Across the 50 states comprising America, Arizona is the cheapest state to buy land in. The median price per acre sits around $4,100 dollars. The next closest state is New Mexico at $6,000 dollars. The federal government and the state department own roughly 41 million acres of land in Arizona. This land houses national parks, public schools, and historic sites among other things.
The biggest plot of land that is not owned by the state or government is own by a private, family-owned business.
Babbitt Ranch, Flagstaff Arizona
This family-owned business was founded in 1886 by five brothers from Cincinnati, Ohio. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this family business and pioneering land company, raises livestock, manages natural resources, and promotes science. Babbitt Ranches also raises calves with approximately 8,000 head of grass-fed, open range, Hereford cattle grazing on 700,000 acres of private, federal and state land which include the CO Bar, Espee, and Cataract ranches .
Most cattle ranches in the United States are family operated.
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