Commodity subsidies in Burke County, Georgia totaled $93.6 million from 1995-2012.
Counties in Burke County, Georgia Receiving Commodity Payments, 1995-2012
| Rank | County | Subtotal, Farming Subsidies 1995-2012 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell County, Georgia | $195,063,090 | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| 2 | Colquitt County, Georgia | $194,148,419 | 4.5% | 8.9% |
| 3 | Dooly County, Georgia | $190,525,149 | 4.4% | 13.3% |
| 4 | Worth County, Georgia | $187,346,437 | 4.3% | 17.6% |
| 5 | Decatur County, Georgia | $160,579,748 | 3.7% | 21.3% |
| 6 | Early County, Georgia | $153,902,753 | 3.5% | 24.8% |
| 7 | Bulloch County, Georgia | $124,059,769 | 2.9% | 27.7% |
| 8 | Miller County, Georgia | $122,965,899 | 2.8% | 30.5% |
| 9 | Brooks County, Georgia | $119,712,793 | 2.8% | 33.3% |
| 10 | Irwin County, Georgia | $119,203,129 | 2.7% | 36.0% |
| 11 | Sumter County, Georgia | $99,241,394 | 2.3% | 38.3% |
| 12 | Baker County, Georgia | $97,304,643 | 2.2% | 40.5% |
| 13 | Crisp County, Georgia | $94,950,863 | 2.2% | 42.7% |
| 14 | Burke County, Georgia | $93,636,378 | 2.2% | 44.9% |
| 15 | Calhoun County, Georgia | $91,490,707 | 2.1% | 47.0% |
| 16 | Seminole County, Georgia | $90,969,267 | 2.1% | 49.1% |
| 17 | Turner County, Georgia | $90,370,923 | 2.1% | 51.1% |
| 18 | Coffee County, Georgia | $89,507,371 | 2.1% | 53.2% |
| 19 | Terrell County, Georgia | $89,499,040 | 2.1% | 55.2% |
| 20 | Thomas County, Georgia | $89,014,566 | 2.0% | 57.3% |
| 21 | Tift County, Georgia | $86,845,072 | 2.0% | 59.3% |
| 22 | Lee County, Georgia | $86,716,789 | 2.0% | 61.3% |
| 23 | Berrien County, Georgia | $82,821,134 | 1.9% | 63.2% |
| 24 | Wilcox County, Georgia | $79,832,015 | 1.8% | 65.0% |
| 25 | Grady County, Georgia | $74,842,349 | 1.7% | 66.7% |
| 26 | Pulaski County, Georgia | $68,141,162 | 1.6% | 68.3% |
| 27 | Randolph County, Georgia | $67,398,903 | 1.5% | 69.8% |
| 28 | Screven County, Georgia | $63,373,977 | 1.5% | 71.3% |
| 29 | Cook County, Georgia | $63,030,197 | 1.4% | 72.7% |
| 30 | Appling County, Georgia | $57,564,038 | 1.3% | 74.1% |
| 31 | Macon County, Georgia | $57,162,916 | 1.3% | 75.4% |
| 32 | Dodge County, Georgia | $52,172,672 | 1.2% | 76.6% |
| 33 | Laurens County, Georgia | $46,534,399 | 1.1% | 77.7% |
| 34 | Jefferson County, Georgia | $46,125,400 | 1.1% | 78.7% |
| 35 | Bleckley County, Georgia | $45,294,935 | 1.0% | 79.8% |
| 36 | Jeff Davis County, Georgia | $42,040,933 | 1.0% | 80.7% |
| 37 | Emanuel County, Georgia | $40,212,135 | 0.9% | 81.6% |
| 38 | Ben Hill County, Georgia | $40,009,489 | 0.9% | 82.6% |
| 39 | Jenkins County, Georgia | $39,626,871 | 0.9% | 83.5% |
| 40 | Pierce County, Georgia | $36,734,944 | 0.8% | 84.3% |
| 41 | Houston County, Georgia | $35,163,181 | 0.8% | 85.1% |
| 42 | Clay County, Georgia | $33,363,048 | 0.8% | 85.9% |
| 43 | Webster County, Georgia | $32,498,442 | 0.7% | 86.6% |
| 44 | Dougherty County, Georgia | $32,116,565 | 0.7% | 87.4% |
| 45 | Lowndes County, Georgia | $29,961,240 | 0.7% | 88.1% |
| 46 | Candler County, Georgia | $29,355,356 | 0.7% | 88.7% |
| 47 | Atkinson County, Georgia | $28,922,159 | 0.7% | 89.4% |
| 48 | Bacon County, Georgia | $27,165,275 | 0.6% | 90.0% |
| 49 | Wayne County, Georgia | $24,794,988 | 0.6% | 90.6% |
| 50 | Tattnall County, Georgia | $22,366,394 | 0.5% | 91.1% |
| 51 | Telfair County, Georgia | $21,783,227 | 0.5% | 91.6% |
| 52 | Toombs County, Georgia | $21,306,639 | 0.5% | 92.1% |
| 53 | Washington County, Georgia | $20,413,277 | 0.5% | 92.6% |
| 54 | Stewart County, Georgia | $17,985,868 | 0.4% | 93.0% |
| 55 | Lanier County, Georgia | $16,275,346 | 0.4% | 93.4% |
| 56 | Johnson County, Georgia | $13,647,891 | 0.3% | 93.7% |
| 57 | Evans County, Georgia | $12,305,313 | 0.3% | 94.0% |
| 58 | Taylor County, Georgia | $12,096,930 | 0.3% | 94.2% |
