Farm subsidies in Catawba County, North Carolina
The Farm Service Agency paid 62 recipients $1.0 million through its Catawba office in 2025, across 304 payments — 0.2% of what it paid in North Carolina.
Catawba County in 2025
- $1.0 million
- Paid out
- $1,012,923
- 74 of 100 counties in North Carolina by what the office paid.
- 62
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 304
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $6
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 170,172 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 Catawba and numbers it 35 within state 37, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Catawba County is 37035.
What North Carolina 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 North Carolina’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $138,298,623 | 6,777 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $88,906,815 | 4,027 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $63,593,823 | 1,618 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $47,126,891 | 843 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $36,318,662 | 6,033 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $18,115,150 | 3,579 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program Regular Web-Based | $13,820,819 | 160 |
| ECPCOF | $5,861,600 | 264 |
The largest counties in North Carolina
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Sampson County | $30,598,090 | 526 |
| Henderson County | $16,271,668 | 211 |
| Robeson County | $15,599,412 | 531 |
| Edgecombe County | $15,111,273 | 212 |
| Beaufort County | $14,901,288 | 259 |
| Wilson County | $13,448,436 | 186 |
| Duplin County | $13,246,760 | 392 |
| Bladen County | $12,242,164 | 260 |
| Wayne County | $11,337,930 | 384 |
| Martin County | $10,917,753 | 369 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in North Carolina · Federal awards recorded in Catawba 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