Northampton County, North Carolina Farm Subsidies

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Northampton County in North Carolina received $71.1M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 19,434 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#771 of 3087

Rank in North Carolina

#6 of 100

Total Subsidies

$71.1M

Payments

19,434

Peak Year

2019

$17.9M

Avg Payment

$4K

21% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Northampton County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $17.9M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($16.6M) was 2.7× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $4K is 21% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$10.1M2,813$4K
2024$1.7M238$7K
2023$625K185$3K
2022$5.3M1,431$4K
2021$8.1M2,432$3K
2020$16.6M3,542$5K
2019$17.9M3,661$5K
2018$4.6M2,378$2K
2017$6.2M2,754$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Northampton County

Northampton 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 $71.1M across 19,434 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Northampton County's peak in 2019 coincided with the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments designed to offset losses from trade tensions.

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.