Alameda County, California Farm Subsidies

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Alameda County in California received $11.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,076 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2005 of 3087

Rank in California

#42 of 57

Total Subsidies

$11.7M

Payments

1,076

Peak Year

2022

$3.7M

Avg Payment

$11K

134% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Alameda County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $3.7M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.0M) was 3.1× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $11K is 134% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$534K70$8K
2024$942K105$9K
2023$2.7M198$14K
2022$3.7M241$15K
2021$2.0M195$10K
2020$1.0M165$6K
2019$83K25$3K
2018$276K35$8K
2017$331K42$8K

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About Farm Subsidies in Alameda County

Alameda County, California 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 $11.7M across 1,076 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Alameda County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $3.7M.

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.