Washoe County, Nevada Farm Subsidies

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Washoe County in Nevada received $11.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,022 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2031 of 3087

Rank in Nevada

#8 of 18

Total Subsidies

$11.0M

Payments

1,022

Peak Year

2022

$2.6M

Avg Payment

$11K

132% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Washoe County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $2.6M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($2.3M) was 10.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $11K is 132% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.1M56$20K
2024$386K95$4K
2023$1.5M194$8K
2022$2.6M172$15K
2021$2.1M179$12K
2020$2.3M184$12K
2019$395K63$6K
2018$277K60$5K
2017$210K19$11K

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About Farm Subsidies in Washoe County

Washoe County, Nevada 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 $11.0M across 1,022 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Washoe 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.