St. Johns County, Florida Farm Subsidies

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St. Johns County in Florida received $11.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 184 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1998 of 3087

Rank in Florida

#37 of 66

Total Subsidies

$11.7M

Payments

184

Peak Year

2020

$7.5M

Avg Payment

$64K

1277% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

St. Johns County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $7.5M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($7.5M) was 285.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $64K is 1277% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$2.3M37$61K
2024$373K7$53K
2023$197K14$14K
2022$380K4$95K
2021$841K16$53K
2020$7.5M89$84K
2019$78K7$11K
2018$69K6$12K
2017$26K4$7K

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About Farm Subsidies in St. Johns County

St. Johns County, Florida 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 $11.7M across 184 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, St. Johns 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.