Lee County, Kentucky Farm Subsidies

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Lee County in Kentucky received $521K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 459 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2972 of 3087

Rank in Kentucky

#104 of 119

Total Subsidies

$521K

Payments

459

Peak Year

2023

$260K

Avg Payment

$1K

76% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Lee County's peak subsidy year was 2023 at $260K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($189K) was 21.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $1K is 76% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$7K12$595
2023$260K14$19K
2020$189K243$776
2019$21K61$343
2018$35K69$505
2017$9K60$148

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About Farm Subsidies in Lee County

Lee 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 $521K across 459 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Lee County's subsidy payments peaked in 2023 at $260K.

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.