Transylvania County, North Carolina Farm Subsidies

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Transylvania County in North Carolina received $2.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 350 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2652 of 3087

Rank in North Carolina

#91 of 100

Total Subsidies

$2.6M

Payments

350

Peak Year

2024

$953K

Avg Payment

$7K

57% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Transylvania County's peak subsidy year was 2024 at $953K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($699K) was 13.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $7K is 57% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$446K65$7K
2024$953K30$32K
2023$116K12$10K
2022$22K14$2K
2021$105K32$3K
2020$699K110$6K
2019$151K38$4K
2018$12K8$1K
2017$52K41$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Transylvania County

Transylvania 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 $2.6M across 350 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Transylvania County's subsidy payments peaked in 2024 at $953K.

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.