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Kauai County, Hawaii

Kauai County, HI: land and buildings $13,236 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 15007. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Census value of land and buildings in 2022 stood at $13,236 per acre, with a change of 47.4 percent from 2017-2022, or 8.1 percent a year. July average nightly low for 2017-2026 was 68.4 F, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67 F, and no July since 1900 has averaged 70 F or above; the July average low first reached 66 F in the 1990s. Drought has been a small factor: 3 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw severe drought or worse, all 3 in 2021-2025, with 2022 the worst year at 3 weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$13,236/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
HI median $12,660 · 2nd highest 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
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
22%
2022 census, rented from others
HI median 39% · 2nd lowest of 4

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$13,236/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,600/ac
Census 2017$8,982/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+47.4%+8.1% 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 1994. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025030

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, 2000–20253 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20223 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20253 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.4 °F1991–2020 normal 67.0 °F
Rain, April to September31.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.0 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 cropland41 ac
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland439 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland1,737 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021020

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202580 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202213,893−7.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202222%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Kauai 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/kauai-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.

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