Richmond County, North Carolina Farm Subsidies

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Richmond County in North Carolina received $4.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,709 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2468 of 3087

Rank in North Carolina

#79 of 100

Total Subsidies

$4.6M

Payments

1,709

Peak Year

2021

$2.4M

Avg Payment

$3K

42% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Richmond County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $2.4M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($798K) was 5.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $3K is 42% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$499K262$2K
2024$30K36$838
2023$40K54$745
2022$93K33$3K
2021$2.4M366$7K
2020$798K379$2K
2019$496K193$3K
2018$100K187$534
2017$149K199$749

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About Farm Subsidies in Richmond County

Richmond 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 $4.6M across 1,709 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Richmond County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $2.4M.

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.