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 694 counties in 9 states.
Vacant land
- Under 15%
- 15–30%
- 30–45%
- 45–60%
- 60% and up
- No owner-location data
- Not yet covered
Share of all parcels that are vacant land under the county's own land-use codes. Hover a county for its number; click to open its page.
Highest vacant land share
| # | County | State | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winston County | Mississippi | 94% |
| 2 | Montgomery County | Mississippi | 94% |
| 3 | King County | Texas | 92% |
| 4 | Borden County | Texas | 89% |
| 5 | Jones County | Texas | 84% |
| 6 | Glasscock County | Texas | 79% |
| 7 | McMullen County | Texas | 78% |
| 8 | Kinney County | Texas | 78% |
| 9 | Kent County | Texas | 77% |
| 10 | Roberts County | Texas | 77% |
| 11 | Motley County | Texas | 77% |
| 12 | Fulton County | Arkansas | 76% |
| 13 | Sharp County | Arkansas | 76% |
| 14 | Izard County | Arkansas | 76% |
| 15 | Jeff Davis County | Texas | 75% |
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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