Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $22 an acre (2024); land and buildings $4,578 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Humboldt County runs $22 per acre; irrigated cash rent for 2026 is $405 per acre. Land value in the 2022 census was $4,578 per acre, up 48.2 percent from 2017-2022, or 8.2 percent a year. Irrigation covers 76 percent of harvested cropland, and 71 percent of that water came from groundwater in 2015. Drought was present in 274 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2014 the worst year at 52 weeks, and 77 weeks from 2021-2025. July nightly lows averaged 54.7 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 53.8 F, warming at 0.46 F per decade since 1976.
CA median of 2024 surveys $22 · tied for 6th lowest of 13
CA median $431 · 16th lowest of 40
CA median $11,471 · 11th lowest of 52
CA median 43% · 18th highest of 55
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt County | $22 2024 | $405 | $4,578 | — |
| Del Norte County | — | $620 | $10,206 | — |
| Mendocino County | — | $1,290 | $6,511 | $7.96 |
| Siskiyou County | $21 2023 | $250 | $4,174 | $27.49 |
| Trinity County | — | — | $2,661 | — |
| Median next door | — | $620 | $5,343 | $17.73 2 co. |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Humboldt County, California. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/california/humboldt-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.