Calcasieu County, Louisiana Farm Subsidies

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Calcasieu County in Louisiana received $33.1M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 5,124 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1319 of 3087

Rank in Louisiana

#20 of 64

Total Subsidies

$33.1M

Payments

5,124

Peak Year

2017

$5.5M

Avg Payment

$6K

39% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Calcasieu County's peak subsidy year was 2017 at $5.5M. The average payment of $6K is 39% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$2.4M495$5K
2024$4.4M326$13K
2023$3.7M538$7K
2022$4.3M670$6K
2020$4.8M1,108$4K
2019$4.5M681$7K
2018$3.5M590$6K
2017$5.5M716$8K

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About Farm Subsidies in Calcasieu County

Calcasieu County, Louisiana 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 $33.1M across 5,124 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Calcasieu County's subsidy payments peaked in 2017 at $5.5M.

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.