Sweetwater County in Wyoming received $20.8M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 1,551 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$20.8M
Payments
1,551
Peak Year
2022
$4.8M
Avg Payment
$13K
188% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Sweetwater County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $4.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($4.3M) was 137.3× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $13K is 188% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Sweetwater County
Sweetwater County, Wyoming 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 $20.8M across 1,551 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Sweetwater County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $4.8M.
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.