Santa Cruz County, Arizona Farm Subsidies

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Santa Cruz County in Arizona received $12.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 687 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1943 of 3087

Rank in Arizona

#12 of 15

Total Subsidies

$12.9M

Payments

687

Peak Year

2025

$8.1M

Avg Payment

$19K

305% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Santa Cruz County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $8.1M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.7M) was 88.9× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $19K is 305% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$8.1M208$39K
2024$1.0M103$10K
2023$698K99$7K
2022$756K74$10K
2021$521K55$9K
2020$1.7M116$14K
2019$114K12$10K
2018$53K14$4K
2017$19K6$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz 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 $12.9M across 687 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Santa Cruz County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $8.1M.

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.