El Paso County, Texas Farm Subsidies

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El Paso County in Texas received $23.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,695 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1560 of 3087

Rank in Texas

#130 of 254

Total Subsidies

$23.0M

Payments

1,695

Peak Year

2020

$8.0M

Avg Payment

$14K

192% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

El Paso County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $8.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($8.0M) was 63.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $14K is 192% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$4.2M287$15K
2024$1.2M150$8K
2023$133K67$2K
2022$4.6M85$54K
2021$1.8M207$9K
2020$8.0M562$14K
2019$2.4M253$10K
2018$554K70$8K
2017$126K14$9K

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About Farm Subsidies in El Paso County

El Paso County, Texas 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 $23.0M across 1,695 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, El Paso 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.