Contra Costa County in California received $17.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 912 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
📊 County Rank
Total Subsidies
$17.2M
Payments
912
Peak Year
2021
$4.8M
Avg Payment
$19K
307% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Contra Costa County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $4.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.6M) was 3.6× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $19K is 307% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Contra Costa County
Contra Costa 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 $17.2M across 912 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Contra Costa County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $4.8M.
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.