Carroll County, Maryland Farm Subsidies

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Carroll County in Maryland received $39.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 13,304 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

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National Rank

#1197 of 3087

Rank in Maryland

#4 of 23

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Total Subsidies

$39.3M

Payments

13,304

Peak Year

2023

$13.0M

Avg Payment

$3K

36% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Carroll County's peak subsidy year was 2023 at $13.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($8.7M) was 2.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 36% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

Year	Subsidies	Payments	Avg Payment
2025	$6.0M	1,679	$4K
2024	$4K	2	$2K
2023	$13.0M	3,605	$4K
2022	$11K	2	$6K
2020	$8.7M	2,434	$4K
2019	$6.3M	2,401	$3K
2018	$2.1M	1,728	$1K
2017	$3.1M	1,453	$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Carroll County

Carroll County, Maryland 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 $39.3M across 13,304 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Carroll County's subsidy payments peaked in 2023 at $13.0M.

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.