Farm subsidies in Mississippi
The Farm Service Agency paid 20,834 recipients in Mississippi $364.7 million in 2025, across 63,267 payments through 82 county offices — 1.5% of what it paid nationally.
American Factbook Research
Mississippi in 2025
- $364.7 million
- Paid out
- $364,728,715
- 1.5% of the national total, which was $24.4 billion.
- 20,834
- Recipients
- Name and mailing address as published, counted once however many payments.
- 63,267
- Payments
- One row is one disbursement, not one recipient and not one year.
- 82
- County offices
- The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farming counties.
What the payments were for
| Program | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $145,155,757 | 4,353 | 8,971 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Specialty Crops 1 | $60,437,370 | 1,690 | 2,475 |
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $38,801,393 | 7,069 | 12,996 |
| Price Loss Coverage | $33,585,938 | 2,639 | 9,573 |
| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $31,097,242 | 4,105 | 15,981 |
| Emergency Livestock Relief Program-2023-24 | $30,329,615 | 9,902 | 11,689 |
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $11,059,356 | 330 | 662 |
| Emergency Assistance Livestock Bees Fish (ELAP) | $4,156,440 | 39 | 46 |
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Specialty Crops 1 | $1,990,305 | 47 | 59 |
| Livestock Forage Program | $1,888,080 | 293 | 311 |
Every county office
| County | Paid out | Recipients | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | $26,558,681 | 373 | 2,438 |
| Bolivar County | $21,445,311 | 464 | 2,489 |
| Leflore County | $21,391,192 | 437 | 2,249 |
| Coahoma County | $19,148,344 | 350 | 1,686 |
| Sunflower County | $18,862,636 | 436 | 2,171 |
| Yazoo County | $18,644,311 | 576 | 2,136 |
| Tallahatchie County | $13,597,013 | 562 | 2,159 |
| Panola County | $12,815,606 | 709 | 2,179 |
| Calhoun County | $12,382,070 | 702 | 2,431 |
| Sharkey County | $12,266,084 | 195 | 1,066 |
| Tunica County | $11,467,297 | 144 | 792 |
| Holmes County | $11,328,952 | 491 | 1,587 |
| Humphreys County | $10,019,173 | 232 | 1,320 |
| Noxubee County | $9,681,986 | 367 | 1,303 |
| Quitman County | $9,275,279 | 428 | 1,475 |
| Chickasaw County | $8,805,203 | 565 | 1,711 |
| Lee County | $7,362,028 | 390 | 1,844 |
| Monroe County | $7,236,733 | 458 | 1,775 |
| Issaquena County | $6,966,018 | 144 | 750 |
| Pontotoc County | $5,266,380 | 764 | 2,494 |
| DeSoto County | $4,777,984 | 147 | 522 |
| Tate County | $4,737,813 | 411 | 1,443 |
| George County | $4,673,086 | 213 | 492 |
| Lowndes County | $4,278,385 | 201 | 859 |
| Madison County | $4,165,249 | 326 | 644 |
| Marshall County | $4,119,265 | 353 | 1,257 |
| Warren County | $3,782,344 | 175 | 415 |
| Hinds County | $3,588,266 | 423 | 702 |
| Union County | $3,475,017 | 488 | 1,406 |
| Webster County | $3,106,226 | 461 | 1,244 |
| Prentiss County | $2,876,982 | 322 | 1,119 |
| Alcorn County | $2,776,814 | 266 | 843 |
| Montgomery County | $2,657,015 | 285 | 689 |
| Covington County | $2,534,001 | 232 | 313 |
| Grenada County | $2,165,402 | 252 | 614 |
| Tippah County | $1,922,203 | 364 | 908 |
| Yalobusha County | $1,878,057 | 242 | 715 |
| Scott County | $1,783,903 | 384 | 527 |
| Carroll County | $1,702,402 | 259 | 515 |
| Lafayette County | $1,688,485 | 286 | 757 |
| Itawamba County | $1,608,389 | 304 | 985 |
| Rankin County | $1,564,869 | 219 | 365 |
| Walthall County | $1,550,708 | 294 | 367 |
| Benton County | $1,479,800 | 131 | 442 |
| Clay County | $1,434,307 | 299 | 631 |
| Attala County | $1,298,135 | 267 | 455 |
| Adams County | $1,260,063 | 145 | 228 |
| Jackson County | $1,247,014 | 98 | 145 |
| Jefferson County | $1,209,922 | 97 | 192 |
| Smith County | $1,204,202 | 256 | 276 |
| Claiborne County | $1,200,970 | 133 | 214 |
