USDA NASS · county ranking · 2022 Census
Farm Subsidies per Acre
Counties ranked by 2022 federal farm-program receipts per acre of agricultural land. Counties need at least 10,000 agricultural acres for a comparable rate.
USDA NASS · 2022 Census · Federal receipts per acre
Henderson County, NC has the highest qualifying federal farm-program receipts per acre at $295.57/acre, ahead of Hartford County, CT at $132.02/acre.
According to the USDA Economic Research Service Farm Income and Wealth Statistics.
- $295.57/acre
- #1 North Carolina
- $132.02/acre
- #2 Connecticut
- 50
- counties on this ranking
Federal program receipts and agricultural acres both come from the 2022 NASS county Census. Counties below 10,000 acres are excluded so a tiny land base cannot lead the ranking.
Henderson County, NC leads this ranking of federal farm-program receipts per agricultural acre at $295.57/acre, ahead of Hartford County, CT ($132.02/acre). The comparison uses the 2022 NASS county Census for both receipts and acres, with a 10,000-acre floor.
- 50 counties ranked on Federal receipts per acre
- #2 Hartford County, CT at $132.02/acre
- NASS 2022 county Census snapshot
| # | County | Federal receipts per acre |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henderson County NC | $295.57/acre |
| 2 | Hartford County CT | $132.02/acre |
| 3 | Tolland County CT | $115.12/acre |
| 4 | Chelan County WA | $114.18/acre |
| 5 | Clinch County GA | $109.08/acre |
| 6 | Hampden County MA | $79.61/acre |
| 7 | Cameron County TX | $77.11/acre |
| 8 | Benzie County MI | $75.89/acre |
| 9 | Suffolk County NY | $74.69/acre |
| 10 | Washington County RI | $72.05/acre |
| 11 | Adams County PA | $68.88/acre |
| 12 | Kent County MI | $68.20/acre |
| 13 | Leelanau County MI | $64.05/acre |
| 14 | Hillsborough County FL | $62.90/acre |
| 15 | Bacon County GA | $62.88/acre |
| 16 | Hidalgo County TX | $59.56/acre |
| 17 | Napa County CA | $59.28/acre |
| 18 | Gloucester County NJ | $58.47/acre |
| 19 | Berrien County MI | $57.73/acre |
| 20 | Brunswick County NC | $54.44/acre |
| 21 | Pennington County MN | $54.36/acre |
| 22 | Decatur County GA | $53.81/acre |
| 23 | Grand Traverse County MI | $53.76/acre |
| 24 | Van Buren County MI | $53.64/acre |
| 25 | Greene County NC | $53.35/acre |
| 26 | Yankton County SD | $53.28/acre |
| 27 | Ulster County NY | $52.95/acre |
| 28 | Hale County TX | $52.60/acre |
| 29 | Hutchinson County SD | $51.57/acre |
| 30 | Gaines County TX | $50.30/acre |
| 31 | Mitchell County GA | $50.17/acre |
| 32 | Hood River County OR | $49.58/acre |
| 33 | Northampton County VA | $49.40/acre |
| 34 | Norman County MN | $48.97/acre |
| 35 | Marshall County IA | $48.91/acre |
| 36 | Atkinson County GA | $48.88/acre |
| 37 | Atlantic County NJ | $48.18/acre |
| 38 | Lincoln County MN | $48.17/acre |
| 39 | Mccook County SD | $47.12/acre |
| 40 | Polk County MN | $47.07/acre |
| 41 | Lamb County TX | $46.90/acre |
| 42 | New Haven County CT | $46.74/acre |
| 43 | Griggs County ND | $46.69/acre |
| 44 | Ottawa County MI | $46.49/acre |
| 45 | San Diego County CA | $46.48/acre |
| 46 | Peach County GA | $46.35/acre |
| 47 | Steele County ND | $46.21/acre |
| 48 | Traill County ND | $46.15/acre |
| 49 | Miller County GA | $46.08/acre |
| 50 | Guthrie County IA | $46.07/acre |
Source: USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture 2022 county federal farm-program receipts per agricultural acre; 10,000-acre eligibility floor
What to do with this ranking
Farm Subsidies per Acre leads with Henderson County, NC at $295.57/acre. Three places to take it further:
- Open Henderson County's full USDA NASS profile, payments, sales, and land use. View #1 in detail
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- Read how these figures are sourced, computed, and verified before citing them. Methodology
Per-acre receipts come from the 2022 NASS county Census only, not the ERS state-level series used on other rankings.
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Every figure on this ranking is rendered from the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture county table, no number is typed in by an editor. Rankings divide 2022 NASS federal program receipts by 2022 NASS agricultural acres, excluding counties under 10,000 acres; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.