| Rank |
County |
Livestock Disaster / Emergency
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Wilkes County, Georgia | $3,992,179 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
| 2 | Jackson County, Georgia | $3,845,552 | 3.8% | 7.8% |
| 3 | Hart County, Georgia | $3,304,429 | 3.3% | 11.2% |
| 4 | Madison County, Georgia | $3,190,132 | 3.2% | 14.3% |
| 5 | Franklin County, Georgia | $2,851,340 | 2.9% | 17.2% |
| 6 | Carroll County, Georgia | $2,628,284 | 2.6% | 19.8% |
| 7 | Morgan County, Georgia | $2,391,273 | 2.4% | 22.2% |
| 8 | Hall County, Georgia | $2,304,669 | 2.3% | 24.5% |
| 9 | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | $1,935,358 | 1.9% | 26.5% |
| 10 | Gordon County, Georgia | $1,827,111 | 1.8% | 28.3% |
| 11 | Bartow County, Georgia | $1,655,306 | 1.7% | 30.0% |
| 12 | Walker County, Georgia | $1,555,889 | 1.6% | 31.5% |
| 13 | Banks County, Georgia | $1,446,567 | 1.4% | 33.0% |
| 14 | Elbert County, Georgia | $1,442,091 | 1.4% | 34.4% |
| 15 | Floyd County, Georgia | $1,403,542 | 1.4% | 35.8% |
| 16 | Oconee County, Georgia | $1,361,372 | 1.4% | 37.2% |
| 17 | Walton County, Georgia | $1,244,022 | 1.2% | 38.4% |
| 18 | Monroe County, Georgia | $1,243,763 | 1.2% | 39.7% |
| 19 | Habersham County, Georgia | $1,212,737 | 1.2% | 40.9% |
| 20 | Polk County, Georgia | $1,171,244 | 1.2% | 42.1% |
| 21 | Colquitt County, Georgia | $1,171,137 | 1.2% | 43.2% |
| 22 | Barrow County, Georgia | $1,163,176 | 1.2% | 44.4% |
| 23 | Burke County, Georgia | $1,160,123 | 1.2% | 45.5% |
| 24 | Greene County, Georgia | $1,135,895 | 1.1% | 46.7% |
| 25 | Early County, Georgia | $1,118,448 | 1.1% | 47.8% |
| 26 | Pike County, Georgia | $1,115,071 | 1.1% | 48.9% |
| 27 | Worth County, Georgia | $1,064,212 | 1.1% | 50.0% |
| 28 | Jefferson County, Georgia | $1,024,505 | 1.0% | 51.0% |
| 29 | Grady County, Georgia | $1,024,108 | 1.0% | 52.0% |
| 30 | Chattooga County, Georgia | $1,001,816 | 1.0% | 53.0% |
| 31 | Decatur County, Georgia | $971,284 | 1.0% | 54.0% |
| 32 | Mitchell County, Georgia | $966,777 | 1.0% | 55.0% |
| 33 | Warren County, Georgia | $931,360 | 0.9% | 55.9% |
| 34 | Meriwether County, Georgia | $913,018 | 0.9% | 56.8% |
| 35 | Johnson County, Georgia | $889,638 | 0.9% | 57.7% |
| 36 | Jasper County, Georgia | $877,131 | 0.9% | 58.6% |
| 37 | Lamar County, Georgia | $875,239 | 0.9% | 59.5% |
| 38 | Upson County, Georgia | $847,196 | 0.8% | 60.3% |
| 39 | Putnam County, Georgia | $835,710 | 0.8% | 61.2% |
| 40 | Irwin County, Georgia | $833,350 | 0.8% | 62.0% |
| 41 | Lincoln County, Georgia | $815,508 | 0.8% | 62.8% |
| 42 | Forsyth County, Georgia | $811,263 | 0.8% | 63.6% |
| 43 | Whitfield County, Georgia | $800,318 | 0.8% | 64.4% |
| 44 | Murray County, Georgia | $794,897 | 0.8% | 65.2% |
| 45 | Coffee County, Georgia | $777,705 | 0.8% | 66.0% |
| 46 | Turner County, Georgia | $767,621 | 0.8% | 66.8% |
| 47 | Washington County, Georgia | $756,485 | 0.8% | 67.5% |
| 48 | Dodge County, Georgia | $748,358 | 0.7% | 68.3% |
| 49 | Laurens County, Georgia | $745,350 | 0.7% | 69.0% |
| 50 | Henry County, Georgia | $733,152 | 0.7% | 69.7% |
| 51 | Miller County, Georgia | $717,045 | 0.7% | 70.5% |
| 52 | Macon County, Georgia | $681,429 | 0.7% | 71.1% |
| 53 | Gilmer County, Georgia | $679,406 | 0.7% | 71.8% |
| 54 | McDuffie County, Georgia | $671,711 | 0.7% | 72.5% |
| 55 | Newton County, Georgia | $656,137 | 0.7% | 73.2% |
| 56 | Bleckley County, Georgia | $644,146 | 0.6% | 73.8% |
