Chelan County, Washington Farm Subsidies

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Chelan County in Washington received $79.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 3,284 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#686 of 3087

Rank in Washington

#14 of 39

Total Subsidies

$79.6M

Payments

3,284

Peak Year

2020

$24.3M

Avg Payment

$24K

423% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Chelan County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $24.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($24.3M) was 768.0× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $24K is 423% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$21.8M827$26K
2024$3.8M515$7K
2023$3.4M161$21K
2022$10.4M317$33K
2021$9.3M359$26K
2020$24.3M752$32K
2019$5.9M274$22K
2018$793K69$11K
2017$32K10$3K

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About Farm Subsidies in Chelan County

Chelan County, Washington 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 $79.6M across 3,284 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Like many agricultural counties, Chelan County saw its peak subsidy payments in 2020 when the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) distributed emergency payments to offset pandemic-related losses.

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.