Farm subsidies in Whatcom County, Washington
The Farm Service Agency paid 328 recipients $11.0 million through its Whatcom office in 2025, across 547 payments — 2.1% of what it paid in Washington.
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Whatcom County in 2025
- $11.0 million
- Paid out
- $11,033,750
- 16 of 39 counties in Washington by what the office paid.
- 328
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 547
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $47
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 236,392 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 Whatcom and numbers it 73 within state 53, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Whatcom County is 53073.
What Washington 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 Washington’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $183,371,696 | 2,865 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $107,427,168 | 4,220 |
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $81,632,702 | 6,548 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $53,890,562 | 1,441 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $52,967,066 | 4,446 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $34,301,296 | 4,471 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $4,388,956 | 43 |
| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based - COF | $4,178,698 | 314 |
The largest counties in Washington
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Whitman County | $71,857,766 | 1,812 |
| Grant County | $61,974,808 | 877 |
| Yakima County | $58,477,430 | 594 |
| Adams County | $46,573,864 | 1,148 |
| Lincoln County | $46,226,599 | 1,681 |
| Franklin County | $38,479,988 | 493 |
| Walla Walla County | $27,312,094 | 889 |
| Okanogan County | $24,441,111 | 284 |
| Douglas County | $23,973,691 | 907 |
| Benton County | $21,804,868 | 272 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in Washington · Federal awards recorded in Whatcom 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