| Rank |
County |
Misc. Farm - Subsidies
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Champaign County, Illinois | $1,391,168 | 6.1% | 6.1% |
| 2 | Logan County, Illinois | $1,291,886 | 5.7% | 11.8% |
| 3 | Henry County, Illinois | $1,018,791 | 4.5% | 16.3% |
| 4 | Shelby County, Illinois | $941,291 | 4.2% | 20.5% |
| 5 | Adams County, Illinois | $634,751 | 2.8% | 23.3% |
| 6 | Livingston County, Illinois | $619,904 | 2.7% | 26.0% |
| 7 | McLean County, Illinois | $614,679 | 2.7% | 28.7% |
| 8 | Bureau County, Illinois | $586,101 | 2.6% | 31.3% |
| 9 | Pike County, Illinois | $561,508 | 2.5% | 33.8% |
| 10 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $508,287 | 2.2% | 36.0% |
| 11 | Hancock County, Illinois | $433,387 | 1.9% | 37.9% |
| 12 | Carroll County, Illinois | $413,061 | 1.8% | 39.8% |
| 13 | La Salle County, Illinois | $398,801 | 1.8% | 41.5% |
| 14 | Macoupin County, Illinois | $387,982 | 1.7% | 43.2% |
| 15 | Effingham County, Illinois | $378,019 | 1.7% | 44.9% |
| 16 | Sangamon County, Illinois | $376,078 | 1.7% | 46.6% |
| 17 | Ogle County, Illinois | $375,384 | 1.7% | 48.2% |
| 18 | Stephenson County, Illinois | $366,139 | 1.6% | 49.8% |
| 19 | Rock Island County, Illinois | $343,520 | 1.5% | 51.4% |
| 20 | Mercer County, Illinois | $338,200 | 1.5% | 52.8% |
| 21 | Jasper County, Illinois | $318,271 | 1.4% | 54.3% |
| 22 | Lee County, Illinois | $312,170 | 1.4% | 55.6% |
| 23 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $309,859 | 1.4% | 57.0% |
| 24 | Knox County, Illinois | $296,823 | 1.3% | 58.3% |
| 25 | Tazewell County, Illinois | $292,969 | 1.3% | 59.6% |
| 26 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $278,527 | 1.2% | 60.8% |
| 27 | Woodford County, Illinois | $263,139 | 1.2% | 62.0% |
| 28 | Union County, Illinois | $260,187 | 1.1% | 63.1% |
| 29 | Warren County, Illinois | $249,106 | 1.1% | 64.2% |
| 30 | Morgan County, Illinois | $244,631 | 1.1% | 65.3% |
| 31 | Jo Daviess County, Illinois | $233,585 | 1.0% | 66.3% |
| 32 | Washington County, Illinois | $229,017 | 1.0% | 67.4% |
| 33 | Greene County, Illinois | $225,068 | 1.0% | 68.3% |
| 34 | Madison County, Illinois | $223,569 | 1.0% | 69.3% |
| 35 | Montgomery County, Illinois | $216,299 | 1.0% | 70.3% |
| 36 | Clinton County, Illinois | $210,237 | 0.9% | 71.2% |
| 37 | Kankakee County, Illinois | $195,485 | 0.9% | 72.1% |
| 38 | Calhoun County, Illinois | $194,561 | 0.9% | 72.9% |
| 39 | Edwards County, Illinois | $194,211 | 0.9% | 73.8% |
| 40 | Saint Clair County, Illinois | $186,690 | 0.8% | 74.6% |
| 41 | Christian County, Illinois | $184,613 | 0.8% | 75.4% |
| 42 | Jackson County, Illinois | $181,938 | 0.8% | 76.2% |
| 43 | Monroe County, Illinois | $175,748 | 0.8% | 77.0% |
| 44 | Fulton County, Illinois | $175,613 | 0.8% | 77.8% |
| 45 | Henderson County, Illinois | $162,851 | 0.7% | 78.5% |
| 46 | Marshall County, Illinois | $161,213 | 0.7% | 79.2% |
| 47 | Cumberland County, Illinois | $159,448 | 0.7% | 79.9% |
| 48 | Peoria County, Illinois | $158,335 | 0.7% | 80.6% |
| 49 | Stark County, Illinois | $157,937 | 0.7% | 81.3% |
| 50 | Wayne County, Illinois | $155,333 | 0.7% | 82.0% |
| 51 | Winnebago County, Illinois | $150,809 | 0.7% | 82.7% |
| 52 | Randolph County, Illinois | $149,628 | 0.7% | 83.3% |
| 53 | Macon County, Illinois | $141,617 | 0.6% | 83.9% |
