Country profile
The United States
For the United States, Rare Context holds 2,739 assets and rights in 4 classes, farmland prices for 50 regions and figures on mine production, reserves and cash rent. It is the largest producer of diatomite, soda ash, gypsum and 4 more commodities among the countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for the United States.
- Data centers260 · 11,978 MW
- Power plants1,635 · 1,121,410 MW
- Water rights800 · 137,192,379 acre-ft/year
- Carbon projects44 · 210,916,921 tCO2e
Farmland prices
The United States: $6,020/acre for cropland and $4,500/acre for farm real estate in 2026.
- Cropland
- Farm real estate
- Pasture
| Year | Cropland | Farm real estate | Pasture |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6,020 | 4,500 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 5,830 | 4,350 | 1,920 |
| 2024 | 5,570 | 4,170 | 1,830 |
| 2023 | 5,320 | 3,970 | 1,740 |
| 2022 | 4,940 | 3,720 | 1,630 |
Values in USD/acre.
Mine production and reserves
55 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where the United States ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diatomite | 720,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 13 | 250,000,000 t | #1 of 5 |
| Soda ash, natural | 12,000,000 t/year +3% | #1 of 5 | 23,000,000,000 t | #1 of 5 |
| Gypsum | 20,000,000 t/year −4% | #1 of 19 | 700,000,000 t | #4 of 9 |
| Beryllium, beryllium content | 230 t/year 0% | #1 of 7 | — | — |
| Clays, bentonite | 4,100,000 t/year +3% | #1 of 11 | — | — |
| Clays, fuller’s earth | 2,400,000 t/year −2% | #1 of 7 | — | — |
| Sand and gravel (industrial) | 120,000,000 t/year −8% | #1 of 20 | — | — |
| Talc and pyrophyllite, crude | 490,000 t/year +7% | #1 of 2 | 140,000,000 t | only one listed |
| Vermiculite | 100,000 t/year 0% | #2 of 11 | 25,000,000 t | #1 of 6 |
| Rare earths, rare-earth-oxide (REO) equivalent | 51,000 t/year +12% | #2 of 12 | 1,900,000 t | #6 of 11 |
45 more commodities
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt | 40,000,000 t/year −1% | #2 of 23 | — | — |
| Molybdenum, molybdenum content | 40,000 t/year +18% | #3 of 15 | 3,500,000 t | #2 of 15 |
| Garnet (industrial) | 77,000 t/year +4% | #3 of 6 | 5,000,000 t | #3 of 4 |
| Phosphate rock, marketable phosphate rock | 20,000,000 t/year +3% | #3 of 24 | 1,000,000,000 t | #9 of 24 |
| Perlite | 460,000 t/year +2% | #4 of 14 | 50,000,000 t | #2 of 5 |
| Rhenium, rhenium content | 9.8 t/year +5% | #4 of 8 | 400 t | #2 of 6 |
| Lead, lead content | 280,000 t/year −8% | #4 of 12 | 4,600,000 t | #6 of 11 |
| Mica (natural), scrap and flake | 26,000 t/year +8% | #4 of 10 | — | — |
| Zirconium, gross weight | 100,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 9 | — | — |
| Gold, gold content | 160 t/year −2% | #5 of 13 | 3,000 t | #7 of 13 |
| Clays, kaolin | 4,800,000 t/year +3% | #5 of 10 | — | — |
| Palladium | 6.2 t/year −39% | #5 of 5 | — | — |
| Platinum | 1.8 t/year −40% | #5 of 5 | — | — |
| Copper, copper content | 1,000,000 t/year −5% | #6 of 14 | 47,000,000 t | #7 of 14 |
| Zinc, zinc content | 670,000 t/year −12% | #6 of 10 | 9,300,000 t | #7 of 9 |
| Zeolites (natural) | 80,000 t/year +4% | #7 of 13 | — | — |
| Silver, silver content | 1,100 t/year +5% | #8 of 14 | 23,000 t | #8 of 12 |
| Nickel, nickel content | 10,000 t/year +34% | #9 of 9 | 340,000 t | #9 of 9 |