| 57 | Wilcox County, Georgia | $630,843 | 0.6% | 74.4% |
| 58 | Berrien County, Georgia | $615,541 | 0.6% | 75.1% |
| 59 | Stephens County, Georgia | $587,857 | 0.6% | 75.6% |
| 60 | Brooks County, Georgia | $581,347 | 0.6% | 76.2% |
| 61 | Taylor County, Georgia | $576,190 | 0.6% | 76.8% |
| 62 | White County, Georgia | $548,319 | 0.5% | 77.3% |
| 63 | Marion County, Georgia | $541,468 | 0.5% | 77.9% |
| 64 | Emanuel County, Georgia | $537,329 | 0.5% | 78.4% |
| 65 | Lumpkin County, Georgia | $536,983 | 0.5% | 79.0% |
| 66 | Union County, Georgia | $535,448 | 0.5% | 79.5% |
| 67 | Seminole County, Georgia | $518,760 | 0.5% | 80.0% |
| 68 | Telfair County, Georgia | $514,282 | 0.5% | 80.5% |
| 69 | Troup County, Georgia | $509,937 | 0.5% | 81.0% |
| 70 | Taliaferro County, Georgia | $494,709 | 0.5% | 81.5% |
| 71 | Haralson County, Georgia | $490,815 | 0.5% | 82.0% |
| 72 | Bulloch County, Georgia | $472,184 | 0.5% | 82.5% |
| 73 | Randolph County, Georgia | $434,969 | 0.4% | 82.9% |
| 74 | Tift County, Georgia | $425,831 | 0.4% | 83.4% |
| 75 | Thomas County, Georgia | $422,321 | 0.4% | 83.8% |
| 76 | Webster County, Georgia | $419,847 | 0.4% | 84.2% |
| 77 | Tattnall County, Georgia | $407,422 | 0.4% | 84.6% |
| 78 | Cherokee County, Georgia | $394,192 | 0.4% | 85.0% |
| 79 | Dawson County, Georgia | $383,288 | 0.4% | 85.4% |
| 80 | Spalding County, Georgia | $377,158 | 0.4% | 85.8% |
| 81 | Sumter County, Georgia | $376,730 | 0.4% | 86.2% |
| 82 | Fannin County, Georgia | $376,417 | 0.4% | 86.5% |
| 83 | Catoosa County, Georgia | $362,906 | 0.4% | 86.9% |
| 84 | Talbot County, Georgia | $362,168 | 0.4% | 87.3% |
| 85 | Coweta County, Georgia | $359,520 | 0.4% | 87.6% |
| 86 | Toombs County, Georgia | $352,011 | 0.4% | 88.0% |
| 87 | Houston County, Georgia | $351,295 | 0.4% | 88.3% |
| 88 | Ben Hill County, Georgia | $351,252 | 0.4% | 88.7% |
| 89 | Atkinson County, Georgia | $341,123 | 0.3% | 89.0% |
| 90 | Hancock County, Georgia | $337,340 | 0.3% | 89.3% |
| 91 | Dooly County, Georgia | $319,820 | 0.3% | 89.7% |
| 92 | Dade County, Georgia | $311,372 | 0.3% | 90.0% |
| 93 | Crisp County, Georgia | $310,416 | 0.3% | 90.3% |
| 94 | Butts County, Georgia | $304,567 | 0.3% | 90.6% |
| 95 | Screven County, Georgia | $304,108 | 0.3% | 90.9% |
| 96 | Baker County, Georgia | $298,067 | 0.3% | 91.2% |
| 97 | Jenkins County, Georgia | $297,067 | 0.3% | 91.5% |
| 98 | Montgomery County, Georgia | $294,635 | 0.3% | 91.8% |
| 99 | Jones County, Georgia | $281,072 | 0.3% | 92.1% |
| 100 | Pierce County, Georgia | $271,330 | 0.3% | 92.3% |
| 101 | Calhoun County, Georgia | $265,905 | 0.3% | 92.6% |
| 102 | Paulding County, Georgia | $265,127 | 0.3% | 92.9% |
| 103 | Clay County, Georgia | $262,562 | 0.3% | 93.1% |
| 104 | Lowndes County, Georgia | $253,584 | 0.3% | 93.4% |
| 105 | Heard County, Georgia | $252,633 | 0.3% | 93.6% |
| 106 | Clinch County, Georgia | $248,573 | 0.2% | 93.9% |
| 107 | Glascock County, Georgia | $248,458 | 0.2% | 94.1% |
| 108 | Stewart County, Georgia | $236,002 | 0.2% | 94.4% |
| 109 | Candler County, Georgia | $227,079 | 0.2% | 94.6% |
| 110 | Effingham County, Georgia | $225,883 | 0.2% | 94.8% |
| 111 | Wayne County, Georgia | $225,832 | 0.2% | 95.1% |
| 112 | Twiggs County, Georgia | $221,280 | 0.2% | 95.3% |
| 113 | Pickens County, Georgia | $217,888 | 0.2% | 95.5% |
| 114 | Harris County, Georgia | $204,237 | 0.2% | 95.7% |
| 115 | Towns County, Georgia | $197,627 | 0.2% | 95.9% |
| 116 | Bacon County, Georgia | $189,898 | 0.2% | 96.1% |
