Farm Subsidies by County

Top 5,000 counties ranked by total farm subsidy payments from 2017 to 2025.

Counties

5,000

#1 County

$806.6M

Top County

Tulare, CA

Avg per County

$29.2M

💡 Key Insight

The top 100 counties received $23.73B —16% of all county-level subsidies from just 2.0% of counties.

#	County	State	Payments	Amount
1	Tulare	California	27,777	$806.6M
2	Fresno	California	22,175	$652.2M
3	Gaines	Texas	44,946	$448.2M
4	Merced	California	20,388	$432.1M
5	Stanislaus	California	19,733	$394.1M
6	San Joaquin	California	16,403	$385.2M
7	Kern	California	10,301	$377.4M
8	District of Columbia	Florida	91	$375.0M
9	Whitman	Washington	61,856	$325.0M
10	Brown	South Dakota	41,835	$320.3M
11	Hale	Texas	56,799	$310.1M
12	Cavalier	North Dakota	33,540	$304.5M
13	Kings	California	11,485	$303.4M
14	Sioux	Iowa	36,560	$298.8M
15	Stutsman	North Dakota	36,797	$295.1M
16	Terry	Texas	42,550	$293.9M
17	Lamb	Texas	52,813	$285.2M
18	Dawson	Texas	44,910	$284.4M
19	Grant	Washington	21,598	$273.2M
20	Kossuth	Iowa	49,336	$270.4M
21	Cass	North Dakota	31,926	$269.8M
22	Yakima	Washington	10,067	$261.4M
23	Lubbock	Texas	51,746	$260.5M
24	Floyd	Texas	43,604	$257.4M
25	Ward	North Dakota	41,054	$255.3M
26	Curry	New Mexico	19,035	$250.7M
27	Renville	Minnesota	34,467	$244.7M
28	Hockley	Texas	45,201	$243.2M
29	McLean	North Dakota	42,652	$240.2M
30	Barnes	North Dakota	29,334	$236.6M
31	Wharton	Texas	40,850	$231.8M
32	Kit Carson	Colorado	34,661	$230.1M
33	Walsh	North Dakota	32,122	$225.8M
34	Deaf Smith	Texas	23,975	$223.4M
35	Spink	South Dakota	36,743	$222.4M
36	Madera	California	7,735	$222.4M
37	Richland	North Dakota	31,444	$222.3M
38	Chouteau	Montana	27,965	$220.2M
39	Mississippi	Arkansas	37,768	$220.2M
40	Grand Forks	North Dakota	38,685	$218.9M
41	Yuma	Colorado	31,355	$218.2M
42	Adams	Washington	39,899	$216.3M
43	Lincoln	Washington	50,874	$213.7M
44	Woodbury	Iowa	27,401	$213.5M
45	Redwood	Minnesota	41,230	$213.4M
46	Stoddard	Missouri	45,355	$212.7M
47	Platte	Nebraska	38,009	$212.0M
48	Weld	Colorado	34,622	$209.7M
49	Castro	Texas	28,170	$208.7M
50	Iroquois	Illinois	59,600	$207.1M
51	Swisher	Texas	38,989	$206.7M
52	Bottineau	North Dakota	37,358	$206.5M
53	Plymouth	Iowa	38,515	$205.9M
54	McLean	Illinois	62,808	$205.6M
55	Beadle	South Dakota	28,300	$205.6M
56	LaMoure	North Dakota	27,080	$205.5M
57	Poinsett	Arkansas	31,168	$205.5M
58	Lynn	Texas	38,754	$205.4M
59	Arkansas	Arkansas	30,548	$204.4M
60	Livingston	Illinois	61,015	$203.5M
61	Bolivar	Mississippi	18,717	$201.9M
62	Stearns	Minnesota	53,276	$199.3M
63	Acadia	Louisiana	33,468	$197.4M
64	Nobles	Minnesota	31,464	$197.1M
65	Craighead	Arkansas	40,191	$194.8M
66	Valley	Montana	20,556	$194.5M
