Alexander County, Illinois Farm Subsidies

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Alexander County in Illinois received $15.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 4,198 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1834 of 3087

Rank in Illinois

#97 of 102

Total Subsidies

$15.2M

Payments

4,198

Peak Year

2018

$2.7M

Avg Payment

$4K

22% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Alexander County's peak subsidy year was 2018 at $2.7M. The average payment of $4K is 22% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.9M465$4K
2024$306K147$2K
2023$802K125$6K
2022$1.2M154$8K
2021$1.5M401$4K
2020$2.4M977$2K
2019$2.1M587$4K
2018$2.7M733$4K
2017$2.3M609$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in Alexander County

Alexander County, Illinois 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 $15.2M across 4,198 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Alexander County's peak in 2018 coincided with the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments designed to offset losses from trade tensions.

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.