Mayaguez County, Puerto Rico Farm Subsidies

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Mayaguez County in Puerto Rico received $92.9M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 7,645 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#548 of 3087

Rank in Puerto Rico

#1 of 9

Total Subsidies

$92.9M

Payments

7,645

Peak Year

2019

$36.0M

Avg Payment

$12K

162% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Mayaguez County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $36.0M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($10.7M) was 26.9× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $12K is 162% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$4.4M1,178$4K
2024$9.8M1,204$8K
2023$18.1M1,764$10K
2022$710K176$4K
2021$8.2M1,117$7K
2020$10.7M1,063$10K
2019$36.0M800$45K
2018$4.6M261$18K
2017$399K82$5K

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About Farm Subsidies in Mayaguez County

Mayaguez 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 $92.9M across 7,645 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Mayaguez 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.