San Joaquin County, California Farm Subsidies

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San Joaquin County in California received $387.1M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 16,502 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#8 of 3087

Rank in California

#5 of 57

Total Subsidies

$387.1M

Payments

16,502

Peak Year

2021

$94.8M

Avg Payment

$23K

406% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

San Joaquin County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $94.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($86.4M) was 23.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $23K is 406% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$91.3M2,761$33K
2024$14.5M1,314$11K
2023$26.8M1,209$22K
2022$39.4M965$41K
2021$94.8M3,037$31K
2020$86.4M3,749$23K
2019$25.7M2,076$12K
2018$4.6M876$5K
2017$3.6M515$7K

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About Farm Subsidies in San Joaquin County

San Joaquin 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 $387.1M across 16,502 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

San Joaquin County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $94.8M.

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.