Illinois (IL) received $8.31B across 2,645,426 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$8.31B
Payments
2,645,426
Counties
100
Avg Payment
$3K
32% below national avg
How Illinois Compares
National Rank
#4 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$662
Share of National Total
5.6%
💡 Key Insight
Illinois's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $2.09B. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($1.93B) was 7.0× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Illinois
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRP Annual Rental | $1.46B |
| 2 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $1.40B |
| 3 | Market Facilitation Program (Crops) | $1.08B |
| 4 | CFAP Round 2 | $808.3M |
| 5 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $762.1M |
| 6 | Agriculture Risk Coverage (County) | $602.1M |
| 7 | Cfap3 — Tup | $419.4M |
| 8 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $271.4M |
| 9 | Cfapcccca | $253.0M |
| 10 | CFAP CARES Act | $237.8M |
Top Recipients in Illinois
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food Export Association Of The Midwest Usa | $47.2M |
| 2 | Jenks Family Farms | $7.7M |
| 3 | Us Livestock Genetics Export Inc | $6.5M |
| 4 | Walker Place | $5.9M |
| 5 | Frey Brothers | $5.8M |
| 6 | Herrmann Farms | $4.9M |
| 7 | Dawson Farms General Ptrp | $4.9M |
| 8 | Bigham Farms | $4.8M |
| 9 | Holmes Farms Gp | $4.5M |
| 10 | Carroll Family Farms Partnership | $4.3M |
| 11 | Heritage Family Farms | $4.2M |
| 12 | Mtr Farms | $4.0M |
| 13 | Dambacher Farms Partnership | $3.9M |
| 14 | Special K Hog Farm | $3.6M |
| 15 | York Farms General Partnership | $3.6M |
| 16 | Gingerich Farms | $3.6M |
| 17 | Campbell Farms | $3.5M |
| 18 | Woodrow Farms Partnership | $3.4M |
| 19 | D Dowson Fms | $3.3M |
| 20 | Rubenacker Farms | $3.3M |
| 21 | Berg Farms | $3.1M |
| 22 | Schlicht Farms Enterprises | $3.1M |
| 23 | Lenox Farms General Partnership | $3.0M |
| 24 | Sf Grain Partnership | $2.9M |
| 25 | Wood Family Partnership | $2.9M |
Counties in Illinois
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iroquois | 59,600 | $207.1M |
| 2 | McLean | 62,808 | $205.6M |
| 3 | Livingston | 61,015 | $203.5M |
| 4 | LaSalle | 65,602 | $185.6M |
| 5 | Champaign | 62,772 | $172.5M |
| 6 | Henry | 40,155 | $161.1M |
| 7 | Bureau | 37,433 | $153.2M |
| 8 | Vermilion | 38,834 | $144.9M |
| 9 | DeKalb | 26,695 | $138.4M |
| 10 | Whiteside | 27,857 | $135.9M |
| 11 | Hancock | 32,233 | $130.1M |
| 12 | Sangamon | 31,315 | $129.4M |
| 13 | Montgomery | 38,746 | $128.5M |
| 14 | Shelby | 52,082 | $128.2M |
| 15 | Logan | 32,296 | $127.4M |
| 16 | Stephenson | 27,032 | $124.4M |
| 17 | Christian | 36,029 | $124.3M |
| 18 | Macoupin | 35,303 | $122.9M |
| 19 | Lee | 26,810 | $116.7M |
| 20 | Knox | 30,421 | $116.4M |
| 21 | Clinton | 33,949 | $113.6M |
| 22 | Pike | 26,050 | $108.6M |
| 23 | Washington | 39,132 | $108.6M |
| 24 | Adams | 30,311 | $106.9M |
| 25 | Effingham | 49,772 | $102.1M |
| 26 | Ogle | 26,165 | $101.1M |
| 27 | Mercer | 25,314 | $98.7M |
| 28 | Carroll | 21,486 | $97.7M |
| 29 | Ford | 27,644 | $97.6M |