| 59 | Peach County, Georgia | $11,974,359 | 0.3% | 94.5% |
| 60 | Twiggs County, Georgia | $11,771,039 | 0.3% | 94.8% |
| 61 | Ware County, Georgia | $10,771,179 | 0.2% | 95.0% |
| 62 | Montgomery County, Georgia | $10,127,320 | 0.2% | 95.3% |
| 63 | Wheeler County, Georgia | $10,037,866 | 0.2% | 95.5% |
| 64 | Effingham County, Georgia | $9,861,350 | 0.2% | 95.7% |
| 65 | Morgan County, Georgia | $9,250,609 | 0.2% | 95.9% |
| 66 | Floyd County, Georgia | $8,393,695 | 0.2% | 96.1% |
| 67 | Schley County, Georgia | $8,386,718 | 0.2% | 96.3% |
| 68 | Marion County, Georgia | $7,645,267 | 0.2% | 96.5% |
| 69 | Treutlen County, Georgia | $7,285,241 | 0.2% | 96.7% |
| 70 | Bartow County, Georgia | $6,418,470 | 0.1% | 96.8% |
| 71 | Gordon County, Georgia | $6,267,590 | 0.1% | 96.9% |
| 72 | Quitman County, Georgia | $6,266,631 | 0.1% | 97.1% |
| 73 | Putnam County, Georgia | $6,240,393 | 0.1% | 97.2% |
| 74 | Elbert County, Georgia | $5,980,098 | 0.1% | 97.4% |
| 75 | Polk County, Georgia | $5,788,601 | 0.1% | 97.5% |
| 76 | Hart County, Georgia | $5,759,650 | 0.1% | 97.6% |
| 77 | Lamar County, Georgia | $5,352,458 | 0.1% | 97.8% |
| 78 | Pike County, Georgia | $3,402,998 | 0.1% | 97.8% |
| 79 | Bryan County, Georgia | $3,138,633 | 0.1% | 97.9% |
| 80 | Wilkinson County, Georgia | $2,976,917 | 0.1% | 98.0% |
| 81 | Warren County, Georgia | $2,935,482 | 0.1% | 98.0% |
| 82 | Walton County, Georgia | $2,902,536 | 0.1% | 98.1% |
| 83 | Wilkes County, Georgia | $2,791,413 | 0.1% | 98.2% |
| 84 | Oconee County, Georgia | $2,788,677 | 0.1% | 98.2% |
| 85 | Echols County, Georgia | $2,495,718 | 0.1% | 98.3% |
| 86 | Walker County, Georgia | $2,332,978 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 87 | Greene County, Georgia | $2,287,401 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 88 | Madison County, Georgia | $2,078,885 | 0.0% | 98.5% |
| 89 | Monroe County, Georgia | $1,988,952 | 0.0% | 98.5% |
| 90 | Crawford County, Georgia | $1,966,269 | 0.0% | 98.5% |
| 91 | Richmond County, Georgia | $1,865,255 | 0.0% | 98.6% |
| 92 | Hall County, Georgia | $1,859,886 | 0.0% | 98.6% |
| 93 | Chattooga County, Georgia | $1,818,143 | 0.0% | 98.7% |
| 94 | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | $1,671,250 | 0.0% | 98.7% |
| 95 | Brantley County, Georgia | $1,540,746 | 0.0% | 98.7% |
| 96 | Jackson County, Georgia | $1,533,963 | 0.0% | 98.8% |
| 97 | Henry County, Georgia | $1,460,282 | 0.0% | 98.8% |
| 98 | Glascock County, Georgia | $1,346,059 | 0.0% | 98.8% |
| 99 | Franklin County, Georgia | $1,326,220 | 0.0% | 98.9% |
| 100 | Long County, Georgia | $1,267,857 | 0.0% | 98.9% |
| 101 | Clinch County, Georgia | $1,266,542 | 0.0% | 98.9% |
| 102 | McDuffie County, Georgia | $1,246,118 | 0.0% | 99.0% |
| 103 | Gilmer County, Georgia | $1,161,745 | 0.0% | 99.0% |
| 104 | Jasper County, Georgia | $1,121,745 | 0.0% | 99.0% |
| 105 | McIntosh County, Georgia | $1,033,687 | 0.0% | 99.0% |
| 106 | Taliaferro County, Georgia | $958,059 | 0.0% | 99.1% |
| 107 | White County, Georgia | $940,143 | 0.0% | 99.1% |
| 108 | Meriwether County, Georgia | $938,217 | 0.0% | 99.1% |
| 109 | $889,200 | 0.0% | 99.1% | |
| 110 | Upson County, Georgia | $866,769 | 0.0% | 99.1% |
| 111 | Newton County, Georgia | $857,757 | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| 112 | Clarke County, Georgia | $813,279 | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| 113 | Bibb County, Georgia | $780,154 | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| 114 | Coweta County, Georgia | $752,218 | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| 115 | Spalding County, Georgia | $728,529 | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| 116 | Jones County, Georgia | $699,691 | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| 117 | Hancock County, Georgia | $673,098 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 