Fairfield County, Connecticut Farm Subsidies

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Fairfield County in Connecticut received $2.4M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 118 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2673 of 3087

Rank in Connecticut

#7 of 8

Total Subsidies

$2.4M

Payments

118

Peak Year

2020

$1.6M

Avg Payment

$20K

337% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Fairfield County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $1.6M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.6M) was 756.9× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $20K is 337% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$398K21$19K
2024$3K4$743
2023$3K5$618
2022$6K18$328
2021$393K13$30K
2020$1.6M49$32K
2019$9522$476
2018$1K2$604
2017$2K4$524

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About Farm Subsidies in Fairfield County

Fairfield County, Connecticut 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 $2.4M across 118 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, Fairfield 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.