Nicholas County, West Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Nicholas County in West Virginia received $3.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 847 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2623 of 3087

Rank in West Virginia

#17 of 53

Total Subsidies

$3.0M

Payments

847

Peak Year

2021

$912K

Avg Payment

$4K

24% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Nicholas County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $912K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($779K) was 13.5× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $4K is 24% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$769K167$5K
2024$401K65$6K
2023$29K39$751
2022$8K8$1K
2021$912K148$6K
2020$779K370$2K
2019$5K6$798
2018$14K12$1K
2017$58K32$2K

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About Farm Subsidies in Nicholas County

Nicholas 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 $3.0M across 847 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Nicholas County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $912K.

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.