Farm subsidies in Wilson County, North Carolina
The Farm Service Agency paid 186 recipients $13.4 million through its Wilson office in 2025, across 2,612 payments — 3.1% of what it paid in North Carolina.
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Wilson County in 2025
- $13.4 million
- Paid out
- $13,448,436
- 6 of 100 counties in North Carolina by what the office paid.
- 186
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 2,612
- Payments
- One row of USDA’s file is one disbursement, not one recipient.
- $166
- Per resident
- Over the Census Bureau's 81,150 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 Wilson and numbers it 195 within state 37, which is its own numbering and not the Census Bureau’s. The FIPS code for Wilson County is 37195.
What North Carolina 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 North Carolina’s figures and not this office’s.
| Program | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $138,298,623 | 6,777 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $88,906,815 | 4,027 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $63,593,823 | 1,618 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $47,126,891 | 843 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $36,318,662 | 6,033 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $18,115,150 | 3,579 |
| Non-Insured Assistance Program Regular Web-Based | $13,820,819 | 160 |
| ECPCOF | $5,861,600 | 264 |
The largest counties in North Carolina
| County | Paid out | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Sampson County | $30,598,090 | 526 |
| Henderson County | $16,271,668 | 211 |
| Robeson County | $15,599,412 | 531 |
| Edgecombe County | $15,111,273 | 212 |
| Beaufort County | $14,901,288 | 259 |
| Wilson County | $13,448,436 | 186 |
| Duplin County | $13,246,760 | 392 |
| Bladen County | $12,242,164 | 260 |
| Wayne County | $11,337,930 | 384 |
| Martin County | $10,917,753 | 369 |
What the Farm Service Agency paid in North Carolina · Federal awards recorded in Wilson 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