Who Owns the Land? County Map of Out-of-State & Absentee Owners
Every county we publish, shaded by the share of owners who live somewhere else — counted from each county's own parcel roll across 611 counties in 9 states.
Absentee owners
- Under 30%
- 30–45%
- 45–60%
- 60–75%
- 75% and up
- No owner-location data
- Not yet covered
Share of property owners whose mailing address is not the parcel's own address. Hover a county for its number; click to open its page.
Highest absentee owners share
| # | County | State | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilchrist County | Florida | 97% |
| 2 | Mills County | Texas | 95% |
| 3 | Newton County | Texas | 94% |
| 4 | Morris County | Texas | 90% |
| 5 | Refugio County | Texas | 90% |
| 6 | Winston County | Mississippi | 90% |
| 7 | Dawson County | Texas | 90% |
| 8 | Matagorda County | Texas | 89% |
| 9 | Rusk County | Texas | 89% |
| 10 | Dixie County | Florida | 88% |
| 11 | Lee County | Texas | 88% |
| 12 | Mitchell County | Texas | 87% |
| 13 | Jefferson County | Mississippi | 87% |
| 14 | Freestone County | Texas | 86% |
| 15 | Karnes County | Texas | 86% |
Shares at or above 99.5% are left off this ranking: they come from how a county records parcel addresses, not from where owners live. Every county's full numbers are on its state's statistics page with a CSV download.
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<p>Source: <a href="https://landleaddirectory.com/statistics/map">Land Lead Directory land ownership map</a></p>How the map is made
- Counts come from each county's published parcel roll; county outlines are US Census boundaries.
- Absentee and out-of-state shares are shares of owners with a mailing address. Counties whose parcel addresses can't support the mailing-vs-parcel comparison (all of Arkansas, for example) are hatched.
- Gray counties are in states we cover but haven't published yet; other states aren't covered.
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