Gaines County in Texas received $455.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 46,142 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$455.2M
Payments
46,142
Peak Year
2025
$89.7M
Avg Payment
$10K
113% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Gaines County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $89.7M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($79.9M) was 2.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $10K is 113% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Gaines County
Gaines 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 $455.2M across 46,142 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Gaines County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $89.7M.
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.