Smith County, Mississippi Farm Subsidies

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Smith County in Mississippi received $9.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 2,231 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2142 of 3087

Rank in Mississippi

#52 of 82

Total Subsidies

$9.2M

Payments

2,231

Peak Year

2021

$2.3M

Avg Payment

$4K

11% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Smith County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $2.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($2.1M) was 2.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $4K is 11% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.2M276$4K
2024$811K104$8K
2023$1.5M220$7K
2022$67K22$3K
2021$2.3M298$8K
2020$2.1M791$3K
2019$254K75$3K
2018$220K86$3K
2017$861K359$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Smith County

Smith 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 $9.2M across 2,231 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Smith County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $2.3M.

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.