Mississippi (MS) received $2.55B across 449,752 USDA Farm Service Agency payments from 2017 to 2025.
Total Subsidies
$2.55B
Payments
449,752
Counties
99
Avg Payment
$6K
22% above national avg
How Mississippi Compares
National Rank
#20 of 59 states
Subsidy Per Capita
$868
Share of National Total
1.7%
💡 Key Insight
Mississippi's peak subsidy year was 2019 at $536.8M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($527.2M) was 5.0× the 2017 baseline.
Yearly Trends
Top Programs in Mississippi
| # | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Loss Coverage Program | $502.9M |
| 2 | CRP Annual Rental | $335.4M |
| 3 | Market Facilitation Program 2019 | $314.1M |
| 4 | Market Facilitation Program (Crops) | $211.8M |
| 5 | Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $145.2M |
| 6 | CFAP Round 2 | $142.2M |
| 7 | Agriculture Risk Coverage (County) | $121.9M |
| 8 | Livestock Forage Program | $105.9M |
| 9 | Emergency Relief Program | $90.3M |
| 10 | CFAP3 Top-Up Payments | $68.1M |
Top Recipients in Mississippi
| # | Recipient | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Jefferson Bank | $14.3M |
| 2 | Planters Bank & Trust Company | $9.1M |
| 3 | Bank Of Anguilla | $8.4M |
| 4 | First South Farm Credit Aca | $7.6M |
| 5 | Citizens Bank & Trust Co | $6.5M |
| 6 | First National Bank Of Clarksdale | $6.4M |
| 7 | Steele Farms | $6.0M |
| 8 | Guaranty Bank & Trust Co | $6.0M |
| 9 | New Hope Farms | $5.4M |
| 10 | Seward & Son Planting Company | $5.3M |
| 11 | West Partnership Ii | $5.3M |
| 12 | Allendale Planting Co | $5.2M |
| 13 | St Rest Planting Co | $5.2M |
| 14 | County Line Farms | $5.1M |
| 15 | Satterfield Farms | $4.9M |
| 16 | Staple Cotton Discount Corp | $4.8M |
| 17 | Bare Bones Farms | $4.8M |
| 18 | Prewitt Farms | $4.7M |
| 19 | Circle H Joint Venture | $4.6M |
| 20 | Bcf-09 | $4.6M |
| 21 | Silent Shade Planting Company | $4.4M |
| 22 | Adron Farms | $4.4M |
| 23 | Ashley Selman Farms Partnership | $4.4M |
| 24 | Brazil Planting Company | $4.3M |
| 25 | Flautt Farms | $4.3M |
Counties in Mississippi
| # | County | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivar | 18,717 | $201.9M |
| 2 | Washington | 14,535 | $193.2M |
| 3 | Sunflower | 13,179 | $160.5M |
| 4 | Coahoma | 12,034 | $159.7M |
| 5 | Leflore | 14,528 | $156.7M |
| 6 | Yazoo | 13,422 | $110.9M |
| 7 | Tallahatchie | 12,607 | $103.1M |
| 8 | Tunica | 6,730 | $92.9M |
| 9 | Quitman | 10,977 | $76.5M |
| 10 | Panola | 13,641 | $75.1M |
| 11 | Sharkey | 6,360 | $70.8M |
| 12 | Holmes | 9,225 | $69.6M |
| 13 | Calhoun | 16,153 | $66.0M |
| 14 | Humphreys | 7,417 | $62.5M |
| 15 | Chickasaw | 11,647 | $55.6M |
| 16 | Noxubee | 7,972 | $51.9M |
| 17 | Monroe | 12,588 | $41.7M |
| 18 | Issaquena | 4,307 | $40.4M |
| 19 | Lee | 10,632 | $36.3M |
| 20 | Madison | 5,375 | $29.9M |
| 21 | Pontotoc | 14,597 | $27.4M |
| 22 | Tate | 7,948 | $25.6M |
| 23 | Lowndes | 4,983 | $23.6M |
| 24 | DeSoto | 2,994 | $22.7M |
| 25 | Hinds | 5,617 | $22.5M |
