Farm subsidies in Honolulu County, Hawaii
The Farm Service Agency paid 291 recipients $6.5 million through its Honolulu office in 2025, across 633 payments — 30.2% of what it paid in Hawaii.
Honolulu County in 2025
- $6.5 million
- Paid out
- $6,461,629
- 2 of 4 counties in Hawaii by what the office paid.
- 291
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 633
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $7
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 988,703 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 Honolulu and numbers it 3 within state 15, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Honolulu County is 15003.
What Hawaii 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 Hawaii’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $9,816,163 | 437 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $4,979,986 | 299 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $3,531,944 | 249 |
| Farm Ranchers Program | $1,401,426 | 466 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $987,834 | 65 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program | $191,681 | 31 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program Regular Web-Based | $178,620 | 6 |
| ECPCOF | $117,367 | 14 |
The largest counties in Hawaii
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County | $11,038,050 | 447 |
| Honolulu County | $6,461,629 | 291 |
| Maui County | $2,193,886 | 119 |
| Kauai County | $1,728,056 | 110 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Hawaii · Federal awards recorded in Honolulu 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