Ouray County, Colorado Farm Subsidies

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Ouray County in Colorado received $713K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 162 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2938 of 3087

Rank in Colorado

#52 of 61

Total Subsidies

$713K

Payments

162

Peak Year

2021

$171K

Avg Payment

$4K

Near national avg

💡 Key Insight

Ouray County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $171K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($61K) was 88.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $4K is near the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$65K17$4K
2024$25K18$1K
2023$110K37$3K
2022$156K26$6K
2021$171K28$6K
2020$61K16$4K
2019$55K10$6K
2018$69K9$8K
2017$6821$682

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About Farm Subsidies in Ouray County

Ouray 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 $713K across 162 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Ouray County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $171K.

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.