| 26 | Marshall | 7,449 | $21.8M |
| 27 | Warren | 2,773 | $21.1M |
| 28 | Webster | 8,306 | $20.2M |
| 29 | Covington | 2,414 | $20.0M |
| 30 | George | 2,543 | $18.9M |
| 31 | Union | 11,110 | $17.5M |
| 32 | Prentiss | 8,761 | $16.7M |
| 33 | Grenada | 3,993 | $16.0M |
| 34 | Carroll | 4,609 | $15.9M |
| 35 | Montgomery | 4,493 | $14.6M |
| 36 | Alcorn | 7,257 | $14.1M |
| 37 | Clay | 5,303 | $13.8M |
| 38 | Attala | 4,815 | $12.9M |
| 39 | Tippah | 7,546 | $12.8M |
| 40 | Rankin | 2,796 | $12.4M |
| 41 | Walthall | 3,507 | $11.9M |
| 42 | Scott | 3,867 | $11.8M |
| 43 | Yalobusha | 4,275 | $11.3M |
| 44 | Lincoln | 2,734 | $11.3M |
| 45 | Concordia | 1,714 | $11.1M |
| 46 | Copiah | 2,241 | $10.4M |
| 47 | Lafayette | 5,204 | $10.3M |
| 48 | Itawamba | 7,421 | $9.4M |
| 49 | Smith | 2,214 | $9.2M |
| 50 | Amite | 2,669 | $9.2M |
| 51 | Claiborne | 2,107 | $9.1M |
| 52 | Jones | 2,705 | $8.6M |
| 53 | Simpson | 2,491 | $8.6M |
| 54 | Neshoba | 3,158 | $8.3M |
| 55 | Newton | 2,516 | $8.3M |
| 56 | Jefferson | 1,690 | $8.2M |
| 57 | Leake | 3,482 | $8.1M |
| 58 | Adams | 1,766 | $8.0M |
| 59 | Marion | 2,596 | $7.8M |
| 60 | Forrest | 1,172 | $7.1M |
| 61 | Oktibbeha | 3,612 | $6.8M |
| 62 | Wayne | 2,294 | $6.8M |
| 63 | Benton | 2,631 | $6.8M |
| 64 | Jackson | 813 | $6.8M |
| 65 | Jasper | 1,993 | $6.5M |
| 66 | Perry | 1,009 | $5.9M |
| 67 | Winston | 2,582 | $5.9M |
| 68 | Pike | 2,145 | $5.5M |
| 69 | Jefferson Davis | 1,516 | $5.5M |
| 70 | Tishomingo | 3,555 | $5.3M |
| 71 | Chicot | 424 | $4.9M |
| 72 | Pearl River | 1,524 | $4.7M |
| 73 | Stone | 683 | $4.6M |
| 74 | Kemper | 1,724 | $4.1M |
| 75 | Lamar | 1,100 | $4.0M |
| 76 | Greene | 1,385 | $3.9M |
| 77 | Choctaw | 2,068 | $3.5M |
| 78 | Lawrence | 687 | $3.3M |
| 79 | Clarke | 930 | $3.3M |
| 80 | Franklin | 1,172 | $2.9M |
| 81 | Lauderdale | 1,119 | $2.7M |
| 82 | Harrison | 415 | $2.5M |
| 83 | Hancock | 825 | $2.1M |
| 84 | Catahoula | 221 | $1.9M |
| 85 | Wilkinson | 474 | $1.8M |
| 86 | Tensas | 215 | $1.6M |
| 87 | Mobile | 185 | $1.3M |
| 88 | Mississippi | 455 | $1.2M |
| 89 | Shelby | 256 | $1.2M |
| 90 | Lonoke | 168 | $862K |
| 91 | Cross | 125 | $860K |
| 92 | Fayette | 377 | $788K |
| 93 | Phillips | 163 | $727K |
| 94 | Crittenden | 200 | $683K |
| 95 | Morehouse | 71 | $608K |
| 96 | Pemiscot | 537 | $565K |
| 97 | McNairy | 513 | $529K |
| 98 | Escambia | 8 | $442K |
| 99 | Hardeman | 266 | $441K |
📊 Understanding Mississippi's Farm Subsidies
From 2017 to 2025, Mississippi received $2.55B in USDA farm subsidy payments — ranking #20 out of 59 states and territories. The state's largest program was Price Loss Coverage Program at $502.9M, followed by CRP Annual Rental at $335.4M. Payments flowed to recipients across 99 counties.
The average payment in Mississippi ($6K) is close to the national average of $5K.
This data comes from USDA FSA payment files covering 2017–2025. Compare Mississippi with other states using our comparison tool, see state rankings, or explore why some states get more.