| Rank |
County |
Total Counter Cyclical Payments
1995-2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Mitchell County, Georgia | $48,792,413 | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| 2 | Worth County, Georgia | $47,260,471 | 4.3% | 8.8% |
| 3 | Dooly County, Georgia | $46,717,424 | 4.3% | 13.0% |
| 4 | Colquitt County, Georgia | $45,794,520 | 4.2% | 17.2% |
| 5 | Decatur County, Georgia | $45,513,083 | 4.2% | 21.4% |
| 6 | Early County, Georgia | $42,660,467 | 3.9% | 25.3% |
| 7 | Miller County, Georgia | $35,590,271 | 3.3% | 28.5% |
| 8 | Irwin County, Georgia | $33,682,439 | 3.1% | 31.6% |
| 9 | Bulloch County, Georgia | $32,201,214 | 2.9% | 34.6% |
| 10 | Brooks County, Georgia | $31,452,139 | 2.9% | 37.4% |
| 11 | Baker County, Georgia | $27,186,579 | 2.5% | 39.9% |
| 12 | Burke County, Georgia | $26,535,580 | 2.4% | 42.4% |
| 13 | Seminole County, Georgia | $25,965,855 | 2.4% | 44.7% |
| 14 | Coffee County, Georgia | $25,244,488 | 2.3% | 47.0% |
| 15 | Calhoun County, Georgia | $23,628,477 | 2.2% | 49.2% |
| 16 | Berrien County, Georgia | $23,182,408 | 2.1% | 51.3% |
| 17 | Sumter County, Georgia | $23,107,289 | 2.1% | 53.4% |
| 18 | Terrell County, Georgia | $22,813,066 | 2.1% | 55.5% |
| 19 | Turner County, Georgia | $22,431,028 | 2.1% | 57.6% |
| 20 | Crisp County, Georgia | $22,025,083 | 2.0% | 59.6% |
| 21 | Tift County, Georgia | $21,605,015 | 2.0% | 61.5% |
| 22 | Thomas County, Georgia | $21,153,786 | 1.9% | 63.5% |
| 23 | Lee County, Georgia | $20,477,056 | 1.9% | 65.4% |
| 24 | Pulaski County, Georgia | $20,198,177 | 1.8% | 67.2% |
| 25 | Wilcox County, Georgia | $19,657,119 | 1.8% | 69.0% |
| 26 | Grady County, Georgia | $19,432,058 | 1.8% | 70.8% |
| 27 | Appling County, Georgia | $18,954,212 | 1.7% | 72.5% |
| 28 | Cook County, Georgia | $16,928,680 | 1.5% | 74.1% |
| 29 | Randolph County, Georgia | $16,657,940 | 1.5% | 75.6% |
| 30 | Screven County, Georgia | $15,293,432 | 1.4% | 77.0% |
| 31 | Dodge County, Georgia | $13,159,706 | 1.2% | 78.2% |
| 32 | Macon County, Georgia | $12,907,259 | 1.2% | 79.4% |
| 33 | Emanuel County, Georgia | $11,714,773 | 1.1% | 80.4% |
| 34 | Jeff Davis County, Georgia | $11,683,003 | 1.1% | 81.5% |
| 35 | Bleckley County, Georgia | $11,329,586 | 1.0% | 82.5% |
| 36 | Jenkins County, Georgia | $10,508,142 | 1.0% | 83.5% |
| 37 | Ben Hill County, Georgia | $10,492,126 | 1.0% | 84.4% |
| 38 | Jefferson County, Georgia | $10,454,189 | 1.0% | 85.4% |
| 39 | Pierce County, Georgia | $9,714,206 | 0.9% | 86.3% |
| 40 | Atkinson County, Georgia | $9,148,904 | 0.8% | 87.1% |
| 41 | Laurens County, Georgia | $9,071,771 | 0.8% | 88.0% |
| 42 | Webster County, Georgia | $8,986,649 | 0.8% | 88.8% |
| 43 | Clay County, Georgia | $8,870,892 | 0.8% | 89.6% |
| 44 | Houston County, Georgia | $8,128,215 | 0.7% | 90.3% |
| 45 | Bacon County, Georgia | $7,607,580 | 0.7% | 91.0% |
| 46 | Candler County, Georgia | $7,472,559 | 0.7% | 91.7% |
| 47 | Dougherty County, Georgia | $7,434,620 | 0.7% | 92.4% |
| 48 | Wayne County, Georgia | $6,883,330 | 0.6% | 93.0% |
| 49 | Lowndes County, Georgia | $6,481,276 | 0.6% | 93.6% |
| 50 | Telfair County, Georgia | $5,915,842 | 0.5% | 94.2% |
| 51 | Stewart County, Georgia | $4,360,353 | 0.4% | 94.5% |
| 52 | Toombs County, Georgia | $4,284,403 | 0.4% | 94.9% |
| 53 | Tattnall County, Georgia | $4,013,598 | 0.4% | 95.3% |
| 54 | Lanier County, Georgia | $3,968,829 | 0.4% | 95.7% |
| 55 | Washington County, Georgia | $3,468,736 | 0.3% | 96.0% |
| 56 | Taylor County, Georgia | $3,397,089 | 0.3% | 96.3% |
| 57 | Twiggs County, Georgia | $3,082,248 | 0.3% | 96.6% |
| 58 | Johnson County, Georgia | $2,801,602 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 59 | Peach County, Georgia | $2,773,528 | 0.3% | 97.1% |
| 60 | Evans County, Georgia | $2,698,238 | 0.2% | 97.3% |
| 61 | Ware County, Georgia | $2,672,093 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 62 | Montgomery County, Georgia | $2,085,133 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 63 | Effingham County, Georgia | $2,067,548 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 64 | Wheeler County, Georgia | $2,057,948 | 0.2% | 98.1% |
| 65 | Quitman County, Georgia | $1,849,380 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 66 | Schley County, Georgia | $1,679,032 | 0.2% | 98.5% |
| 67 | Floyd County, Georgia | $1,554,480 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 68 | Treutlen County, Georgia | $1,536,052 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 69 | Marion County, Georgia | $1,403,944 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 70 | Polk County, Georgia | $1,392,541 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 71 | Bartow County, Georgia | $1,200,291 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 72 | Elbert County, Georgia | $1,131,399 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 73 | Lamar County, Georgia | $974,819 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 74 | Morgan County, Georgia | $957,148 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 75 | Gordon County, Georgia | $618,304 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 76 | Bryan County, Georgia | $617,621 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 77 | Wilkinson County, Georgia | $610,476 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 78 | Echols County, Georgia | $450,294 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 79 | Hart County, Georgia | $441,926 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 80 | Oconee County, Georgia | $373,895 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 81 | Glascock County, Georgia | $327,906 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 82 | Crawford County, Georgia | $311,866 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 83 | Warren County, Georgia | $305,457 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 