Pickens County, Alabama Farm Subsidies

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Pickens County in Alabama received $8.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,666 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2178 of 3087

Rank in Alabama

#51 of 67

Total Subsidies

$8.6M

Payments

1,666

Peak Year

2021

$2.0M

Avg Payment

$5K

11% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Pickens County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $2.0M. The average payment of $5K is 11% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.1M208$5K
2024$789K105$8K
2023$465K76$6K
2022$69K33$2K
2021$2.0M234$8K
2020$1.6M442$4K
2019$578K143$4K
2018$484K83$6K
2017$1.5M342$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in Pickens County

Pickens County, Alabama is one of 3,087 U.S. counties receiving USDA farm subsidy payments. Over the nine-year period from 2017 to 2025, the county received $8.6M across 1,666 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Pickens County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $2.0M.

Data on this page comes from USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, which are public records available under the Freedom of Information Act. All payment data is aggregated at the county level — individual recipient details are available on our top recipients page.