Kings County, California
Kings County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $22 an acre (2024); land and buildings $10,391 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06031. Figures as of 2026-10-06.
CA median of 2024 surveys $22 · 5th lowest of 13
CA median $437 · tied for 10th lowest of 41
CA median $11,471 · 22nd lowest of 52
CA median $7.22 · 16th highest of 42
CA median 43% · 4th lowest of 55
Water drives this county. Irrigation covers 99 percent of harvested cropland, and groundwater supplies 95 percent of that water, so irrigation failure is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities at 40 percent of $531.7 million in indemnities, paid out as $213.3 million. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 436 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2016 the worst year at 52 weeks. Heat and drought's share of indemnities was 1 percent in 1989-1999, 13 percent in 2000-2009, 15 percent in 2010-2019 and 16 percent in 2020-2025. Non-irrigated cash rent is $22 per acre in 2024, down 55.7 percent from 2012.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published California county rate, side by side: California cash rent by county.
Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County | $22 2024 | $305 | $10,391 | $7.87 |
| Fresno County | $22 | $305 | $16,378 | $5.95 |
| Kern County | $48 2023 | $445 | $10,539 | $4.95 |
| Monterey County | $14 2024 | $1,810 2025 | $12,799 | $5.65 |
| San Luis Obispo County | $27 2023 | $811 | $12,118 | $5.97 |
| Tulare County | $42 | $450 | $15,617 | $5.06 |
| Median next door | $32 2 co. | $448 | $12,799 | $5.65 |
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. Kings County, California. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/california/kings-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.