Perkins County, South Dakota Farm Subsidies

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Perkins County in South Dakota received $144.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 22,406 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#209 of 3087

Rank in South Dakota

#13 of 66

Total Subsidies

$144.2M

Payments

22,406

Peak Year

2022

$30.8M

Avg Payment

$6K

39% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Perkins County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $30.8M. The average payment of $6K is 39% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$17.9M3,092$6K
2024$5.8M1,581$4K
2023$6.8M1,660$4K
2022$30.8M2,568$12K
2021$18.1M2,660$7K
2020$25.8M3,773$7K
2019$6.3M1,655$4K
2018$11.2M2,429$5K
2017$21.5M2,988$7K

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About Farm Subsidies in Perkins County

Perkins County, South 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 $144.2M across 22,406 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Perkins County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $30.8M.

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.