Gunnison County, Colorado Farm Subsidies

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Gunnison County in Colorado received $7.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 525 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2267 of 3087

Rank in Colorado

#38 of 61

Total Subsidies

$7.3M

Payments

525

Peak Year

2018

$1.9M

Avg Payment

$14K

201% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Gunnison County's peak subsidy year was 2018 at $1.9M. The average payment of $14K is 201% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$290K29$10K
2024$117K58$2K
2023$533K131$4K
2022$874K87$10K
2021$1.0M85$12K
2020$772K64$12K
2019$374K33$11K
2018$1.9M32$59K
2017$1.5M6$245K

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About Farm Subsidies in Gunnison County

Gunnison County, Colorado 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 $7.3M across 525 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Gunnison County's peak in 2018 coincided with the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments designed to offset losses from trade tensions.

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.