Farm subsidies in Sumter County, Florida
The Farm Service Agency paid 285 recipients $7.4 million through its Sumter office in 2025, across 697 payments — 2.3% of what it paid in Florida.
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Sumter County in 2025
- $7.4 million
- Paid out
- $7,359,877
- 13 of 63 counties in Florida by what the office paid.
- 285
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 697
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $47
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 157,772 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 Sumter and numbers it 119 within state 12, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Sumter County is 12119.
What Florida 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 Florida’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $133,641,351 | 1,908 |
| Emerg Assist Livestock Bees Fish (Elap) | $61,112,932 | 403 |
| Supp Disaster Relief Spec Crops 1 | $34,747,630 | 570 |
| Wecpcscof | $19,600,982 | 444 |
| Ecpcof | $19,565,678 | 640 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $19,220,251 | 594 |
| Supp Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops 1 | $15,545,549 | 716 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief PRGM-2023-24 | $10,894,682 | 1,680 |
The largest counties in Florida
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough County | $37,486,371 | 234 |
| Polk County | $28,744,438 | 528 |
| Levy County | $21,303,852 | 240 |
| Hardee County | $17,428,359 | 382 |
| DeSoto County | $14,629,974 | 261 |
| Jackson County | $13,065,308 | 364 |
| Lake County | $12,005,949 | 206 |
| Palm Beach County | $11,583,879 | 78 |
| Hendry County | $10,966,585 | 124 |
| Manatee County | $9,194,523 | 147 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Florida · Federal awards recorded in Sumter 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