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Total USDA - Subsidies in United States

USDA subsidies in United States totaled $21.2 billion in 2005


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Total USDA - Subsidies by state, 2005

Rank State Total USDA - Subsidies
2005
Pct of
Total
Running
Percentage
1Iowa$2,241,660,23010.6%10.6%
2Texas$2,023,214,1859.6%20.2%
3Illinois$1,750,309,4138.3%28.4%
4Nebraska$1,388,947,7756.6%35.0%
5Minnesota$1,356,611,8676.4%41.4%
6Kansas$1,056,913,7185.0%46.4%
7Indiana$872,035,3104.1%50.5%
8North Dakota$814,577,2403.9%54.4%
9Mississippi$798,586,4073.8%58.2%
10South Dakota$796,127,9353.8%61.9%
11Missouri$652,972,4243.1%65.0%
12California$626,519,6783.0%68.0%
13Ohio$571,637,4562.7%70.7%
14Wisconsin$538,616,2942.5%73.2%
15Arkansas$527,540,0262.5%75.7%
16Georgia$488,633,1932.3%78.0%
17North Carolina$397,682,0251.9%79.9%
18Florida$392,770,6891.9%81.8%
19Michigan$367,228,5231.7%83.5%
20Colorado$356,576,2521.7%85.2%
21Montana$354,673,0391.7%86.9%
22Louisiana$321,475,2631.5%88.4%
23Oklahoma$295,719,4231.4%89.8%
24Tennessee$283,232,7051.3%91.1%
25Alabama$240,839,4571.1%92.3%
26Washington$219,923,9301.0%93.3%
27Kentucky$215,144,5771.0%94.3%
28Idaho$176,329,4850.8%95.1%
29New York$134,112,6090.6%95.8%
30Pennsylvania$129,870,5470.6%96.4%
31South Carolina$117,216,2720.6%96.9%
32Arizona$117,082,6000.6%97.5%
33Virginia$113,248,4070.5%98.0%
34New Mexico$100,505,0610.5%98.5%
35Oregon$86,371,4630.4%98.9%
36Maryland$73,119,6170.3%99.3%
37Utah$41,078,3300.2%99.5%
38Delaware$22,562,4230.1%99.6%
39Vermont$17,056,5690.1%99.6%
40Maine$16,781,3700.1%99.7%
41New Jersey$15,213,8950.1%99.8%
42Nevada$8,434,9900.0%99.8%
43West Virginia$8,192,5890.0%99.9%
44Massachusetts$7,868,0250.0%99.9%
45Connecticut$7,531,4200.0%100.0%
46Alaska$3,773,2260.0%100.0%
47Hawaii$3,453,7230.0%100.0%
48New Hampshire$2,393,8520.0%100.0%
49Rhode Island$547,7450.0%100.0%

Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.