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Cash rent for pasture: Kauai County, Hawaii
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, 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, 2024
$21.50 an acre
Down 12.2% from $24.50 in 2023
Hawaii, 2026
$15 an acre
Up 25.0% from $12 in 2025
United States, 2026
$16.50 an acre
Up 6.5% from $15.50 in 2025
Kauai CountyHawaiiUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 2024, Kauai County's rent was 2.5 times the Hawaii average and 1.4 times the US average.
- It is the highest of the 2 Hawaii counties NASS published for 2024.
- From 2010 to 2024 it rose 79.2%, from $12 to $21.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Kauai figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2021, 2022, 2025 and 2026 it combined Kauai into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008, 2009, 2012, 2019 and 2020. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Kauai County | Hawaii | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $15 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $12 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $21.50 | $8.70 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $24.50 | $7 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $7 | $14 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $15 | $13 |
| 2020 | Not available | $11 | $13 |
| 2019 | Not available | $16 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $24.50 | $12 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $13.50 | $12 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | $17 | $15 | $12 |
| 2013 | $16.50 | $13.50 | $12 |
| 2012 | Not available | $15.50 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $14 | $17.50 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $12 | $23 | $11 |
| 2009 | Not available | $20 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $20 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | No figure | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | No figure | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | No figure | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | No figure | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | No figure | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | No figure | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | No figure | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | No figure | $8.80 |
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Every Hawaii county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure.
- All published values (1 county)
- Not published separately (4 counties, $21 an acre combined)
NASS combined Honolulu County, Kalawao County, Kauai County and Maui County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Kauai: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii County | $14 | 3.5% |
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, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Kauai is 9.4% (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.