Williams County, North Dakota Farm Subsidies

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Williams County in North Dakota received $216.7M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 41,609 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#52 of 3087

Rank in North Dakota

#10 of 53

Total Subsidies

$216.7M

Payments

41,609

Peak Year

2025

$42.5M

Avg Payment

$5K

12% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Williams County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $42.5M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($41.7M) was 2.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $5K is 12% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$42.5M5,208$8K
2024$1.8M885$2K
2023$3.2M748$4K
2022$27.2M1,275$21K
2021$41.9M6,524$6K
2020$41.7M8,657$5K
2019$24.3M6,373$4K
2018$16.5M6,327$3K
2017$17.7M5,612$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Williams County

Williams County, North Dakota 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 $216.7M across 41,609 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Williams County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $42.5M.

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.