Cochise County, Arizona Farm Subsidies

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Cochise County in Arizona received $54.8M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 5,507 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#992 of 3087

Rank in Arizona

#4 of 15

Total Subsidies

$54.8M

Payments

5,507

Peak Year

2020

$12.8M

Avg Payment

$10K

115% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Cochise County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $12.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($12.8M) was 6.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $10K is 115% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$11.1M1,187$9K
2024$5.5M585$9K
2023$2.9M538$5K
2022$6.9M486$14K
2021$6.1M617$10K
2020$12.8M1,207$11K
2019$4.7M380$12K
2018$2.8M305$9K
2017$2.0M202$10K

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About Farm Subsidies in Cochise County

Cochise County, Arizona 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 $54.8M across 5,507 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Like many agricultural counties, Cochise County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.

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.