Farms Getting Government Payments, By State, according to the 2002 USDA Census of Agriculture

State	Number of Farms	Number of Farms Receiving Government Subsidies	Percent Receiving Government Subsidies
U.S. Total	2,128,982	707,596	33%
Alabama	45,126	12,863	29%
Alaska	609	72	12%
Arizona	7,294	833	11%
Arkansas	47,483	7,811	16%
California	79,631	7,228	9%
Colorado	31,369	10,163	32%
Connecticut	4,191	254	6%
Delaware	2,391	617	26%
Florida	44,081	2,554	6%
Georgia	49,311	15,510	31%
Hawaii	5,398	113	2%
Idaho	25,017	7,098	28%
Illinois	73,027	47,857	66%
Indiana	60,296	26,841	45%
Iowa	90,655	63,074	70%
Kansas	64,414	39,191	61%
Kentucky	86,541	22,825	26%
Louisiana	27,413	7,562	28%
Maine	7,196	1,244	17%
Maryland	12,198	3,372	28%
Massachusetts	6,075	415	7%
Michigan	53,315	18,133	34%
Minnesota	80,839	43,927	54%
Mississippi	42,186	12,383	29%
Missouri	106,797	43,379	41%
Montana	27,870	12,389	44%
Nebraska	49,355	32,007	65%
Nevada	2,989	439	15%
New Hampshire	3,363	359	11%
New Jersey	9,924	582	6%
New Mexico	15,170	3,246	21%
New York	37,255	9,896	27%
North Carolina	53,930	12,312	23%
North Dakota	30,619	23,892	78%
Ohio	77,797	28,851	37%
Oklahoma	83,300	24,316	29%
Oregon	40,033	4,430	11%
Pennsylvania	58,105	11,991	21%
Rhode Island	858	52	6%
South Carolina	24,541	6,112	25%
South Dakota	31,736	20,259	64%
Tennessee	87,595	16,034	18%
Texas	228,926	42,217	18%
Utah	15,282	2,987	20%
Vermont	6,571	1,296	20%
Virginia	47,606	9,206	19%
Washington	35,939	7,332	20%
West Virginia	20,812	1,675	8%
Wisconsin	77,131	37,234	48%
Wyoming	9,422	3,163	34%

Source: EWG. Compiled from 2002 Census of Agriculture.

Updated October 2004

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