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.
Read moreFree, transparent data on land ownership across every rural county in the United States. Search by state and county to see who holds the land.
Search any U.S. county for land ownership data
Select a state and county to see ownership data.
We aggregate public parcel and assessment records to paint a clear picture of who owns the land in rural counties.
See how land breaks down between local residents, out-of-county owners, and out-of-state holders for every county.
Total acres held by each ownership class, so you can see how much land is controlled by non-residents.
Identify the biggest non-local landowners in any county, ranked by acreage or assessed value.
How many individual parcels exist in a county and how they distribute across owner types.
See the total assessed value of land and improvements, broken down by owner residency class.
Color-coded parcel maps showing ownership by residency, making patterns visible at a glance.
Land ownership shapes the future of rural communities. Transparency is the first step toward informed local decisions.
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.
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.
Analysis and stories about who owns rural America and why it matters.
We analyzed assessor records across all 105 Kansas counties to see how much land is held by out-of-state owners.
Read moreOver the past two decades, non-resident ownership has accelerated. Here is what the data shows and what it means for local communities.
Read moreA practical guide to understanding parcel records, assessed values, and ownership classifications in public data.
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