118 | Union County, Georgia | $553,893 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 119 | Catoosa County, Georgia | $545,922 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 120 | Chatham County, Georgia | $534,419 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 121 | Carroll County, Georgia | $488,630 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 122 | Fannin County, Georgia | $471,970 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 123 | Baldwin County, Georgia | $466,763 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 124 | Murray County, Georgia | $445,127 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 125 | Heard County, Georgia | $436,222 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 126 | Butts County, Georgia | $417,916 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 127 | Whitfield County, Georgia | $406,656 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 128 | Barrow County, Georgia | $390,477 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 129 | Troup County, Georgia | $380,164 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 130 | Haralson County, Georgia | $378,184 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 131 | Lincoln County, Georgia | $370,480 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 132 | Glynn County, Georgia | $365,587 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 133 | Dawson County, Georgia | $356,487 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 134 | Lumpkin County, Georgia | $306,430 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 135 | Banks County, Georgia | $287,886 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 136 | Talbot County, Georgia | $282,650 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 137 | Liberty County, Georgia | $208,487 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 138 | Charlton County, Georgia | $185,383 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 139 | Stephens County, Georgia | $182,290 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 140 | Forsyth County, Georgia | $180,292 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 141 | Habersham County, Georgia | $175,702 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 142 | Columbia County, Georgia | $148,722 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 143 | Camden County, Georgia | $146,586 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 144 | Rabun County, Georgia | $127,417 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 145 | Cherokee County, Georgia | $103,087 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 146 | Dade County, Georgia | $99,693 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 147 | Towns County, Georgia | $92,743 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 148 | Fayette County, Georgia | $77,919 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 149 | Douglas County, Georgia | $73,004 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 150 | Pickens County, Georgia | $67,827 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 151 | $47,576 | 0.0% | 99.5% | |
| 152 | Chattahoochee County, Georgia | $38,276 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 153 | Gwinnett County, Georgia | $29,219 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 154 | Paulding County, Georgia | $18,643 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 155 | Harris County, Georgia | $10,381 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 156 | Rockdale County, Georgia | $4,059 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 157 | DeKalb County, Georgia | $858 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 158 | Fulton County, Georgia | $834 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
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.
