Kenton County, Kentucky Farm Subsidies

Share:𝕏fin

Kenton County in Kentucky received $539K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 415 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2970 of 3087

Rank in Kentucky

#103 of 119

Total Subsidies

$539K

Payments

415

Peak Year

2020

$361K

Avg Payment

$1K

72% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Kenton County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $361K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($361K) was 23.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $1K is 72% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$27K19$1K
2024$4K7$540
2023$34K24$1K
2022$13K10$1K
2020$361K252$1K
2019$67K44$2K
2018$18K31$592
2017$15K28$551

Other Kentucky Counties

About Farm Subsidies in Kenton County

Kenton 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 $539K across 415 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, Kenton 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.