Bolivar County, Mississippi Farm Subsidies

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Bolivar County in Mississippi received $213.5M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 20,179 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#53 of 3087

Rank in Mississippi

#1 of 82

Total Subsidies

$213.5M

Payments

20,179

Peak Year

2019

$49.8M

Avg Payment

$11K

128% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Bolivar County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $49.8M. The average payment of $11K is 128% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$21.4M2,485$9K
2024$2.8M427$6K
2023$6.7M777$9K
2022$11.4M1,240$9K
2021$21.2M2,655$8K
2020$37.3M4,167$9K
2019$49.8M3,569$14K
2018$37.9M2,399$16K
2017$24.9M2,460$10K

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About Farm Subsidies in Bolivar County

Bolivar County, Mississippi 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 $213.5M across 20,179 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Bolivar County's peak in 2019 coincided with the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments designed to offset losses from trade tensions.

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.