Thurston County, Washington Farm Subsidies

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Thurston County in Washington received $6.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 605 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2295 of 3087

Rank in Washington

#26 of 39

Total Subsidies

$6.9M

Payments

605

Peak Year

2021

$2.8M

Avg Payment

$11K

146% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Thurston County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $2.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($2.5M) was 53.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $11K is 146% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$170K37$5K
2024$227K32$7K
2023$539K57$9K
2022$48K20$2K
2021$2.8M230$12K
2020$2.5M133$19K
2019$340K54$6K
2018$159K29$5K
2017$48K13$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in Thurston County

Thurston 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 $6.9M across 605 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Thurston County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $2.8M.

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.