| 30 | Jasper | 48,711 | $97.3M |
| 31 | Wayne | 44,683 | $97.0M |
| 32 | Woodford | 30,306 | $96.7M |
| 33 | Tazewell | 31,599 | $96.6M |
| 34 | Macon | 25,352 | $95.1M |
| 35 | Warren | 23,187 | $95.0M |
| 36 | Edgar | 27,585 | $94.1M |
| 37 | Fayette | 40,379 | $94.0M |
| 38 | Morgan | 27,014 | $93.9M |
| 39 | Mason | 31,921 | $93.4M |
| 40 | McDonough | 20,992 | $90.9M |
| 41 | Clay | 39,251 | $90.9M |
| 42 | Piatt | 20,814 | $86.4M |
| 43 | Kankakee | 22,945 | $85.8M |
| 44 | Madison | 28,721 | $85.2M |
| 45 | Douglas | 27,670 | $83.3M |
| 46 | Fulton | 24,501 | $82.6M |
| 47 | Marion | 38,359 | $78.8M |
| 48 | Coles | 29,616 | $78.0M |
| 49 | Jo Daviess | 23,357 | $75.5M |
| 50 | Cumberland | 37,568 | $73.6M |
| 51 | Grundy | 21,509 | $73.0M |
| 52 | Richland | 37,713 | $73.0M |
| 53 | Greene | 23,464 | $72.8M |
| 54 | Hamilton | 29,412 | $72.0M |
| 55 | Clark | 34,839 | $71.3M |
| 56 | Cass | 19,254 | $69.9M |
| 57 | St. Clair | 25,848 | $68.9M |
| 58 | Randolph | 33,146 | $67.3M |
| 59 | Stark | 21,293 | $65.5M |
| 60 | Peoria | 24,000 | $64.8M |
| 61 | Marshall | 22,598 | $64.2M |
| 62 | White | 24,021 | $63.9M |
| 63 | Bond | 19,107 | $63.7M |
| 64 | DeWitt | 22,575 | $63.3M |
| 65 | Jefferson | 34,889 | $62.8M |
| 66 | Crawford | 30,567 | $62.3M |
| 67 | Monroe | 25,592 | $58.1M |
| 68 | Schuyler | 18,491 | $56.4M |
| 69 | District of Columbia | 804 | $55.3M |
| 70 | Menard | 18,224 | $55.3M |
| 71 | Will | 19,139 | $54.7M |
| 72 | Henderson | 13,875 | $54.6M |
| 73 | Moultrie | 17,373 | $54.5M |
| 74 | Jersey | 17,214 | $52.8M |
| 75 | Winnebago | 14,356 | $52.7M |
| 76 | McHenry | 14,242 | $52.5M |
| 77 | Franklin | 19,423 | $49.7M |
| 78 | Kane | 9,658 | $49.0M |
| 79 | Lawrence | 17,477 | $47.1M |
| 80 | Gallatin | 13,983 | $46.9M |
| 81 | Jackson | 15,606 | $46.1M |
| 82 | Kendall | 9,381 | $46.0M |
| 83 | Perry | 22,142 | $45.7M |
| 84 | Brown | 14,045 | $44.1M |
| 85 | Rock Island | 12,165 | $43.1M |
| 86 | Scott | 10,539 | $40.2M |
| 87 | Union | 9,086 | $37.4M |
| 88 | Saline | 12,642 | $34.9M |
| 89 | Wabash | 9,803 | $31.7M |
| 90 | Edwards | 13,371 | $28.4M |
| 91 | Boone | 7,684 | $28.2M |
| 92 | Calhoun | 11,719 | $27.5M |
| 93 | Massac | 9,998 | $24.9M |
| 94 | Putnam | 8,435 | $21.1M |
| 95 | Pulaski | 5,267 | $19.1M |
| 96 | Johnson | 7,937 | $18.4M |
| 97 | Williamson | 7,367 | $17.2M |
| 98 | Pope | 4,997 | $12.5M |
| 99 | Alexander | 3,099 | $11.9M |
| 100 | Gibson | 753 | $8.2M |
📊 Understanding Illinois's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Illinois received $8.31B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #4 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was CRP Annual Rental at $1.46B, followed by Market Facilitation Program 2019 at $1.40B. Payments flowed to recipients across 100 counties.
The average payment in Illinois ($3K) is below the national average of $5K, reflecting a pattern of smaller, more numerous payments typical of states with many small farms or diversified agriculture.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Illinois with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.