Public Land Data

Who owns rural America?

Free, transparent data on land ownership across every rural county in the United States. Search by state and county to see who holds the land.

County Ownership Lookup

Search any U.S. county for land ownership data

Select a state and county to see ownership data.

Total Parcels
Local Owners
Out-of-County
Out-of-State
Assessed Value

What you'll find

We aggregate public parcel and assessment records to paint a clear picture of who owns the land in rural counties.

Ownership by Residency

See how land breaks down between local residents, out-of-county owners, and out-of-state holders for every county.

Acreage Owned

Total acres held by each ownership class, so you can see how much land is controlled by non-residents.

Largest Outside Landholders

Identify the biggest non-local landowners in any county, ranked by acreage or assessed value.

Parcel Counts

How many individual parcels exist in a county and how they distribute across owner types.

Assessed Values

See the total assessed value of land and improvements, broken down by owner residency class.

Ownership Maps

Color-coded parcel maps showing ownership by residency, making patterns visible at a glance.

Why this matters

Land ownership shapes the future of rural communities. Transparency is the first step toward informed local decisions.

The quiet shift no one tracks

Across rural America, farmland and ranchland is changing hands, often moving from local families to distant investors. County assessor records are public, but they are scattered across thousands of offices, each with different formats and systems.

Aubaine does the hard work of standardizing that data and making it searchable. We believe communities deserve to know who owns the land around them, not because ownership is wrong, but because transparency keeps markets fair and communities strong.

Built on public records

Every data point on Aubaine comes from publicly available county assessor and parcel records. We do not collect private information. We organize what is already public into a format that is actually useful.

40% of U.S. farmland is rented, often to operators who don't own the ground they work
3,143 counties in the United States, each with its own assessor records and formats
$2.7T estimated total value of U.S. farm real estate as of 2024
98% of rural counties have no centralized, searchable ownership database

From the blog

Analysis and stories about who owns rural America and why it matters.

Analysis · Coming soon

Who really owns Kansas farmland? A county-by-county breakdown

We analyzed assessor records across all 105 Kansas counties to see how much land is held by out-of-state owners.

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Trends · Coming soon

The rise of out-of-state land ownership in the Great Plains

Over the past two decades, non-resident ownership has accelerated. Here is what the data shows and what it means for local communities.

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How-to · Coming soon

How to read your county's assessor data

A practical guide to understanding parcel records, assessed values, and ownership classifications in public data.

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