Washington County in Rhode Island received $17.1M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 732 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
📊 County Rank
Total Subsidies
$17.1M
Payments
732
Peak Year
2023
$5.1M
Avg Payment
$23K
404% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Washington County's peak subsidy year was 2023 at $5.1M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($5.0M) was 65.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $23K is 404% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Washington County
Washington 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 $17.1M across 732 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Washington County's subsidy payments peaked in 2023 at $5.1M.
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.