Farm subsidies in Alameda County, California
The Farm Service Agency paid 49 recipients $533.8 thousand through its Alameda office in 2025, across 70 payments — < 0.1% of what it paid in California.
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Alameda County in 2025
- $533.8 thousand
- Paid out
- $533,816
- 46 of 57 counties in California by what the office paid.
- 49
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 70
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $0
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 1,636,630 residents. Farm payments go to farms, not to residents — this is a way to compare counties, not a payment anyone received.
FSA calls this office Alameda and numbers it 1 within state 6, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Alameda County is 06001.
What California was paid for
The state’s programs, largest first. The published file records a program against a payment rather than against a county office, so these are California’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $504,979,456 | 9,731 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $374,109,324 | 741 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $113,228,475 | 2,672 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $66,096,377 | 3,146 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $19,354,098 | 1,922 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $16,768,278 | 618 |
| ECPSFCOF | $10,790,826 | 152 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $7,622,306 | 617 |
The largest counties in California
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Tulare County | $191,299,217 | 1,464 |
| Merced County | $118,288,657 | 1,155 |
| Fresno County | $92,936,787 | 1,294 |
| San Joaquin County | $91,260,594 | 1,186 |
| Stanislaus County | $88,885,324 | 1,290 |
| Kern County | $87,807,233 | 485 |
| Kings County | $53,163,157 | 365 |
| Madera County | $48,917,558 | 491 |
| Colusa County | $41,352,267 | 826 |
| Monterey County | $34,758,633 | 264 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in California · Federal awards recorded in Alameda County
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work
Data retrieved