Pueblo County, Colorado Farm Subsidies

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Pueblo County in Colorado received $49.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 4,781 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1060 of 3087

Rank in Colorado

#15 of 61

Total Subsidies

$49.3M

Payments

4,781

Peak Year

2020

$9.0M

Avg Payment

$10K

122% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Pueblo County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $9.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($9.0M) was 3.6× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $10K is 122% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$7.9M648$12K
2024$4.3M443$10K
2023$3.3M531$6K
2022$8.3M416$20K
2021$6.9M608$11K
2020$9.0M959$9K
2019$3.7M395$9K
2018$3.3M425$8K
2017$2.5M356$7K

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About Farm Subsidies in Pueblo County

Pueblo 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 $49.3M across 4,781 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, Pueblo 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.