Union County, Mississippi Farm Subsidies

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Union County in Mississippi received $30.5M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 12,026 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1366 of 3087

Rank in Mississippi

#22 of 82

Total Subsidies

$30.5M

Payments

12,026

Peak Year

2022

$8.4M

Avg Payment

$3K

45% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Union County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $8.4M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($4.1M) was 2.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 45% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$3.5M1,406$2K
2024$7.0M1,285$5K
2023$1.2M827$1K
2022$8.4M1,044$8K
2021$1.6M1,287$1K
2020$4.1M2,912$1K
2019$3.1M1,850$2K
2018$1K3$416
2017$1.8M1,412$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Union County

Union 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 $30.5M across 12,026 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Union County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $8.4M.

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.