67	Parmer	Texas	28,777	$194.1M
68	Marshall	Minnesota	27,994	$193.3M
69	Washington	Mississippi	14,535	$193.2M
70	Jackson	Arkansas	26,226	$192.7M
71	McHenry	North Dakota	37,353	$190.7M
72	Martin	Minnesota	24,714	$190.4M
73	Fayette	Iowa	54,857	$190.1M
74	West Polk	Minnesota	24,242	$188.4M
75	Grant	Wisconsin	47,190	$188.3M
76	Wells	North Dakota	23,347	$188.1M
77	Edmunds	South Dakota	22,084	$187.5M
78	Jackson	Oklahoma	26,481	$187.3M
79	LaSalle	Illinois	65,602	$185.6M
80	Cedar	Nebraska	28,711	$181.8M
81	Cuming	Nebraska	25,038	$181.5M
82	Holt	Nebraska	27,485	$180.6M
83	Dane	Wisconsin	46,166	$180.4M
84	Baca	Colorado	31,820	$179.4M
85	Pinal	Arizona	8,546	$178.6M
86	Colusa	California	13,277	$177.9M
87	Dade, Monroe	Florida	4,116	$177.6M
88	Blue Earth	Minnesota	29,365	$177.2M
89	Umatilla	Oregon	27,945	$177.1M
90	New Madrid	Missouri	35,950	$176.2M
91	Murray	Minnesota	28,746	$175.3M
92	Custer	Nebraska	25,149	$175.0M
93	Hutchinson	South Dakota	36,494	$174.8M
94	Cottonwood	Minnesota	24,941	$174.4M
95	Cross	Arkansas	22,998	$174.3M
96	Knox	Nebraska	35,319	$174.2M
97	Sheridan	Montana	20,920	$172.8M
98	Champaign	Illinois	62,772	$172.5M
99	Lincoln	Nebraska	24,245	$171.4M
100	District of Columbia	District of Columbia	957	$171.2M
101	Faribault	Minnesota	26,590	$171.0M
102	Nueces	Texas	24,741	$170.8M
103	Yoakum	Texas	18,446	$170.7M
104	Gray	Kansas	25,969	$170.6M
105	Crawford	Iowa	23,166	$169.2M
106	Lyon	Iowa	27,837	$169.1M
107	Clayton	Iowa	48,686	$168.5M
108	Jefferson Davis	Louisiana	20,018	$168.4M
109	Charles Mix	South Dakota	36,020	$168.2M
110	Washington	Iowa	42,566	$166.6M
111	Delaware	Iowa	41,241	$166.4M
112	Hill	Montana	22,564	$165.8M
113	Traill	North Dakota	18,445	$165.6M
114	San Patricio	Texas	28,918	$164.7M
115	District of Columbia	Colorado	244	$164.3M
116	Palo Alto	Iowa	34,527	$164.1M
117	Pembina	North Dakota	16,362	$164.0M
118	Renville	North Dakota	25,089	$163.9M
119	Clay	Iowa	33,776	$163.2M
120	Lonoke	Arkansas	28,612	$163.2M
121	Cochran	Texas	23,565	$163.1M
122	Lyon	Minnesota	28,034	$162.9M
123	Jackson	Minnesota	26,206	$162.8M
124	District of Columbia	California	1,074	$162.6M
125	Ramsey	North Dakota	22,054	$162.1M
126	Williams	North Dakota	21,208	$161.2M
127	Henry	Illinois	40,155	$161.1M
128	Towner	North Dakota	24,407	$160.7M
129	Sunflower	Mississippi	13,179	$160.5M
130	Benton	Iowa	33,507	$160.1M
131	Coahoma	Mississippi	12,034	$159.7M
132	Crosby	Texas	28,465	$159.5M
133	Gage	Nebraska	39,864	$159.3M
134	Jefferson	Arkansas	19,754	$159.0M
135	Brown	Minnesota	35,716	$158.7M
136	Winneshiek	Iowa	47,168	$158.6M
137	Clay	Arkansas	35,239	$158.1M
138	Washington	Colorado	30,089	$158.0M
139	Dawson	Nebraska	19,950	$157.6M
