Galveston County, Texas Farm Subsidies

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Galveston County in Texas received $7.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 696 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2245 of 3087

Rank in Texas

#197 of 254

Total Subsidies

$7.6M

Payments

696

Peak Year

2017

$1.5M

Avg Payment

$11K

136% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Galveston County's peak subsidy year was 2017 at $1.5M. The average payment of $11K is 136% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$508K54$9K
2024$199K61$3K
2023$492K65$8K
2022$369K54$7K
2021$623K73$9K
2020$1.4M188$7K
2019$1.4M71$20K
2018$1.1M70$15K
2017$1.5M60$26K

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About Farm Subsidies in Galveston County

Galveston 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 $7.6M across 696 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Galveston County's subsidy payments peaked in 2017 at $1.5M.

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.