Farmland Atlas · county record

Maui County, Hawaii

Maui County, HI: land and buildings $12,084 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 2.25 since 2018. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 15009. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigation reaches 86 percent of harvested cropland here, with 17 percent of that water drawn from groundwater as of 2015. Land is valued at $12,084 per acre as of the 2022 census, up 5.4 percent over 2017-2022, 1.1 percent a year. Drought pressure has shifted: heat and drought accounted for 0 percent of crop insurance indemnities in 2010-2019, but 42 percent in 2020-2025, and the county spent 67 weeks in severe drought or worse during 2021-2025, against 118 of 1357 weeks for the full 2000-2025 stretch. The loss ratio over 2017-2025 stands at 3.25, above the 1995-2025 figure of 2.25. July nights average 67.2 F for 2017-2026, above the 66.4 F normal for 1991-2020.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land and buildings

$12,084/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
HI median $12,660 · 2nd 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

$6.11

2017–2025, closed crop years

Farmland rented

19%

2022 census, rented from others
HI median 39% · lowest of 4

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$12,084/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$9,836/ac

Census 2017$11,466/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+5.4%+1.1% 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 1995. 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, 2017–2025$6.11

Loss ratio, 2017–20253.25claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1995–20252.25$4.2 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 2018–2025other 50% · heat and drought 37% · wind 11%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, 2000–2025118 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202232 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202567 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.2 °F1991–2020 normal 66.4 °F

Rain, April to September21.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% 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, 202286%

Farmed no-till, 20221% of cropland494 ac

Cover crops, 20224% of cropland2,433 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20257 ac

CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac

Solar and wind operating, 202568.5 MW solar · 75 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202213,442−29.6% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202219%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Land value	Claims per $100
Maui County	$12,084	$6.11
Kalawao County	—	—
Median next door	—	—

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. Maui 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/maui-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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