Maricopa County, Arizona Farm Subsidies

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Maricopa County in Arizona received $127.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 4,942 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#282 of 3087

Rank in Arizona

#2 of 15

Total Subsidies

$127.6M

Payments

4,942

Peak Year

2020

$58.1M

Avg Payment

$26K

457% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Maricopa County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $58.1M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($58.1M) was 10.7× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $26K is 457% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$11.5M498$23K
2024$1.4M195$7K
2023$5.9M338$18K
2022$4.3M272$16K
2021$16.1M853$19K
2020$58.1M1,100$53K
2019$18.4M849$22K
2018$6.4M469$14K
2017$5.4M368$15K

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About Farm Subsidies in Maricopa County

Maricopa 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 $127.6M across 4,942 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, Maricopa 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.