Carlisle County, Kentucky Farm Subsidies

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Carlisle County in Kentucky received $30.8M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 9,235 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1364 of 3087

Rank in Kentucky

#16 of 119

Total Subsidies

$30.8M

Payments

9,235

Peak Year

2019

$7.7M

Avg Payment

$3K

28% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Carlisle County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $7.7M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($6.9M) was 3.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 28% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$6.1M1,406$4K
2024$3.8M485$8K
2023$1.9M462$4K
2022$900K373$2K
2020$6.9M2,914$2K
2019$7.7M1,432$5K
2018$1.3M966$1K
2017$2.2M1,197$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Carlisle County

Carlisle County, Kentucky 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 $30.8M across 9,235 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Carlisle County's peak in 2019 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.