Gaines County, Texas Farm Subsidies

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Gaines County in Texas received $455.2M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 46,142 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#4 of 3087

Rank in Texas

#1 of 254

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.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$89.7M6,212$14K
2024$15.8M4,024$4K
2023$30.7M3,474$9K
2022$67.4M4,773$14K
2021$43.8M5,388$8K
2020$79.9M7,163$11K
2019$68.3M7,467$9K
2018$27.2M4,318$6K
2017$32.2M3,323$10K

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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.