Jackson County, North Carolina Farm Subsidies

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Jackson County in North Carolina received $2.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 324 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2686 of 3087

Rank in North Carolina

#92 of 100

Total Subsidies

$2.3M

Payments

324

Peak Year

2023

$982K

Avg Payment

$7K

52% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Jackson County's peak subsidy year was 2023 at $982K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($527K) was 7.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $7K is 52% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$350K49$7K
2024$81K21$4K
2023$982K23$43K
2021$220K40$5K
2020$527K132$4K
2019$64K9$7K
2018$794$20
2017$68K46$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Jackson County

Jackson 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 $2.3M across 324 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Jackson County's subsidy payments peaked in 2023 at $982K.

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.