Cumberland County, North Carolina Farm Subsidies

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Cumberland County in North Carolina received $33.1M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 7,390 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1314 of 3087

Rank in North Carolina

#25 of 100

Total Subsidies

$33.1M

Payments

7,390

Peak Year

2025

$8.6M

Avg Payment

$4K

Near national avg

💡 Key Insight

Cumberland County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $8.6M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($6.6M) was 4.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $4K is near the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$8.6M1,312$7K
2024$2.8M122$23K
2023$1.0M125$8K
2022$4.3M202$21K
2021$4.1M881$5K
2020$6.6M1,737$4K
2019$3.3M1,315$3K
2018$897K887$1K
2017$1.6M809$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Cumberland County

Cumberland County, North Carolina 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 $33.1M across 7,390 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Cumberland County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $8.6M.

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.