Arecibo County in Puerto Rico received $49.0M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 8,439 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.
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Total Subsidies
$49.0M
Payments
8,439
Peak Year
2021
$11.5M
Avg Payment
$6K
25% above national avg
💡 Key Insight
Arecibo County's peak subsidy year was 2021 at $11.5M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($8.8M) was 20.7× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $6K is 25% above the national average.
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About Farm Subsidies in Arecibo County
Arecibo County, Puerto Rico 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 $49.0M across 8,439 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.
Arecibo County's subsidy payments peaked in 2021 at $11.5M.
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.