Recent internal data shows $1 billion in land and ranches for sale for sale in Tennessee. This represents a combined 324,874 acres of land for sale in the state (accounting for roughly one percent of land in the state). Of the 95 counties in Tennessee, Greene County had the most land and rural real estate for sale. The most expensive piece of land listed for sale in Tennessee on Lands of America recently was $33 million, while the median price for land for sale in Tennessee came in at $326,488. The average price of land, homesites and other rural acreage for sale in Tennessee was $614,651. 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 a 23 percent increase in sales activity over the previous month, with a combined land value of $14.4 million for all property and land sold in the state. Greene County recorded the most land sales recently 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, turkey and elk. As befits a state with excellent hunting for big and small game like deer, waterfowl and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in Tennessee. The state has also been ranked among the ten best states for the cost of living by U.S. News & World Report. In terms of size, Tennessee is the country's 36th-largest state, covering an area of 42,146 square miles (27 million acres). In total, 41,235 square miles (98 percent) of the state is land, while the remaining 909 square miles is covered by water.