Alpine County, California Farm Subsidies

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Alpine County in California received $4.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 57 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2519 of 3087

Rank in California

#52 of 57

Total Subsidies

$4.0M

Payments

57

Peak Year

2024

$1.4M

Avg Payment

$70K

1409% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Alpine County's peak subsidy year was 2024 at $1.4M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($245K) was 23.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $70K is 1409% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$414K9$46K
2024$1.4M16$88K
2023$1.3M14$94K
2022$532K4$133K
2021$53K4$13K
2020$245K8$31K
2019$10K1$10K
2017$11K1$11K

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About Farm Subsidies in Alpine County

Alpine 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 $4.0M across 57 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Alpine County's subsidy payments peaked in 2024 at $1.4M.

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.