Del Norte County, California Farm Subsidies

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Del Norte County in California received $5.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 352 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2422 of 3087

Rank in California

#48 of 57

Total Subsidies

$5.2M

Payments

352

Peak Year

2020

$2.8M

Avg Payment

$15K

218% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Del Norte County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $2.8M — driven by COVID-era CFAP emergency payments. The average payment of $15K is 218% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$383K10$38K
2024$208K16$13K
2023$668K67$10K
2022$82K23$4K
2021$846K84$10K
2020$2.8M113$25K
2019$185K27$7K
2018$41K12$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Del Norte County

Del Norte 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 $5.2M across 352 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Like many agricultural counties, Del Norte County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.

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.