Recent data from Lands of America shows $1 billion in land and ranches for sale for sale in the Volunteer State. This represents a total of 226,581 acres of land for sale in the state. The most expensive piece of land listed for sale on Lands of America recently was $13 million, though the median price for land and rural property for sale in Tennessee was $276,720. The average price of land and ranches for sale in Tennessee was $442,350. Based on comps submitted through the Lands of America Comparable Sales program last month, Tennessee is among the country's top five states for land sold during the month. This reflects an eight percent increase in sales activity over the previous month, with a combined land value of $14.3 million for all property and land sold in the state. The Volunteer State is home to 29 major reservoirs and 19, 000 miles of warm- and cold-water streams, where anglers can wet a line for over 300 species of fish including crappie, bass, trout and catfish. Big-game species in Tennessee include bear, deer, red deer and turkey and elk. With numerous opportunities to hunt species including deer, boar and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in Tennessee. The financial publication Kiplinger has ranked the state among the ten best states for retirees based on factors including property and income taxes, health care and cost of living. The state has also been ranked among the ten best states for the cost of living by U.S. News & World Report. Of Tennessee's 95 counties, Cumberland County had the most land and acreage for sale. In terms of its size, Tennessee is the country's 36th-largest state, covering an area of 42,146 square miles (27 million acres). Of its total landmass, 41,235 square miles (98 percent) is land, while the remaining 909 square miles is made up of water.