New Hanover County, North Carolina Farm Subsidies

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New Hanover County in North Carolina received $996K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 111 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2880 of 3087

Rank in North Carolina

#97 of 100

Total Subsidies

$996K

Payments

111

Peak Year

2020

$377K

Avg Payment

$9K

93% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

New Hanover County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $377K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($377K) was 7.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $9K is 93% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$58K19$3K
2024$46K4$11K
2023$239K7$34K
2022$19K4$5K
2021$67K9$7K
2020$377K34$11K
2019$140K18$8K
2018$1K3$453
2017$48K13$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in New Hanover County

New Hanover 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 $996K across 111 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, New Hanover 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.