Clay County, Tennessee Farm Subsidies

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Clay County in Tennessee received $985K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 83 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2885 of 3087

Rank in Tennessee

#88 of 95

Total Subsidies

$985K

Payments

83

Peak Year

2022

$500K

Avg Payment

$12K

156% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Clay County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $500K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($73K) was 4.6× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $12K is 156% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$215K9$24K
2024$1531$153
2023$10K8$1K
2022$500K2$250K
2021$144K16$9K
2020$73K22$3K
2019$19K9$2K
2018$7K8$858
2017$16K8$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Clay County

Clay County, Tennessee 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 $985K across 83 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Clay County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $500K.

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.