Hidalgo County, Texas Farm Subsidies

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Hidalgo County in Texas received $143.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 12,503 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#210 of 3087

Rank in Texas

#23 of 254

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.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$25.1M1,774$14K
2024$5.1M856$6K
2023$10.4M473$22K
2022$34.2M1,022$33K
2021$12.1M1,467$8K
2020$31.5M2,432$13K
2019$16.4M2,148$8K
2018$3.7M1,088$3K
2017$5.5M1,243$4K

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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.