Bristol County, Rhode Island Farm Subsidies

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Bristol County in Rhode Island received $153K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 65 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#3032 of 3087

Rank in Rhode Island

#5 of 5

Total Subsidies

$153K

Payments

65

Peak Year

2020

$72K

Avg Payment

$2K

49% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Bristol County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $72K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($72K) was 73.1× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $2K is 49% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$15K10$2K
2024$2283$76
2023$48K15$3K
2022$6K8$754
2021$9K8$1K
2020$72K15$5K
2019$3452$172
2018$1K2$501
2017$9862$493

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About Farm Subsidies in Bristol County

Bristol County, Rhode Island 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 $153K across 65 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, Bristol 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.