| Potash, K2O equivalent | 500,000 t/year +22% | #10 of 12 | 220,000,000 t | #5 of 10 |
| Iron ore, iron content | 24,000,000 t/year −16% | #10 of 17 | 2,700,000,000 t | #7 of 17 |
| Iron ore, usable ore | 38,000,000 t/year −16% | #10 of 17 | — | — |
| Titanium mineral concentrates, ilmenite | 100,000 t/year 0% | #11 of 11 | 2,000,000 t | #9 of 9 |
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite | 440,000 t/year −2% | #11 of 11 | — | — |
| Pumice and pumicite | 430,000 t/year +5% | #11 of 16 | — | — |
| Peat | 330,000 t/year 0% | #12 of 12 | 150,000,000 t | #7 of 8 |
| Cobalt, cobalt content | 300 t/year +50% | #12 of 12 | 70,000 t | #12 of 12 |
| Bromine, bromine content | — | — | 11,000,000 t | #1 of 3 |
| Iodine, elemental iodine | — | — | 250,000 t | #3 of 7 |
| Potash, recoverable ore | — | — | 970,000,000 t | #3 of 4 |
| Lithium, lithium content | — | — | 4,400,000 t | #4 of 10 |
| Niobium (columbium), niobium content | — | — | 210,000 t | #4 of 5 |
| Platinum-group metals, platinum-group-metal (PGM) content | — | — | 590 t | #4 of 5 |
| Vanadium, vanadium content | — | — | 50 t | #6 of 6 |
| Chromium, ore | — | — | 8,500,000 t 2024 | #7 of 8 |
| Zirconium, ZrO2 content | — | — | 500,000 t | #7 of 9 |
| Chromium, Cr2O3 content | — | — | 630,000 t | #8 of 8 |
| Antimony, antimony content | — | — | 60,000 t | #9 of 13 |
| Magnesium compounds, magnesium oxide (MgO) content | — | — | 35,000,000 t | #10 of 12 |
| Iron ore, crude ore | — | — | 3,600,000,000 t | #11 of 17 |
| Bauxite, dry weight | — | — | 20,000,000 t | #13 of 13 |
| Boron | — | — | 48,000,000 t | only one listed |
| Kyanite and related minerals, kyanite | 80,000 t/year +2% | only one listed | — | — |
| Sand and gravel (construction) | 870,000,000 t/year −1% | only one listed | — | — |
| Stone (crushed) | 1,500,000,000 t/year 0% | only one listed | — | — |
| Stone (dimension) | 2,300,000 t/year 0% | only one listed | — | — |
World rank among the countries the USGS lists for each commodity, largest first. A percentage is the change on the year before.
Cash rent
- Cropland
- Irrigated cropland
- Non-irrigated cropland
- Pasture
| Year | Cropland | Irrigated cropland | Non-irrigated cropland | Pasture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 160 | 244 | 146 | 16.5 |
| 2025 | 161 | 244 | 147 | 15.5 |
| 2024 | 160 | 245 | 146 | 15.5 |
| 2023 | 155 | 237 | 142 | 15 |
| 2022 | 148 | 227 | 135 | 14 |
Values in USD/acre/year.
Largest owners in the United States
By number of assets and rights they own, operate or hold here. Grid operators and users are not counted.
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co.76
- U S Bureau of Reclamation53
- Amazon Data Services, Inc.52
- Entergy Louisiana LLC25
- Nevada Irrigation District25
- Tennessee Valley Authority24
- Invenergy Services LLC23
- Southern California Edison Co23
- Microsoft Corporation21
- DTE Electric Company19
- Google19
- Leeward Asset Management, LLC19
Data on this page
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- Colorado DWR REST API. Colorado DWR REST API, CDSS Terms of Use, https.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- eWRIMS Water Rights List. eWRIMS Water Rights List, Public domain.
- This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.. NASS Quick Stats API, Public domain.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, CC0 1.0.