| Rank |
County |
Livestock Disaster / Emergency
1995-2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Jackson County, Georgia | $3,451,177 | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| 2 | Wilkes County, Georgia | $3,213,278 | 3.6% | 7.5% |
| 3 | Hart County, Georgia | $2,840,201 | 3.2% | 10.7% |
| 4 | Madison County, Georgia | $2,825,000 | 3.2% | 13.9% |
| 5 | Franklin County, Georgia | $2,654,600 | 3.0% | 16.8% |
| 6 | Hall County, Georgia | $2,273,477 | 2.6% | 19.4% |
| 7 | Carroll County, Georgia | $2,271,207 | 2.6% | 22.0% |
| 8 | Gordon County, Georgia | $1,824,444 | 2.1% | 24.0% |
| 9 | Morgan County, Georgia | $1,800,042 | 2.0% | 26.0% |
| 10 | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | $1,679,030 | 1.9% | 27.9% |
| 11 | Bartow County, Georgia | $1,648,285 | 1.9% | 29.8% |
| 12 | Walker County, Georgia | $1,552,313 | 1.7% | 31.5% |
| 13 | Floyd County, Georgia | $1,403,380 | 1.6% | 33.1% |
| 14 | Banks County, Georgia | $1,321,039 | 1.5% | 34.6% |
| 15 | Elbert County, Georgia | $1,258,318 | 1.4% | 36.0% |
| 16 | Habersham County, Georgia | $1,212,737 | 1.4% | 37.4% |
| 17 | Polk County, Georgia | $1,171,244 | 1.3% | 38.7% |
| 18 | Oconee County, Georgia | $1,133,551 | 1.3% | 39.9% |
| 19 | Walton County, Georgia | $1,112,187 | 1.3% | 41.2% |
| 20 | Colquitt County, Georgia | $1,103,087 | 1.2% | 42.4% |
| 21 | Chattooga County, Georgia | $1,001,816 | 1.1% | 43.6% |
| 22 | Worth County, Georgia | $965,430 | 1.1% | 44.6% |
| 23 | Monroe County, Georgia | $964,955 | 1.1% | 45.7% |
| 24 | Barrow County, Georgia | $962,331 | 1.1% | 46.8% |
| 25 | Mitchell County, Georgia | $953,516 | 1.1% | 47.9% |
| 26 | Pike County, Georgia | $934,419 | 1.1% | 48.9% |
| 27 | Greene County, Georgia | $926,568 | 1.0% | 50.0% |
| 28 | Jefferson County, Georgia | $912,308 | 1.0% | 51.0% |
| 29 | Decatur County, Georgia | $908,678 | 1.0% | 52.0% |
| 30 | Burke County, Georgia | $858,744 | 1.0% | 53.0% |
| 31 | Warren County, Georgia | $840,221 | 0.9% | 53.9% |
| 32 | Meriwether County, Georgia | $836,016 | 0.9% | 54.9% |
| 33 | Johnson County, Georgia | $825,822 | 0.9% | 55.8% |
| 34 | Forsyth County, Georgia | $811,263 | 0.9% | 56.7% |
| 35 | Grady County, Georgia | $797,773 | 0.9% | 57.6% |
| 36 | Whitfield County, Georgia | $794,666 | 0.9% | 58.5% |
| 37 | Murray County, Georgia | $792,093 | 0.9% | 59.4% |
| 38 | Lamar County, Georgia | $780,209 | 0.9% | 60.3% |
| 39 | Early County, Georgia | $773,023 | 0.9% | 61.1% |
| 40 | Putnam County, Georgia | $742,300 | 0.8% | 62.0% |
| 41 | Upson County, Georgia | $739,364 | 0.8% | 62.8% |
| 42 | Laurens County, Georgia | $729,552 | 0.8% | 63.6% |
| 43 | Turner County, Georgia | $729,151 | 0.8% | 64.4% |
| 44 | Jasper County, Georgia | $724,630 | 0.8% | 65.3% |
| 45 | Washington County, Georgia | $722,834 | 0.8% | 66.1% |
| 46 | Irwin County, Georgia | $719,135 | 0.8% | 66.9% |
| 47 | Henry County, Georgia | $713,117 | 0.8% | 67.7% |
| 48 | Gilmer County, Georgia | $679,277 | 0.8% | 68.4% |
| 49 | Miller County, Georgia | $676,247 | 0.8% | 69.2% |
| 50 | Lincoln County, Georgia | $658,813 | 0.7% | 69.9% |
| 51 | Coffee County, Georgia | $637,752 | 0.7% | 70.7% |
| 52 | Berrien County, Georgia | $601,219 | 0.7% | 71.3% |
| 53 | Stephens County, Georgia | $587,857 | 0.7% | 72.0% |
| 54 | Bleckley County, Georgia | $585,563 | 0.7% | 72.7% |
| 55 | Dodge County, Georgia | $577,476 | 0.6% | 73.3% |
