Farm subsidies in Henderson County, Texas
The Farm Service Agency paid 198 recipients $1.3 million through its Henderson office in 2025, across 240 payments — 0.1% of what it paid in Texas.
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Henderson County in 2025
- $1.3 million
- Paid out
- $1,324,006
- 172 of 254 counties in Texas by what the office paid.
- 198
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 240
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $15
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 88,595 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 Henderson and numbers it 213 within state 48, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Henderson County is 48213.
What Texas 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 Texas’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $825,226,464 | 34,013 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $561,739,464 | 22,801 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $148,708,576 | 36,540 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $87,885,768 | 16,994 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $68,850,403 | 8,593 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $41,448,862 | 8,204 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program | $40,163,952 | 7,008 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $39,438,094 | 1,210 |
The largest counties in Texas
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Gaines County | $89,692,673 | 988 |
| Dawson County | $60,333,378 | 1,415 |
| Hale County | $55,012,298 | 1,434 |
| Lubbock County | $52,402,445 | 1,655 |
| Lamb County | $51,886,658 | 1,310 |
| Terry County | $50,009,675 | 1,104 |
| Hockley County | $49,534,504 | 1,383 |
| Lynn County | $47,170,481 | 1,141 |
| Floyd County | $38,631,071 | 1,159 |
| Castro County | $33,920,902 | 659 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Texas · Federal awards recorded in Henderson 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