Farm subsidies in Pleasants County, West Virginia
The Farm Service Agency paid 27 recipients $114.1 thousand through its Pleasants office in 2025, across 50 payments — 0.3% of what it paid in West Virginia.
Pleasants County in 2025
- $114.1 thousand
- Paid out
- $114,144
- 2,866 of 3,068 county offices nationally, and 44 of 51 counties in West Virginia by what the office paid.
- 27
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 50
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $16
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 7,338 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 Pleasants and numbers it 73 within state 54, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Pleasants County is 54073.
What West Virginia 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 West Virginia’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $11,511,441 | 5,514 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $6,611,868 | 1,258 |
| Livestock Forage Disaster Program (COF) | $3,362,489 | 816 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $2,695,374 | 461 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $2,679,585 | 658 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $2,619,822 | 965 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $2,146,578 | 110 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $1,979,455 | 58 |
The largest counties in West Virginia
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Hampshire County | $3,085,372 | 207 |
| Greenbrier County | $3,064,525 | 328 |
| Jefferson County | $2,708,057 | 144 |
| Berkeley County | $2,705,776 | 155 |
| Hardy County | $2,117,209 | 180 |
| Monroe County | $2,093,808 | 338 |
| Preston County | $2,083,968 | 277 |
| Grant County | $1,694,907 | 230 |
| Mason County | $1,627,169 | 283 |
| Pendleton County | $1,575,737 | 282 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in West Virginia · Federal awards recorded in Pleasants 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