Kent County, Rhode Island Farm Subsidies

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Kent County in Rhode Island received $1.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 160 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2780 of 3087

Rank in Rhode Island

#4 of 5

Total Subsidies

$1.6M

Payments

160

Peak Year

2022

$703K

Avg Payment

$10K

114% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Kent County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $703K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($334K) was 34.6× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $10K is 114% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$109K21$5K
2024$130K8$16K
2023$160K29$6K
2022$703K10$70K
2021$67K30$2K
2020$334K39$9K
2019$60K10$6K
2018$13K8$2K
2017$10K5$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Kent County

Kent 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 $1.6M across 160 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Kent County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $703K.

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.