San Patricio County, Texas Farm Subsidies

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San Patricio County in Texas received $167.8M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 31,496 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#128 of 3087

Rank in Texas

#17 of 254

Total Subsidies

$167.8M

Payments

31,496

Peak Year

2019

$36.7M

Avg Payment

$5K

15% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

San Patricio County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $36.7M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($26.6M) was 2.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $5K is 15% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$29.1M4,373$7K
2024$14.7M3,278$4K
2023$9.6M2,453$4K
2022$7.6M639$12K
2021$20.8M3,873$5K
2020$26.6M5,293$5K
2019$36.7M6,396$6K
2018$11.7M3,069$4K
2017$10.9M2,122$5K

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About Farm Subsidies in San Patricio County

San Patricio 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 $167.8M across 31,496 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

San Patricio County's peak in 2019 coincided with the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments designed to offset losses from trade tensions.

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.