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Out-of-State Landowner Mailing Rows by County: 2026 Report

Ranked county tables within current covered states, built from public parcel-record mailing rows with source vintages, methodology, and an aggregate CSV.

Coverage: Tennessee, Florida, and Montana (207 counties across 3 states) · Source data 2026 final roll–2026-09 monthly export · Updated 2026-10-01

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How to read these rankings

Concentration tables

Use the share rankings to find counties where out-of-state or absentee classifications make up a larger portion of mailable public-record rows.

Volume table

Use the raw-row ranking to find deeper files. High volume does not establish unique people, motivation, deliverability, or likely deals.

Key findings

  • In Walton County, FL, 36% of mailable public-record rows have an out-of-state address — the highest concentration in the covered states.
  • Lee County, FL has the highest raw volume (141,901 out-of-state mailing rows).
  • Across 66 qualifying counties, Florida shows a 14% weighted out-of-state mailing-row share.

Top counties by out-of-state mailing-row share

Counties where the largest share of mailable public-record rows carry an address outside the parcel's state. Counties under 500 mailable rows are excluded from share rankings as too small to compare responsibly.

#CountyStateOut-of-state-row shareMailable rowsSource vintage
1Walton CountyFL36%94,5442026 preliminary roll
2Monroe CountyFL35%89,1612026 preliminary roll
3Gulf CountyFL35%20,1682026 preliminary roll
4Charlotte CountyFL30%222,6232026 preliminary roll
5Franklin CountyFL30%18,4782026 preliminary roll
6Sevier CountyTN29%86,1142026-09 monthly export
7Pickett CountyTN27%6,3372026-09 monthly export
8Madison CountyMT27%19,0002026-06 cadastral
9Lee CountyFL25%561,4692026 preliminary roll
10Wibaux CountyMT25%2,2152026-06 cadastral
11Bay CountyFL25%131,0602026 preliminary roll
12Collier CountyFL24%297,6152026 preliminary roll
13Sarasota CountyFL24%307,1772026 preliminary roll
14Calhoun CountyFL22%13,2772026 preliminary roll
15Putnam CountyFL22%98,0362026 preliminary roll
16Johnson CountyTN21%15,4502026-09 monthly export
17Van Buren CountyTN21%8,3652026-09 monthly export
18Suwannee CountyFL21%38,9232026 preliminary roll
19Bledsoe CountyTN21%12,9092026-09 monthly export
20Park CountyMT21%15,6072026-06 cadastral
21Campbell CountyTN21%30,6392026-09 monthly export
22Cumberland CountyTN20%72,5182026-09 monthly export
23Carter CountyMT19%8,0032026-06 cadastral
24Highlands CountyFL19%112,4852026 preliminary roll
25Carbon CountyMT19%14,5922026-06 cadastral

Top counties by absentee mailing-row share

Absentee and out-of-state rows are separate source-derived classifications based on mailing-address comparisons; source semantics do not guarantee that one count nests inside the other. Neither classification establishes unique people or motivated sellers.

#CountyStateAbsentee-row shareMailable rowsSource vintage
1Gilchrist CountyFL97%14,7462026 preliminary roll
2Dixie CountyFL88%16,3832026 preliminary roll
3DeSoto CountyFL85%20,1992026 preliminary roll
4Pasco CountyFL83%335,7342026 preliminary roll
5Monroe CountyFL83%89,1612026 preliminary roll
6Glades CountyFL82%11,5172026 preliminary roll
7Calhoun CountyFL81%13,2772026 preliminary roll
8Gulf CountyFL80%20,1682026 preliminary roll
9Pickett CountyTN79%6,3372026-09 monthly export
10Grundy CountyTN79%12,6692026-09 monthly export
11Perry CountyTN79%10,4192026-09 monthly export
12Lafayette CountyFL78%7,4632026 preliminary roll
13Hardin CountyTN77%57,9842026-09 monthly export
14Decatur CountyTN77%15,0482026-09 monthly export
15Hardeman CountyTN77%22,1902026-09 monthly export
16Van Buren CountyTN76%8,3652026-09 monthly export
17Scott CountyTN76%17,5942026-09 monthly export
18Jackson CountyFL76%40,3002026 preliminary roll
19Wayne CountyTN75%14,1142026-09 monthly export
20Madison CountyFL75%16,4832026 preliminary roll
21Bledsoe CountyTN75%12,9092026-09 monthly export
22Clay CountyTN75%7,7752026-09 monthly export
23Franklin CountyFL75%18,4782026 preliminary roll
24Sevier CountyTN75%86,1142026-09 monthly export
25Hendry CountyFL74%35,7002026 preliminary roll

Counties with the most out-of-state mailing rows

Absolute count of public-record rows with an out-of-state mailing address. This volume cut shows file depth rather than concentration, unique people, or likely deal count.

