Hawaii County, HI: land and buildings $8,886 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.09 since 1996. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 15001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
The July average nightly low for 2017-2026 was 58.8 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 57.7 F, and no July since 1900 has averaged at or above 70 F. Land was valued at $8,886 per acre in 2022, up 28.2 percent from 2017 at 5.1 percent a year.
Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$8,886/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth HI median $12,660 · lowest of 4
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.03
2016–2025, closed crop years
Farmland rented
57%
2022 census, rented from others HI median 39% · highest of 4
Cash rent
Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land value
Land and buildings, 2022$8,886/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,985/ac
Census 2017$6,934/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+28.2%+5.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield
County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
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.
Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$2.03
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.94claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.09$42.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 24
Worst year2023ratio 3.25
Largest causes of loss, 1996–2025heat and drought 41% · excess moisture 29% · other 23%share of dollars paid
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025103 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201039 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.8 °F1991–2020 normal 57.7 °F
Rain, April to September28.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Land, water and programs
Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland219 ac
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland1,782 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland1,486 ac
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
CRP enrolled, 20256,172 ac17.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028602 ac10% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$17/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202574.8 MW solar · 31.6 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022100,946+2.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202257%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Hawaii County, Hawaii. 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/hawaii/hawaii-county Every 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.