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Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland: Kauai County, Hawaii

The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.

Up to dateYearly. States at the end of July, counties in August. Last published Aug 21, 2026. Next expected August 2027.

The latest figures and how they have changed

Kauai County, 2023

$100 an acre

Down 45.9% from $185 in 2021

Hawaii, 2026

$194 an acre

Up 2.1% from $190 in 2025

United States, 2026

$146 an acre

Down 0.7% from $147 in 2025

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What the numbers say

In 2023, Kauai County's rent was 0.5 times the Hawaii average and 0.7 times the US average.
It is the lowest of the 2 Hawaii counties NASS published for 2023.
From 2021 to 2023 it fell 45.9%, from $185 to $100 an acre.
Gaps are years with no separate Kauai figure: in 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026 NASS combined Kauai into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2019 and 2020. Nothing is filled in.

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Cash rent: non-irrigated cropland, dollars an acre
Year	Kauai County	Hawaii	United States
2026	Combined into "other counties"	$194	$146
2025	Combined into "other counties"	$190	$147
2024	Combined into "other counties"	$190	$146
2023	$100	$188	$142
2022	Combined into "other counties"	$175	$135
2021	$185	$160	$128
2020	Not available	$230	$126
2019	Not available	$180	$127

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Every Hawaii county, 2025

Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $159 an acre in Maui & Kalawao County to $193 an acre in Hawaii County.

Under $193 (1 county)
$193 and over (1 county)
Not published separately (3 counties, $174 an acre combined)

NASS combined Honolulu County, Kalawao County and Kauai County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.

Kauai: not published separately.

Published Hawaii counties, highest first, 2025
Rank	County	Figure (dollars an acre)	Precision (CV)
1	Hawaii County	$193	12.1%
2	Maui & Kalawao County	$159	98.1%

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey. County estimates released Aug 21, 2026; state and US estimates released Jul 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "RENT, CASH, CROPLAND, NON-IRRIGATED - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Kauai is 12.7% (lower means more precise). Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.

What this measures

NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.