Ohio County, West Virginia Farm Subsidies

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Ohio County in West Virginia received $541K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 370 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2969 of 3087

Rank in West Virginia

#44 of 53

Total Subsidies

$541K

Payments

370

Peak Year

2020

$162K

Avg Payment

$1K

68% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Ohio County's peak subsidy year was 2020 at $162K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($162K) was 26.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $1K is 68% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$158K119$1K
2024$96K28$3K
2023$10K10$1K
2022$721$72
2021$83K48$2K
2020$162K99$2K
2019$17K28$600
2018$10K24$406
2017$6K13$464

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About Farm Subsidies in Ohio County

Ohio 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 $541K across 370 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, Ohio 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.