#CountyStateOut-of-state rowsMailable rowsSource vintage
1Lee CountyFL141,901561,4692026 preliminary roll
2Palm Beach CountyFL88,940657,4902026 preliminary roll
3Broward CountyFL77,119754,5492026 preliminary roll
4Sarasota CountyFL73,622307,1772026 preliminary roll
5Collier CountyFL72,600297,6152026 preliminary roll
6Charlotte CountyFL67,793222,6232026 preliminary roll
7Polk CountyFL63,929435,6502026 preliminary roll
8Pinellas CountyFL57,601433,7702026 preliminary roll
9Miami-Dade CountyFL50,629930,5712026 preliminary roll
10Orange CountyFL46,795493,4602026 preliminary roll
11Pasco CountyFL46,517335,7342026 preliminary roll
12Hillsborough CountyFL44,769527,6362026 preliminary roll
13Brevard CountyFL41,573349,4602026 preliminary roll
14Manatee CountyFL39,136236,5312026 preliminary roll
15Duval CountyFL39,011404,0232026 preliminary roll
16Marion CountyFL38,770286,1482026 preliminary roll
17Osceola CountyFL38,425214,3142026 preliminary roll
18Volusia CountyFL37,867310,9412026 preliminary roll
19Walton CountyFL34,21994,5442026 preliminary roll
20Bay CountyFL32,348131,0602026 preliminary roll
21Monroe CountyFL31,53589,1612026 preliminary roll
22Citrus CountyFL26,893147,8152026 final roll
23Escambia CountyFL26,826171,4782026 preliminary roll
24Sevier CountyTN25,14486,1142026-09 monthly export
25Highlands CountyFL21,588112,4852026 preliminary roll

State roll-up

Out-of-state mailing-row share by state, weighted by mailable rows (total out-of-state rows ÷ total mailable rows across each state's qualifying counties).

StateOut-of-state rateCounties
Florida14%66
Montana12%56
Tennessee9%85

Methodology and evidence limits

Every figure is derived from normalized public parcel or assessment records. A row is classified as out of state when its mailing state differs from the parcel state, and absentee when its mailing address does not match the parcel address. These are separate source-derived classifications; source normalization does not guarantee that one count nests inside the other.

Counts and shares describe public-record mailing rows. They do not establish verified unique people, seller motivation, deliverability, response rate, property quality, or likely deal count. The same party may appear in more than one underlying record where a source or normalization process does not collapse it.

Counties without a reliable mailing-address comparison are omitted from the rankings rather than backfilled. Share rankings also exclude counties with fewer than 500 mailable rows, because a high percentage over a small file is not a stable comparison.

Sources contributing ranked rows:

  • Florida DOR
  • Montana State Library cadastral
  • Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury

This edition:

This edition was rebuilt on 2026-10-01 from each county's current source file. Florida: Florida DOR, 2026 preliminary roll (66 counties) and 2026 final roll (1 county), downloaded 2026-09-24. Montana: Montana State Library cadastral, 2026-06 cadastral (56 counties), downloaded 2026-06-12. Tennessee: Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, 2026-09 monthly export (86 counties), downloaded 2026-09-24.

Correction: the July 2026 edition ranked Charlotte County, FL first at 51% out of state. That figure came from only 9,490 rows, because a parser error dropped most of Charlotte's owner records (the county's owner street sits in a different address field). On the 2026 roll Charlotte has 222,623 mailable rows, 30% of them out of state. The July edition's other Florida figures came from the 2025 final roll; this edition uses the 2026 roll for every Florida county.

Coverage is computed from the qualifying rows in this edition; it is not presented as a national census. Open any county from the tables to inspect its source vintage and additional caveats on the canonical county page.

Cite this report

Land Lead Directory. “Out-of-State Landowner Mailing Rows by County: 2026 Report.” Updated 2026-10-01. https://landleaddirectory.com/reports/out-of-state-landowner-report-2026

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