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
1Whitman County, Washington$84,995,8430.5%0.5%
2La Salle County, Illinois$71,985,5910.4%0.9%
3Bureau County, Illinois$68,144,4430.4%1.3%
4Brown County, South Dakota$67,908,0650.4%1.6%
5Martin County, Minnesota$66,656,3710.4%2.0%
6Hamilton County, Nebraska$61,798,0320.3%2.4%
7Kossuth County, Iowa$59,198,7180.3%2.7%
8Henry County, Illinois$58,491,7830.3%3.0%
9Platte County, Nebraska$56,835,1860.3%3.3%
10Lee County, Illinois$56,335,2920.3%3.7%
11Nobles County, Minnesota$56,172,4050.3%4.0%
12Phelps County, Nebraska$56,132,5550.3%4.3%
13York County, Nebraska$55,826,8980.3%4.6%
14DeKalb County, Illinois$55,781,3790.3%4.9%
15Lincoln County, Washington$54,130,0770.3%5.2%
16Iroquois County, Illinois$52,948,6200.3%5.5%
17Custer County, Nebraska$51,812,1570.3%5.8%
18Blue Earth County, Minnesota$51,580,4020.3%6.1%
19Whiteside County, Illinois$50,885,0990.3%6.4%
20Jackson County, Minnesota$49,797,7520.3%6.6%
21Kearney County, Nebraska$49,127,5030.3%6.9%
22Renville County, Minnesota$49,059,3600.3%7.2%
23Antelope County, Nebraska$48,989,8630.3%7.5%
24Cass County, North Dakota$48,647,5050.3%7.7%
25Fillmore County, Nebraska$48,313,2200.3%8.0%
26Yuma County, Colorado$46,701,3420.3%8.3%
27Adams County, Nebraska$46,567,3640.3%8.5%
28Clinton County, Iowa$45,857,2790.3%8.8%
29Faribault County, Minnesota$45,667,3410.3%9.0%
30Dawson County, Nebraska$45,663,8460.3%9.3%
31Buffalo County, Nebraska$45,454,2730.3%9.6%
32Cedar County, Nebraska$45,086,3450.3%9.8%
33Hall County, Nebraska$44,660,2880.2%10.1%
34Stutsman County, North Dakota$44,211,5490.2%10.3%
35Watonwan County, Minnesota$44,193,1620.2%10.6%
36Lincoln County, Nebraska$43,430,4880.2%10.8%
37Ogle County, Illinois$42,905,5180.2%11.0%
38Grundy County, Iowa$42,824,2500.2%11.3%
39Holt County, Nebraska$42,474,0430.2%11.5%
40Beadle County, South Dakota$42,402,6150.2%11.7%
41Thayer County, Nebraska$41,742,9800.2%12.0%
42Hutchinson County, South Dakota$41,609,4030.2%12.2%
43Wood County, Ohio$41,467,3530.2%12.4%
44Murray County, Minnesota$41,312,0780.2%12.7%
45Plymouth County, Iowa$41,161,3340.2%12.9%
46Fayette County, Iowa$41,096,8820.2%13.1%
47Palo Alto County, Iowa$40,564,9720.2%13.4%
48Marshall County, Minnesota$39,796,7630.2%13.6%
49Cottonwood County, Minnesota$39,470,2760.2%13.8%
50Barnes County, North Dakota$39,091,5040.2%14.0%

Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.

 

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