Routt County, Colorado Farm Subsidies

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Routt County in Colorado received $16.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 2,712 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1792 of 3087

Rank in Colorado

#30 of 61

Total Subsidies

$16.3M

Payments

2,712

Peak Year

2022

$4.0M

Avg Payment

$6K

30% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Routt County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $4.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($3.0M) was 3.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $6K is 30% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.1M138$8K
2024$406K160$3K
2023$2.5M439$6K
2022$4.0M357$11K
2021$2.0M362$6K
2020$3.0M452$7K
2019$1.3M303$4K
2018$1.1M250$4K
2017$858K251$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Routt County

Routt 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 $16.3M across 2,712 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Routt County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $4.0M.

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.