Vilas County, Wisconsin Farm Subsidies

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Vilas County in Wisconsin received $1.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 60 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#2875 of 3087

Rank in Wisconsin

#68 of 72

Total Subsidies

$1.0M

Payments

60

Peak Year

2021

$453K

Avg Payment

$17K

269% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Vilas County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $453K. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($191K) was 2057.6× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $17K is 269% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$164K12$14K
2024$4K2$2K
2022$83K1$83K
2021$453K24$19K
2020$191K9$21K
2019$118K4$30K
2018$11K6$2K
2017$932$47

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About Farm Subsidies in Vilas County

Vilas 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 $1.0M across 60 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Vilas County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $453K.

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.