| 54 | Vermilion County, Illinois | $141,284 | 0.6% | 84.6% |
| 55 | Crawford County, Illinois | $136,452 | 0.6% | 85.2% |
| 56 | Richland County, Illinois | $135,494 | 0.6% | 85.8% |
| 57 | Hamilton County, Illinois | $134,136 | 0.6% | 86.4% |
| 58 | Scott County, Illinois | $130,504 | 0.6% | 86.9% |
| 59 | Fayette County, Illinois | $119,656 | 0.5% | 87.5% |
| 60 | McDonough County, Illinois | $118,455 | 0.5% | 88.0% |
| 61 | Bond County, Illinois | $116,480 | 0.5% | 88.5% |
| 62 | Clark County, Illinois | $116,239 | 0.5% | 89.0% |
| 63 | Jersey County, Illinois | $115,201 | 0.5% | 89.5% |
| 64 | Ford County, Illinois | $114,800 | 0.5% | 90.0% |
| 65 | McHenry County, Illinois | $113,973 | 0.5% | 90.5% |
| 66 | Cass County, Illinois | $105,454 | 0.5% | 91.0% |
| 67 | Clay County, Illinois | $97,758 | 0.4% | 91.4% |
| 68 | Coles County, Illinois | $96,646 | 0.4% | 91.9% |
| 69 | Menard County, Illinois | $96,585 | 0.4% | 92.3% |
| 70 | Edgar County, Illinois | $94,395 | 0.4% | 92.7% |
| 71 | Jefferson County, Illinois | $92,114 | 0.4% | 93.1% |
| 72 | Schuyler County, Illinois | $88,280 | 0.4% | 93.5% |
| 73 | Kendall County, Illinois | $88,259 | 0.4% | 93.9% |
| 74 | Grundy County, Illinois | $87,532 | 0.4% | 94.3% |
| 75 | Will County, Illinois | $83,135 | 0.4% | 94.6% |
| 76 | Perry County, Illinois | $79,040 | 0.3% | 95.0% |
| 77 | Massac County, Illinois | $76,680 | 0.3% | 95.3% |
| 78 | Putnam County, Illinois | $70,832 | 0.3% | 95.6% |
| 79 | Brown County, Illinois | $68,802 | 0.3% | 95.9% |
| 80 | Wabash County, Illinois | $67,471 | 0.3% | 96.2% |
| 81 | White County, Illinois | $65,613 | 0.3% | 96.5% |
| 82 | Franklin County, Illinois | $65,233 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 83 | Saline County, Illinois | $62,894 | 0.3% | 97.1% |
| 84 | Marion County, Illinois | $62,236 | 0.3% | 97.4% |
| 85 | De Witt County, Illinois | $60,963 | 0.3% | 97.6% |
| 86 | Moultrie County, Illinois | $59,671 | 0.3% | 97.9% |
| 87 | Douglas County, Illinois | $59,617 | 0.3% | 98.2% |
| 88 | Boone County, Illinois | $55,992 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 89 | Kane County, Illinois | $54,800 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 90 | Piatt County, Illinois | $49,926 | 0.2% | 98.9% |
| 91 | Mason County, Illinois | $39,253 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 92 | Lawrence County, Illinois | $37,915 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 93 | Johnson County, Illinois | $37,642 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 94 | Gallatin County, Illinois | $36,277 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 95 | Pulaski County, Illinois | $33,582 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 96 | Williamson County, Illinois | $21,092 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 97 | Lake County, Illinois | $18,355 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 98 | Alexander County, Illinois | $14,444 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 99 | Pope County, Illinois | $8,460 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 100 | Cook County, Illinois | $7,020 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 101 | DuPage County, Illinois | $1,633 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 102 | Hardin County, Illinois | $456 | 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.
