Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program payments in the United States totaled $17.9 billion from 1995-2023.
Counties in the United States Receiving Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program payments, 1995-2023
Rank |
County |
Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program 1995-2023 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
1 | Whitman County, Washington | $84,995,843 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
2 | La Salle County, Illinois | $71,985,591 | 0.4% | 0.9% |
3 | Bureau County, Illinois | $68,144,443 | 0.4% | 1.3% |
4 | Brown County, South Dakota | $67,908,065 | 0.4% | 1.6% |
5 | Martin County, Minnesota | $66,656,371 | 0.4% | 2.0% |
6 | Hamilton County, Nebraska | $61,798,032 | 0.3% | 2.4% |
7 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $59,198,718 | 0.3% | 2.7% |
8 | Henry County, Illinois | $58,491,783 | 0.3% | 3.0% |
9 | Platte County, Nebraska | $56,835,186 | 0.3% | 3.3% |
10 | Lee County, Illinois | $56,335,292 | 0.3% | 3.7% |
11 | Nobles County, Minnesota | $56,172,405 | 0.3% | 4.0% |
12 | Phelps County, Nebraska | $56,132,555 | 0.3% | 4.3% |
13 | York County, Nebraska | $55,826,898 | 0.3% | 4.6% |
14 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $55,781,379 | 0.3% | 4.9% |
15 | Lincoln County, Washington | $54,130,077 | 0.3% | 5.2% |
16 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $52,948,620 | 0.3% | 5.5% |
17 | Custer County, Nebraska | $51,812,157 | 0.3% | 5.8% |
18 | Blue Earth County, Minnesota | $51,580,402 | 0.3% | 6.1% |
19 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $50,885,099 | 0.3% | 6.4% |
20 | Jackson County, Minnesota | $49,797,752 | 0.3% | 6.6% |
21 | Kearney County, Nebraska | $49,127,503 | 0.3% | 6.9% |
22 | Renville County, Minnesota | $49,059,360 | 0.3% | 7.2% |
23 | Antelope County, Nebraska | $48,989,863 | 0.3% | 7.5% |
24 | Cass County, North Dakota | $48,647,505 | 0.3% | 7.7% |
25 | Fillmore County, Nebraska | $48,313,220 | 0.3% | 8.0% |
26 | Yuma County, Colorado | $46,701,342 | 0.3% | 8.3% |
27 | Adams County, Nebraska | $46,567,364 | 0.3% | 8.5% |
28 | Clinton County, Iowa | $45,857,279 | 0.3% | 8.8% |
29 | Faribault County, Minnesota | $45,667,341 | 0.3% | 9.0% |
30 | Dawson County, Nebraska | $45,663,846 | 0.3% | 9.3% |
31 | Buffalo County, Nebraska | $45,454,273 | 0.3% | 9.6% |
32 | Cedar County, Nebraska | $45,086,345 | 0.3% | 9.8% |
33 | Hall County, Nebraska | $44,660,288 | 0.2% | 10.1% |
34 | Stutsman County, North Dakota | $44,211,549 | 0.2% | 10.3% |
35 | Watonwan County, Minnesota | $44,193,162 | 0.2% | 10.6% |
36 | Lincoln County, Nebraska | $43,430,488 | 0.2% | 10.8% |
37 | Ogle County, Illinois | $42,905,518 | 0.2% | 11.0% |
38 | Grundy County, Iowa | $42,824,250 | 0.2% | 11.3% |
39 | Holt County, Nebraska | $42,474,043 | 0.2% | 11.5% |
40 | Beadle County, South Dakota | $42,402,615 | 0.2% | 11.7% |
41 | Thayer County, Nebraska | $41,742,980 | 0.2% | 12.0% |
42 | Hutchinson County, South Dakota | $41,609,403 | 0.2% | 12.2% |
43 | Wood County, Ohio | $41,467,353 | 0.2% | 12.4% |
44 | Murray County, Minnesota | $41,312,078 | 0.2% | 12.7% |
45 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $41,161,334 | 0.2% | 12.9% |
46 | Fayette County, Iowa | $41,096,882 | 0.2% | 13.1% |
47 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $40,564,972 | 0.2% | 13.4% |
48 | Marshall County, Minnesota | $39,796,763 | 0.2% | 13.6% |
49 | Cottonwood County, Minnesota | $39,470,276 | 0.2% | 13.8% |
50 | Barnes County, North Dakota | $39,091,504 | 0.2% | 14.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.