Charles City County, Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Charles City County in Virginia received $7.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,630 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2227 of 3087

Rank in Virginia

#43 of 100

Total Subsidies

$7.9M

Payments

1,630

Peak Year

2019

$1.8M

Avg Payment

$5K

Near national avg

💡 Key Insight

Charles City County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $1.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.8M) was 2.4× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $5K is near the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$1.3M202$6K
2024$35K24$1K
2023$4K8$545
2022$354K26$14K
2021$1.3M243$6K
2020$1.8M394$5K
2019$1.8M273$7K
2018$588K250$2K
2017$758K210$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in Charles City County

Charles City County, Virginia 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 $7.9M across 1,630 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Charles City 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.