| 56 | McDuffie County, Georgia | $576,644 | 0.6% | 74.0% |
| 57 | Wilcox County, Georgia | $558,333 | 0.6% | 74.6% |
| 58 | Brooks County, Georgia | $555,339 | 0.6% | 75.2% |
| 59 | White County, Georgia | $548,319 | 0.6% | 75.8% |
| 60 | Newton County, Georgia | $545,568 | 0.6% | 76.4% |
| 61 | Lumpkin County, Georgia | $536,983 | 0.6% | 77.0% |
| 62 | Union County, Georgia | $535,448 | 0.6% | 77.6% |
| 63 | Taylor County, Georgia | $524,850 | 0.6% | 78.2% |
| 64 | Seminole County, Georgia | $507,704 | 0.6% | 78.8% |
| 65 | Emanuel County, Georgia | $483,826 | 0.5% | 79.3% |
| 66 | Macon County, Georgia | $464,418 | 0.5% | 79.9% |
| 67 | Troup County, Georgia | $456,929 | 0.5% | 80.4% |
| 68 | Telfair County, Georgia | $444,749 | 0.5% | 80.9% |
| 69 | Haralson County, Georgia | $434,834 | 0.5% | 81.4% |
| 70 | Thomas County, Georgia | $415,405 | 0.5% | 81.8% |
| 71 | Tift County, Georgia | $397,491 | 0.4% | 82.3% |
| 72 | Cherokee County, Georgia | $392,644 | 0.4% | 82.7% |
| 73 | Dawson County, Georgia | $381,009 | 0.4% | 83.2% |
| 74 | Fannin County, Georgia | $376,417 | 0.4% | 83.6% |
| 75 | Bulloch County, Georgia | $365,010 | 0.4% | 84.0% |
| 76 | Catoosa County, Georgia | $362,906 | 0.4% | 84.4% |
| 77 | Tattnall County, Georgia | $361,650 | 0.4% | 84.8% |
| 78 | Marion County, Georgia | $355,699 | 0.4% | 85.2% |
| 79 | Randolph County, Georgia | $354,402 | 0.4% | 85.6% |
| 80 | Toombs County, Georgia | $351,906 | 0.4% | 86.0% |
| 81 | Spalding County, Georgia | $350,803 | 0.4% | 86.4% |
| 82 | Taliaferro County, Georgia | $342,252 | 0.4% | 86.8% |
| 83 | Coweta County, Georgia | $339,783 | 0.4% | 87.2% |
| 84 | Sumter County, Georgia | $337,470 | 0.4% | 87.5% |
| 85 | Ben Hill County, Georgia | $313,358 | 0.4% | 87.9% |
| 86 | Dade County, Georgia | $311,129 | 0.3% | 88.2% |
| 87 | Webster County, Georgia | $305,839 | 0.3% | 88.6% |
| 88 | Atkinson County, Georgia | $302,496 | 0.3% | 88.9% |
| 89 | Talbot County, Georgia | $300,570 | 0.3% | 89.3% |
| 90 | Butts County, Georgia | $296,099 | 0.3% | 89.6% |
| 91 | Hancock County, Georgia | $295,544 | 0.3% | 89.9% |
| 92 | Montgomery County, Georgia | $290,015 | 0.3% | 90.3% |
| 93 | Jenkins County, Georgia | $287,225 | 0.3% | 90.6% |
| 94 | Baker County, Georgia | $285,395 | 0.3% | 90.9% |
| 95 | Crisp County, Georgia | $279,876 | 0.3% | 91.2% |
| 96 | Screven County, Georgia | $271,181 | 0.3% | 91.5% |
| 97 | Dooly County, Georgia | $270,930 | 0.3% | 91.8% |
| 98 | Paulding County, Georgia | $265,127 | 0.3% | 92.1% |
| 99 | Houston County, Georgia | $255,465 | 0.3% | 92.4% |
| 100 | Calhoun County, Georgia | $248,505 | 0.3% | 92.7% |
| 101 | Jones County, Georgia | $241,341 | 0.3% | 93.0% |
| 102 | Glascock County, Georgia | $240,412 | 0.3% | 93.2% |
| 103 | Lowndes County, Georgia | $220,120 | 0.2% | 93.5% |
| 104 | Pierce County, Georgia | $218,208 | 0.2% | 93.7% |
| 105 | Pickens County, Georgia | $217,888 | 0.2% | 94.0% |
| 106 | Clay County, Georgia | $206,356 | 0.2% | 94.2% |
| 107 | Candler County, Georgia | $204,343 | 0.2% | 94.4% |
| 108 | Heard County, Georgia | $201,690 | 0.2% | 94.7% |
| 109 | Towns County, Georgia | $197,627 | 0.2% | 94.9% |
| 110 | Harris County, Georgia | $195,300 | 0.2% | 95.1% |
| 111 | Bacon County, Georgia | $189,898 | 0.2% | 95.3% |
| 112 | Stewart County, Georgia | $185,976 | 0.2% | 95.5% |
| 113 | Twiggs County, Georgia | $183,105 | 0.2% | 95.7% |
