Farm subsidies in Blair County, Pennsylvania
The Farm Service Agency paid 113 recipients $2.5 million through its Blair office in 2025, across 481 payments — 1.5% of what it paid in Pennsylvania.
Blair County in 2025
- $2.5 million
- Paid out
- $2,455,723
- 1,776 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 21 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania by what the office paid.
- 113
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 481
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $21
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 119,541 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 Blair and numbers it 13 within state 42, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Blair County is 42013.
What Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $63,916,600 | 6,300 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $33,923,572 | 840 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $22,190,052 | 1,873 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $17,797,979 | 2,864 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $12,033,658 | 3,236 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $9,556,473 | 148 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $1,272,361 | 384 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $1,165,956 | 56 |
The largest counties in Pennsylvania
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County | $17,482,493 | 342 |
| Chester County | $16,176,213 | 232 |
| Lancaster County | $10,891,567 | 690 |
| York County | $10,424,135 | 402 |
| Franklin County | $8,978,225 | 358 |
| Berks County | $6,323,220 | 452 |
| Erie County | $5,508,083 | 313 |
| Cumberland County | $4,275,522 | 286 |
| Bedford County | $3,856,727 | 249 |
| Schuylkill County | $3,702,545 | 249 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Pennsylvania · Federal awards recorded in Blair County
Sources
- Farm program payment files — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 24, 2026
- Census Bureau county population estimates — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
Data retrieved