Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Farm Subsidies

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Milwaukee County in Wisconsin received $477K in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 367 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2980 of 3087

Rank in Wisconsin

#71 of 72

Total Subsidies

$477K

Payments

367

Peak Year

2019

$100K

Avg Payment

$1K

72% below national avg

💡 Key Insight

Milwaukee County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $100K. The average payment of $1K is 72% below the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$89K76$1K
2024$2K5$345
2023$2K4$591
2022$4K6$702
2021$48K47$1K
2020$100K76$1K
2019$100K29$3K
2018$53K57$934
2017$78K67$1K

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About Farm Subsidies in Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 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 $477K across 367 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Milwaukee County's peak in 2019 coincided with the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments designed to offset losses from trade tensions.

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.