      97     5.8%
Polk            1495     1427      68     4.8%
Pottawattamie   1236     1138      98     8.6%
Poweshiek       1371     1258     113     9.0%
Ringgold         633      626       7     1.1%
Sac             1648     1639       9     0.5%
Scott           2119     2017     102     5.1%
Shelby          1298     1186     112     9.4%
Sioux           1685     1562     123     7.9%
Story           1792     1654     138     8.3%
Tama            1436     1330     106     8.0%
Taylor           732      712      20     2.8%
Union            768      751      17     2.3%
Van Buren        844      773      71     9.2%
Wapello          907      833      74     8.9%
Warren          1083     1050      33     3.1%
Washington      1603     1501     102     6.8%
Wayne            597      607     -10    -1.6%
Webster         1852     1721     131     7.6%
Winnebago       1527     1446      81     5.6%
Winneshiek      1064      976      88     9.0%
Woodbury        1282     1168     114     9.8%
Worth           1471     1402      69     4.9%
Wright          1890     1763     127     7.2%

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