Graham County, North Carolina Farm Subsidies

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Graham County in North Carolina received $506K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 296 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2974 of 3087

Rank in North Carolina

#100 of 100

Total Subsidies

$506K

Payments

296

Peak Year

2020

$239K

Avg Payment

$2K

63% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Graham County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $239K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($239K) was 14.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $2K is 63% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$33K21$2K
2024$45K13$3K
2023$87K29$3K
2022$13K5$3K
2021$26K36$728
2020$239K149$2K
2019$14K11$1K
2018$31K15$2K
2017$17K17$985

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About Farm Subsidies in Graham County

Graham 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 $506K across 296 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Like many agricultural counties, Graham County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.

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.