140	Washita	Oklahoma	36,911	$157.4M
141	Leflore	Mississippi	14,528	$156.7M
142	Kiowa	Oklahoma	37,141	$156.6M
143	Benson	North Dakota	23,970	$156.4M
144	Mitchell	Georgia	13,571	$156.4M
145	Yellow Medicine	Minnesota	34,287	$156.1M
146	Carroll	Iowa	31,376	$155.7M
147	Phillips	Arkansas	19,366	$155.5M
148	Audubon	Iowa	33,651	$155.2M
149	Thomas	Kansas	24,118	$155.0M
150	Hand	South Dakota	21,578	$154.6M
151	Caddo	Oklahoma	35,929	$154.5M
152	Franklin	Washington	17,948	$154.5M
153	Butte	California	10,277	$153.8M
154	Bureau	Illinois	37,433	$153.2M
155	Reno	Kansas	52,899	$153.1M
156	Monona	Iowa	23,314	$152.7M
157	Lawrence	Arkansas	22,890	$151.6M
158	Sargent	North Dakota	18,990	$150.7M
159	Crittenden	Arkansas	15,954	$150.2M
160	Sully	South Dakota	18,159	$149.8M
161	Douglas	Washington	38,706	$149.0M
162	Butler	Iowa	43,910	$148.7M
163	Webster	Iowa	41,473	$148.0M
164	York	Nebraska	22,414	$147.8M
165	Day	South Dakota	25,288	$147.8M
166	Sumner	Kansas	49,655	$147.5M
167	Kandiyohi	Minnesota	35,134	$147.5M
168	Colquitt	Georgia	17,342	$147.4M
169	Antelope	Nebraska	23,462	$147.4M
170	Finney	Kansas	22,446	$147.4M
171	Tama	Iowa	29,926	$146.8M
172	Hansford	Texas	15,324	$146.7M
173	Hettinger	North Dakota	27,932	$146.6M
174	Sutter	California	10,181	$146.6M
175	Sampson	North Carolina	30,644	$146.6M
176	Freeborn	Minnesota	28,205	$146.3M
177	Matagorda	Texas	14,264	$146.2M
178	Tripp	South Dakota	33,530	$145.9M
179	Dubuque	Iowa	39,677	$145.8M
180	Dunklin	Missouri	38,675	$145.7M
181	Vermilion	Illinois	38,834	$144.9M
182	O'Brien	Iowa	30,357	$144.8M
183	Red Willow	Nebraska	22,531	$144.5M
184	Desha	Arkansas	22,006	$144.3M
185	Tillman	Oklahoma	27,312	$143.9M
186	Phelps	Nebraska	15,930	$143.8M
187	Mower	Minnesota	26,194	$142.8M
188	Dickey	North Dakota	17,879	$142.7M
189	Hidalgo	Texas	12,335	$142.6M
190	Tom Green	Texas	24,783	$142.6M
191	Mountrail	North Dakota	26,144	$142.5M
192	Walla Walla	Washington	20,309	$142.4M
193	Turner	South Dakota	28,908	$142.3M
194	District of Columbia	Minnesota	10	$142.2M
195	Saunders	Nebraska	34,251	$142.1M
196	Cimarron	Oklahoma	24,747	$142.1M
197	Sheridan	Kansas	23,151	$141.5M
198	Roberts	South Dakota	30,399	$140.3M
199	Scott	Kansas	19,303	$139.5M
200	Cassia	Idaho	8,309	$139.3M

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Understanding County-Level Subsidies

Farm subsidies flow to individual recipients, but analyzing them at the county level reveals geographic patterns of agricultural concentration. Counties in the Great Plains and Midwest dominate the rankings, reflecting the concentration of commodity crop production in these regions.

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