Total Subsidies payments in the United States totaled $15.7 billion in 2011

Total Subsidies by state, 2011

Rank State Total Subsidies
2011
Pct of
Total
Running
Percentage
1Texas$1,539,332,9269.8%9.8%
2Iowa$1,336,820,4278.5%18.3%
3Illinois$1,111,263,3667.1%25.4%
4North Dakota$1,069,086,0886.8%32.2%
5Kansas$979,411,5316.2%38.5%
6Minnesota$952,861,3336.1%44.5%
7Nebraska$849,099,9195.4%50.0%
8South Dakota$733,085,0524.7%54.6%
9Missouri$567,389,5043.6%58.2%
10Indiana$550,430,3243.5%61.8%
11Ohio$437,401,0272.8%64.5%
12Oklahoma$425,660,9982.7%67.3%
13Arkansas$424,080,0142.7%70.0%
14Montana$386,581,4162.5%72.4%
15Wisconsin$344,512,5282.2%74.6%
16California$334,113,7162.1%76.8%
17North Carolina$320,190,3302.0%78.8%
18Colorado$313,197,2192.0%80.8%
19Mississippi$311,176,9432.0%82.8%
20Georgia$285,256,4801.8%84.6%
21Washington$278,896,6591.8%86.4%
22Michigan$261,331,6941.7%88.0%
23Kentucky$246,986,7171.6%89.6%
24Louisiana$245,082,5971.6%91.2%
25Tennessee$174,865,7681.1%92.3%
26Florida$147,252,3500.9%93.2%
27Alabama$146,177,3570.9%94.2%
28Idaho$136,177,1450.9%95.0%
29South Carolina$111,237,8530.7%95.7%
30Virginia$97,243,3330.6%96.4%
31Oregon$93,553,1910.6%97.0%
32Pennsylvania$93,254,3470.6%97.5%
33New Mexico$78,103,7850.5%98.0%
34Arizona$59,512,2180.4%98.4%
35New York$58,166,6080.4%98.8%
36Maryland$57,841,5720.4%99.2%
37Wyoming$26,715,5480.2%99.3%
38Delaware$18,320,9950.1%99.4%
39Utah$17,561,8090.1%99.6%
40New Jersey$12,554,7010.1%99.6%
41Hawaii$10,997,1270.1%99.7%
42Maine$10,308,9790.1%99.8%
43Connecticut$7,087,9310.0%99.8%
44Vermont$6,814,1990.0%99.9%
45West Virginia$6,450,5930.0%99.9%
46Massachusetts$6,347,6900.0%99.9%
47Nevada$3,506,1540.0%100.0%
48Puerto Rico$2,050,8330.0%100.0%
49Alaska$1,650,5790.0%100.0%
50New Hampshire$892,5320.0%100.0%
51Rhode Island$255,0660.0%100.0%
52US Virgin Islands$46,3340.0%100.0%
53Guam$21,7100.0%100.0%
54Northern Mariana Islands$19,7040.0%100.0%
55American Samoa$1,8880.0%100.0%

Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.

 

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