Wheeler County, Georgia Farm Subsidies

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Wheeler County in Georgia received $22.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 2,436 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1586 of 3087

Rank in Georgia

#42 of 157

Total Subsidies

$22.3M

Payments

2,436

Peak Year

2025

$15.6M

Avg Payment

$9K

97% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Wheeler County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $15.6M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.6M) was 2.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $9K is 97% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$15.6M367$43K
2024$576K87$7K
2023$110K43$3K
2022$956K105$9K
2021$1.3M307$4K
2020$1.6M512$3K
2019$865K337$3K
2018$649K348$2K
2017$644K330$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Wheeler County

Wheeler County, Georgia 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 $22.3M across 2,436 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Wheeler County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $15.6M.

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.