84 | Pike County, Georgia | $257,658 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 85 | Long County, Georgia | $244,043 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 86 | Richmond County, Georgia | $176,319 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 87 | Walton County, Georgia | $173,766 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 88 | McDuffie County, Georgia | $173,643 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 89 | Chattooga County, Georgia | $159,068 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 90 | Monroe County, Georgia | $150,808 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 91 | Henry County, Georgia | $149,235 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 92 | Clinch County, Georgia | $110,870 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 93 | Brantley County, Georgia | $83,481 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 94 | Talbot County, Georgia | $70,440 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 95 | Newton County, Georgia | $48,572 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 96 | White County, Georgia | $47,316 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 97 | Walker County, Georgia | $45,162 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 98 | Wilkes County, Georgia | $40,811 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 99 | Jackson County, Georgia | $40,650 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 100 | Franklin County, Georgia | $37,847 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 101 | Hall County, Georgia | $37,411 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 102 | Union County, Georgia | $31,052 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 103 | Bibb County, Georgia | $29,162 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 104 | Liberty County, Georgia | $25,238 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 105 | Heard County, Georgia | $22,140 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 106 | Gilmer County, Georgia | $21,985 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 107 | Madison County, Georgia | $21,319 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 108 | Dawson County, Georgia | $20,315 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 109 | Murray County, Georgia | $20,012 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 110 | Fannin County, Georgia | $19,205 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 111 | Carroll County, Georgia | $17,085 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 112 | Whitfield County, Georgia | $16,721 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 113 | Lumpkin County, Georgia | $16,365 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 114 | Coweta County, Georgia | $15,967 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 115 | Meriwether County, Georgia | $15,371 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 116 | Jasper County, Georgia | $14,462 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 117 | Spalding County, Georgia | $13,752 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 118 | Baldwin County, Georgia | $12,277 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 119 | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | $11,758 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 120 | Catoosa County, Georgia | $10,660 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 121 | Chatham County, Georgia | $10,303 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 122 | Hancock County, Georgia | $9,575 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 123 | Habersham County, Georgia | $8,989 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 124 | Banks County, Georgia | $7,500 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 125 | Forsyth County, Georgia | $7,433 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 126 | Putnam County, Georgia | $6,740 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 127 | Lincoln County, Georgia | $6,486 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 128 | Haralson County, Georgia | $6,413 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 129 | Barrow County, Georgia | $6,063 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 130 | Clarke County, Georgia | $5,728 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 131 | Dade County, Georgia | $5,542 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 132 | Rabun County, Georgia | $5,156 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 133 | Pickens County, Georgia | $5,064 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 134 | Butts County, Georgia | $4,317 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 135 | Towns County, Georgia | $4,039 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 136 | Charlton County, Georgia | $3,441 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 137 | Stephens County, Georgia | $3,438 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 138 | Greene County, Georgia | $3,431 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 139 | Columbia County, Georgia | $3,086 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 140 | Upson County, Georgia | $2,407 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 141 | Taliaferro County, Georgia | $2,250 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 142 | Jones County, Georgia | $1,005 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 143 | Gwinnett County, Georgia | $739 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011 is incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.
The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.
Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 data update.
We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.
Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.
