Lawrence County, Kentucky Farm Subsidies

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Lawrence County in Kentucky received $426K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 506 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2986 of 3087

Rank in Kentucky

#106 of 119

Total Subsidies

$426K

Payments

506

Peak Year

2020

$261K

Avg Payment

$842

82% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Lawrence County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $261K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($261K) was 26.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $842 is 82% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$80K92$867
2024$52K32$2K
2023$3K9$376
2022$6K6$942
2020$261K298$877
2019$6K20$324
2018$7K22$317
2017$10K27$366

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About Farm Subsidies in Lawrence County

Lawrence 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 $426K across 506 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, Lawrence 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.