Plaquemines County, Louisiana Farm Subsidies

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Plaquemines County in Louisiana received $3.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 212 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2549 of 3087

Rank in Louisiana

#40 of 64

Total Subsidies

$3.7M

Payments

212

Peak Year

2022

$1.7M

Avg Payment

$18K

278% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Plaquemines County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $1.7M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($629K) was 50.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $18K is 278% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$644K30$21K
2024$216K28$8K
2023$478K42$11K
2022$1.7M44$39K
2020$629K67$9K
2017$12K1$12K

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About Farm Subsidies in Plaquemines County

Plaquemines 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 $3.7M across 212 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Plaquemines County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $1.7M.

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.