Pima County, Arizona Farm Subsidies

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Pima County in Arizona received $19.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,410 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1685 of 3087

Rank in Arizona

#8 of 15

Total Subsidies

$19.6M

Payments

1,410

Peak Year

2020

$4.6M

Avg Payment

$14K

199% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Pima County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $4.6M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($4.6M) was 5.0× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $14K is 199% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$2.9M222$13K
2024$1.4M114$13K
2023$981K119$8K
2022$2.3M119$20K
2021$2.2M170$13K
2020$4.6M305$15K
2019$3.0M156$19K
2018$1.2M121$10K
2017$913K84$11K

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About Farm Subsidies in Pima County

Pima 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 $19.6M across 1,410 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, Pima 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.