| 117 | Clarke County, Georgia | $185,217 | 0.2% | 96.3% |
| 118 | Columbia County, Georgia | $179,161 | 0.2% | 96.5% |
| 119 | Jeff Davis County, Georgia | $178,656 | 0.2% | 96.6% |
| 120 | Appling County, Georgia | $176,292 | 0.2% | 96.8% |
| 121 | Cook County, Georgia | $166,708 | 0.2% | 97.0% |
| 122 | Dougherty County, Georgia | $166,388 | 0.2% | 97.1% |
| 123 | Baldwin County, Georgia | $165,974 | 0.2% | 97.3% |
| 124 | Wheeler County, Georgia | $161,714 | 0.2% | 97.5% |
| 125 | Pulaski County, Georgia | $158,666 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 126 | Evans County, Georgia | $150,325 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 127 | Gwinnett County, Georgia | $143,804 | 0.1% | 97.9% |
| 128 | Treutlen County, Georgia | $132,003 | 0.1% | 98.1% |
| 129 | Fulton County, Georgia | $126,653 | 0.1% | 98.2% |
| 130 | Bibb County, Georgia | $125,358 | 0.1% | 98.3% |
| 131 | Brantley County, Georgia | $123,965 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 132 | Lanier County, Georgia | $123,119 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 133 | Crawford County, Georgia | $120,906 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 134 | Long County, Georgia | $118,399 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 135 | Quitman County, Georgia | $105,536 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 136 | Rabun County, Georgia | $93,926 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 137 | Richmond County, Georgia | $93,201 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 138 | Ware County, Georgia | $92,388 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 139 | Echols County, Georgia | $86,770 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 140 | Douglas County, Georgia | $85,590 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 141 | Schley County, Georgia | $83,697 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 142 | Wilkinson County, Georgia | $83,510 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 143 | Terrell County, Georgia | $79,909 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 144 | Fayette County, Georgia | $68,976 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 145 | Peach County, Georgia | $63,216 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 146 | Lee County, Georgia | $55,448 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 147 | Charlton County, Georgia | $42,391 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 148 | Rockdale County, Georgia | $39,487 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 149 | Liberty County, Georgia | $32,153 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 150 | Clayton County, Georgia | $29,186 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 151 | Cobb County, Georgia | $15,303 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 152 | Bryan County, Georgia | $13,844 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 153 | Chatham County, Georgia | $12,607 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 154 | McIntosh County, Georgia | $9,236 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 155 | Muscogee County, Georgia | $3,698 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 156 | Chattahoochee County, Georgia | $3,023 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are 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 or 2012 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.
