Top 10 US States by Federal Farm Payments
USDA Economic Research Service data ranking all 50 US states by total federal farm payments. Draws current numbers directly from the PlainFarmData states dataset.
Research
Original data research from the PlainFarmData. Every page draws current numbers directly from the source dataset; no numbers are hardcoded.
Download the farm-payment statistics (CSV) , open extract wired into this page's Dataset JSON-LD.
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What this research covers
PlainFarmData research ranks USDA ERS farm-payment totals across 50 states and 35 federal programs (1995-2024); latest state rollup sums to $12.3B.
- 50
- states in payment rollup
- 35
- federal programs tracked
- $12.3B
- latest state-sum payments
- 3
- published ranking studies
Studies below answer one ranking question each from the live ERS/NASS mirror; they are descriptive payment statistics, not subsidy advice or eligibility guidance.
Top 10 US Counties by USDA Government Payments
PlainFarmData ranks all 3,000+ US counties by total USDA government payments, drawing on the most recent USDA NASS Census dataset.
Top 10 US States by Net Farm Income vs Federal Payments
Cross-cut comparing federal payment totals against net farm income by state, a measure of how dependent each state's farm sector is on federal support versus market commodity sales.