Hickman County, Kentucky Farm Subsidies

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Hickman County in Kentucky received $35.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 14,022 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1278 of 3087

Rank in Kentucky

#14 of 119

Total Subsidies

$35.2M

Payments

14,022

Peak Year

2019

$7.7M

Avg Payment

$3K

46% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Hickman County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $7.7M. The average payment of $3K is 46% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$6.7M2,218$3K
2024$2.7M1,057$3K
2023$2.1M1,086$2K
2022$1.7M1,002$2K
2020$7.2M2,594$3K
2019$7.7M2,135$4K
2018$2.8M2,031$1K
2017$4.3M1,899$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Hickman County

Hickman 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 $35.2M across 14,022 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Hickman 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.