Farm subsidies in Lee County, Arkansas
The Farm Service Agency paid 385 recipients $14.1 million through its Lee office in 2025, across 1,787 payments — 3.0% of what it paid in Arkansas.
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Lee County in 2025
- $14.1 million
- Paid out
- $14,118,714
- 15 of 75 counties in Arkansas by what the office paid.
- 385
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 1,787
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $1.8 thousand
- Per resident
- $1,758
- Over the Census Bureau's 8,029 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 Lee and numbers it 77 within state 5, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Lee County is 05077.
What Arkansas 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 Arkansas’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $281,309,896 | 12,533 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $63,434,128 | 2,603 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program | $33,432,032 | 7,714 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $25,131,265 | 3,874 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $15,819,340 | 2,695 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $13,962,406 | 4,540 |
| ECPCOF | $8,219,133 | 263 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $7,032,396 | 3,441 |
The largest counties in Arkansas
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi County | $29,344,736 | 1,092 |
| Phillips County | $27,838,403 | 438 |
| Jackson County | $25,714,714 | 573 |
| Craighead County | $23,968,162 | 1,442 |
| Monroe County | $20,519,676 | 535 |
| Poinsett County | $20,059,031 | 880 |
| Cross County | $18,638,256 | 532 |
| Jefferson County | $17,769,056 | 544 |
| Arkansas County | $17,096,810 | 807 |
| Crittenden County | $16,937,167 | 450 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Arkansas · Federal awards recorded in Lee 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