Kanawha County, West Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Kanawha County in West Virginia received $724K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,015 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2937 of 3087

Rank in West Virginia

#39 of 53

Total Subsidies

$724K

Payments

1,015

Peak Year

2025

$248K

Avg Payment

$714

85% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Kanawha County's peak subsidy year was 2025 at $248K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($111K) was 5.2× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $714 is 85% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$248K216$1K
2024$122K96$1K
2023$17K69$252
2022$75K80$941
2021$44K112$389
2020$111K272$409
2019$40K68$591
2018$45K46$980
2017$21K56$380

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About Farm Subsidies in Kanawha County

Kanawha County, West 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 $724K across 1,015 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Kanawha County's subsidy payments peaked in 2025 at $248K.

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.