Union County, South Carolina Farm Subsidies

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Union County in South Carolina received $2.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 904 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2626 of 3087

Rank in South Carolina

#37 of 46

Total Subsidies

$2.9M

Payments

904

Peak Year

2020

$793K

Avg Payment

$3K

30% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Union County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $793K — driven by COVID-era CFAP emergency payments. The average payment of $3K is 30% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$641K193$3K
2023$462K89$5K
2022$8051$805
2021$491K95$5K
2020$793K331$2K
2019$104K53$2K
2018$26K34$764
2017$402K108$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in Union County

Union County, South 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 $2.9M across 904 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, Union 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.