Farm households estimated to have received $2,167 on average from Economic Impact Payments in 2020
- by Anil K. Giri, Tia McDonald, Dipak Subedi and Christine Whitt
- 9/7/2021
![Bar chart showing average payments for all farm households and by housing tax filing status: joint, single, or head of household.](https://ers.usda.gov/sites/default/files/_laserfiche/Charts/101961/210901-COVIDaid-Fig2.png)
Data from the USDA, Economic Research Service and other Federal agencies estimated total COVID-19 related relief to the U.S. agriculture sector was $35.2 billion in 2020. Farm operations received 84 percent of that total, while farm households received 16 percent.