| 114 | Effingham County, Georgia | $172,551 | 0.2% | 95.9% |
| 115 | Appling County, Georgia | $170,993 | 0.2% | 96.1% |
| 116 | Columbia County, Georgia | $167,251 | 0.2% | 96.3% |
| 117 | Dougherty County, Georgia | $157,616 | 0.2% | 96.5% |
| 118 | Pulaski County, Georgia | $153,101 | 0.2% | 96.6% |
| 119 | Wheeler County, Georgia | $151,173 | 0.2% | 96.8% |
| 120 | Baldwin County, Georgia | $146,871 | 0.2% | 97.0% |
| 121 | Gwinnett County, Georgia | $143,804 | 0.2% | 97.1% |
| 122 | Evans County, Georgia | $143,731 | 0.2% | 97.3% |
| 123 | Clarke County, Georgia | $143,105 | 0.2% | 97.5% |
| 124 | Jeff Davis County, Georgia | $139,531 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 125 | Cook County, Georgia | $138,332 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 126 | Treutlen County, Georgia | $127,542 | 0.1% | 97.9% |
| 127 | Wayne County, Georgia | $121,488 | 0.1% | 98.1% |
| 128 | Brantley County, Georgia | $111,875 | 0.1% | 98.2% |
| 129 | Clinch County, Georgia | $111,610 | 0.1% | 98.3% |
| 130 | Fulton County, Georgia | $109,509 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 131 | Bibb County, Georgia | $95,408 | 0.1% | 98.5% |
| 132 | Rabun County, Georgia | $88,676 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 133 | Ware County, Georgia | $88,191 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 134 | Long County, Georgia | $87,494 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 135 | Douglas County, Georgia | $85,590 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 136 | Crawford County, Georgia | $85,067 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 137 | Lanier County, Georgia | $83,759 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 138 | Wilkinson County, Georgia | $74,612 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 139 | Echols County, Georgia | $73,271 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 140 | Richmond County, Georgia | $73,203 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 141 | Schley County, Georgia | $71,980 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 142 | Quitman County, Georgia | $71,557 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 143 | Fayette County, Georgia | $68,976 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 144 | Terrell County, Georgia | $61,331 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 145 | Peach County, Georgia | $56,787 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 146 | Lee County, Georgia | $48,354 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 147 | Charlton County, Georgia | $39,973 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 148 | Rockdale County, Georgia | $39,487 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 149 | Clayton County, Georgia | $29,186 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 150 | Liberty County, Georgia | $21,276 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 151 | Cobb County, Georgia | $15,303 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 152 | Bryan County, Georgia | $13,721 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 153 | McIntosh County, Georgia | $7,700 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 154 | Chatham County, Georgia | $7,426 | 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 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.
