Ponce County, Puerto Rico Farm Subsidies

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Ponce County in Puerto Rico received $87.3M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 4,087 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#596 of 3087

Rank in Puerto Rico

#2 of 9

Total Subsidies

$87.3M

Payments

4,087

Peak Year

2019

$33.5M

Avg Payment

$21K

361% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Ponce County's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $33.5M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($10.7M) was 150.8× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $21K is 361% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$6.2M863$7K
2024$7.0M520$13K
2023$11.2M793$14K
2022$704K52$14K
2021$11.7M644$18K
2020$10.7M567$19K
2019$33.5M510$66K
2018$6.1M118$52K
2017$71K20$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in Ponce County

Ponce 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 $87.3M across 4,087 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Ponce 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.