Hidalgo County in Texas received $143.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 12,503 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$143.9M
Payments
12,503
Peak Year
2022
$34.2M
Avg Payment
$12K
148% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Hidalgo County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $34.2M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($31.5M) was 5.7× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $12K is 148% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Hidalgo County
Hidalgo 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 $143.9M across 12,503 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Hidalgo County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $34.2M.
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.