Hampden County, Massachusetts Farm Subsidies

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Hampden County in Massachusetts received $7.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 699 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2275 of 3087

Rank in Massachusetts

#8 of 14

Total Subsidies

$7.3M

Payments

699

Peak Year

2022

$2.6M

Avg Payment

$10K

124% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Hampden County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $2.6M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($2.5M) was 21.9× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $10K is 124% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$709K62$11K
2024$182K48$4K
2023$761K88$9K
2022$2.6M62$41K
2020$2.5M276$9K
2019$264K50$5K
2018$172K70$2K
2017$115K43$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Hampden County

Hampden County, Massachusetts 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 $7.3M across 699 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Hampden County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $2.6M.

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.