Farm Census

Hawaii farms by county

2022 Census of Agriculture · 4 counties

6,569 farms1,053,302 acres in farms160 acres per farm on average

Hawaii farms sold $674 million of products in 2022, 46th among the 50 states.

Its average farm size is the ninth-smallest among the states.

Fruit and nuts: 24.4%Fruit and nuts24.4%Vegetables and melons: 17.8%Vegetables and melons17.8%Nursery and greenhouse: 17.8%Nursery and greenhouse17.8%Grains and oilseeds: 16.2%Grains and oilseeds16.2%Aquaculture: 12.9%Aquaculture12.9%Cattle and calves: 6.3%6.3%Poultry and eggs: 2.6%2.6%Other animals: 0.9%0.9%Sheep and goats: 0.4%0.4%Horses and mules: 0.1%Hay and other crops: 0.1%Christmas trees: 0.1%Fruit and nuts: 24.4%Fruit and nuts24.4%Vegetables and melons: 17.8%17.8%Nursery and greenhouse: 17.8%Nursery and greenhouse17.8%Grains and oilseeds: 16.2%Grains and oilseeds16.2%Aquaculture: 12.9%Aquaculture12.9%Cattle and calves: 6.3%6.3%Poultry and eggs: 2.6%2.6%Other animals: 0.9%Sheep and goats: 0.4%Horses and mules: 0.1%Hay and other crops: 0.1%Christmas trees: 0.1%
What Hawaii farms sold in 2022. Withheld to protect individual farms: milk and hogs and pigs.

Which county leads each crop and animal

The county with the largest published figure for each item, and how much of the state total it holds. Items are ordered by how important Hawaii is for them nationally.

Crop or animalLeading countyIts share of the stateCounties with figures
CitrusHonolulu County1.2%2
Orchard landHawaii County56.7%4
GoatsHawaii County51.4%4
Sheep and lambsHawaii County40.2%2
Beef cowsHawaii County77.0%2
VegetablesHonolulu County57.7%4
Horses and poniesHawaii County52.4%4
Cattle and calvesHawaii County76.7%4
Laying hensHonolulu County93.3%4
PotatoesHawaii County92.6%1
Hogs and pigsHonolulu County41.3%4
SunflowerMaui and Kalawao County100%1
Milk cowsHawaii County97.0%1
ApplesMaui and Kalawao County41.7%3

Every county in Hawaii

Sorted by farm sales. None of these counties stands out enough nationally or within the state for a profile page of its own.

CountyFarmsAvg acresSalesLargest group
Hawaii County3,638166$290.3MFruit and nuts
Honolulu County1,00260$192.8MVegetables and melons
Kauai County524249$96.7MFruit and nuts
Maui and Kalawao County1,405184$93.9MFruit and nuts

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms7,328−10.4%
Land in farms, acres1,135,352−7.2%
Average farm size, acres155+3.2%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$564 million+19.5%

Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.