Farm subsidies in Kent County, Delaware
The Farm Service Agency paid 347 recipients $9.7 million through its Kent office in 2025, across 1,895 payments — 37.8% of what it paid in Delaware.
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Kent County in 2025
- $9.7 million
- Paid out
- $9,681,995
- 2 of 3 counties in Delaware by what the office paid.
- 347
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,895
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $50
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 194,786 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 Kent and numbers it 1 within state 10, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Kent County is 10001.
What Delaware 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 Delaware’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $11,784,963 | 705 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $6,120,269 | 120 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $4,505,540 | 535 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $2,407,150 | 219 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $476,140 | 139 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $198,978 | 18 |
| Emergency Relief Program Track 1-Specialty Crops | $115,645 | 1 |
| Emergency Relief Program Track 1-Non-Specialty Crops | $11,298 | 1 |
The largest counties in Delaware
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Sussex County | $14,145,923 | 526 |
| Kent County | $9,681,995 | 347 |
| New Castle County | $1,801,389 | 73 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Delaware · Federal awards recorded in Kent 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