Mississippi County, Arkansas Farm Subsidies

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Mississippi County in Arkansas received $231.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 43,451 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#41 of 3087

Rank in Arkansas

#2 of 75

Total Subsidies

$231.0M

Payments

43,451

Peak Year

2019

$72.4M

Avg Payment

$5K

15% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Mississippi County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $72.4M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($50.4M) was 2.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $5K is 15% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$29.3M4,746$6K
2024$607K467$1K
2023$7.2M1,363$5K
2022$6.4M1,617$4K
2021$25.9M6,930$4K
2020$50.4M9,971$5K
2019$72.4M9,309$8K
2018$18.3M4,164$4K
2017$20.3M4,884$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in Mississippi County

Mississippi County, Arkansas 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 $231.0M across 43,451 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Mississippi County's peak in 2019 coincided with the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments designed to offset losses from trade tensions.

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.