| Harrison County | $1,169,057 | 67 | 81 |
| Stone County | $1,121,921 | 81 | 100 |
| Newton County | $1,110,422 | 194 | 264 |
| Copiah County | $1,109,103 | 238 | 261 |
| Forrest County | $1,073,460 | 89 | 133 |
| Wayne County | $1,006,363 | 249 | 490 |
| Perry County | $977,275 | 89 | 190 |
| Lincoln County | $971,072 | 265 | 291 |
| Simpson County | $952,682 | 264 | 308 |
| Neshoba County | $931,936 | 300 | 321 |
| Leake County | $927,441 | 294 | 377 |
| Amite County | $926,764 | 257 | 280 |
| Pearl River County | $860,177 | 204 | 240 |
| Greene County | $834,156 | 174 | 357 |
| Jones County | $780,613 | 275 | 307 |
| Oktibbeha County | $780,344 | 257 | 467 |
| Marion County | $740,580 | 190 | 222 |
| Tishomingo County | $713,558 | 163 | 356 |
| Jefferson Davis County | $637,513 | 175 | 195 |
| Lamar County | $628,429 | 100 | 132 |
| Jasper County | $597,571 | 158 | 175 |
| Pike County | $549,362 | 215 | 222 |
| Winston County | $522,707 | 184 | 239 |
| Clarke County | $506,820 | 72 | 78 |
| Kemper County | $438,220 | 146 | 161 |
| Wilkinson County | $386,682 | 57 | 79 |
| Hancock County | $348,378 | 124 | 128 |
| Choctaw County | $279,088 | 141 | 215 |
| Lawrence County | $233,128 | 95 | 110 |
| Franklin County | $212,515 | 58 | 67 |
| Lauderdale County | $133,803 | 77 | 82 |
The largest recipients in Mississippi
| Recipient | Where | Paid | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Bank & Trust Co | Marks | $2,439,887 | 114 |
| Southern Planting Company | Greenville | $1,901,758 | 22 |
| Bowen Farm | Randolph | $1,397,400 | 209 |
| Courtney Family Farms | Lucedale | $1,243,925 | 23 |
| Seward & Son Planting Company | Louise | $1,221,320 | 46 |
| Lewis M Bailey Iv Farms Partnership | Bruce | $1,217,768 | 74 |
| B L Lamensdorf Farms | Cary | $978,475 | 25 |
| C & E Farms Partnership | Coffeeville | $941,167 | 6 |
| Ashley Selman Farms Partnership | Greenwood | $928,636 | 23 |
| Eubanks Produce Inc | Lucedale | $900,000 | 2 |
Counties in Mississippi, side by side
The closest pairs among the state’s largest county offices. Any two counties compare on demand; these are the ones in the sitemap, because a page a crawler is offered has to be a page something links to.
- Washington County and Bolivar County
- Bolivar County and Leflore County
- Leflore County and Coahoma County
- Coahoma County and Sunflower County
- Sunflower County and Yazoo County
- Yazoo County and Tallahatchie County
- Tallahatchie County and Panola County
- Panola County and Calhoun County
- Calhoun County and Sharkey County
- Sharkey County and Tunica County
Mississippi elsewhere on the Factbook
- Reported crimeCrime and justice
Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.
- Cities by violent crime rateCrime and justice
What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.
- Prison populationCrime and justice
People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.
- Arrests by race, sex and ageCrime and justice
Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.
- Hate crimeCrime and justice
Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.
- Federal obligationsFederal spending
What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.
- Registered nonprofitsNonprofits
How many organizations the IRS lists in the state, what they report as revenue, and which kinds of work they do.
- Payments to doctorsHealth
What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.
- The Mississippi Factbook entryAcross the Factbook
Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.
The immigration hub has no page for this state: EOIR runs no immigration court here, and CBP publishes by sector and field office, which are its own areas of responsibility rather than a geography. Immigration and the border.
Sources
- USDA Farm Service Agency — 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