Ocean County, New Jersey Farm Subsidies

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Ocean County in New Jersey received $3.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 187 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2550 of 3087

Rank in New Jersey

#14 of 16

Total Subsidies

$3.7M

Payments

187

Peak Year

2025

$1.5M

Avg Payment

$20K

327% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Ocean County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $1.5M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($538K) was 24.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $20K is 327% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.5M43$34K
2024$2K2$811
2023$1.2M17$69K
2022$19K3$6K
2021$298K31$10K
2020$538K55$10K
2019$32K14$2K
2018$162K15$11K
2017$22K7$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Ocean County

Ocean County, New Jersey 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 $3.7M across 187 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Ocean County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $1.5M.

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.