| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Conservation Programs
2010 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Illinois NRCS | $4,149,081 | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| 2 | Wayne County, Illinois | $4,081,255 | 3.2% | 6.5% |
| 3 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $3,169,292 | 2.5% | 9.0% |
| 4 | Marion County, Illinois | $2,864,893 | 2.3% | 11.2% |
| 5 | Pike County, Illinois | $2,732,143 | 2.2% | 13.4% |
| 6 | Henry County, Illinois | $2,656,641 | 2.1% | 15.5% |
| 7 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $2,485,215 | 2.0% | 17.4% |
| 8 | Sangamon County, Illinois | $2,325,884 | 1.8% | 19.3% |
| 9 | Hamilton County, Illinois | $2,315,265 | 1.8% | 21.1% |
| 10 | Jasper County, Illinois | $2,313,324 | 1.8% | 22.9% |
| 11 | Livingston County, Illinois | $2,259,473 | 1.8% | 24.7% |
| 12 | Schuyler County, Illinois | $2,224,990 | 1.8% | 26.4% |
| 13 | Mercer County, Illinois | $2,159,017 | 1.7% | 28.1% |
| 14 | Hancock County, Illinois | $2,103,127 | 1.7% | 29.8% |
| 15 | Knox County, Illinois | $2,044,287 | 1.6% | 31.4% |
| 16 | Logan County, Illinois | $2,040,098 | 1.6% | 33.0% |
| 17 | Champaign County, Illinois | $1,997,337 | 1.6% | 34.6% |
| 18 | Jo Daviess County, Illinois | $1,995,121 | 1.6% | 36.2% |
| 19 | Effingham County, Illinois | $1,953,870 | 1.5% | 37.7% |
| 20 | Montgomery County, Illinois | $1,855,173 | 1.5% | 39.2% |
| 21 | Crawford County, Illinois | $1,830,003 | 1.4% | 40.6% |
| 22 | McLean County, Illinois | $1,819,195 | 1.4% | 42.0% |
| 23 | Bureau County, Illinois | $1,816,460 | 1.4% | 43.5% |
| 24 | Adams County, Illinois | $1,806,732 | 1.4% | 44.9% |
| 25 | Cass County, Illinois | $1,779,726 | 1.4% | 46.3% |
| 26 | Clay County, Illinois | $1,767,600 | 1.4% | 47.7% |
| 27 | Jefferson County, Illinois | $1,737,984 | 1.4% | 49.0% |
| 28 | Fayette County, Illinois | $1,707,288 | 1.3% | 50.4% |
| 29 | Macoupin County, Illinois | $1,704,747 | 1.3% | 51.7% |
| 30 | Greene County, Illinois | $1,700,846 | 1.3% | 53.1% |
| 31 | Tazewell County, Illinois | $1,684,509 | 1.3% | 54.4% |
| 32 | La Salle County, Illinois | $1,636,595 | 1.3% | 55.7% |
| 33 | Shelby County, Illinois | $1,611,970 | 1.3% | 56.9% |
| 34 | Franklin County, Illinois | $1,567,354 | 1.2% | 58.2% |
| 35 | Cumberland County, Illinois | $1,528,059 | 1.2% | 59.4% |
| 36 | Brown County, Illinois | $1,491,631 | 1.2% | 60.6% |
| 37 | Carroll County, Illinois | $1,480,464 | 1.2% | 61.7% |
| 38 | Vermilion County, Illinois | $1,458,372 | 1.1% | 62.9% |
| 39 | Christian County, Illinois | $1,445,762 | 1.1% | 64.0% |
| 40 | Union County, Illinois | $1,376,252 | 1.1% | 65.1% |
| 41 | Stephenson County, Illinois | $1,326,418 | 1.0% | 66.1% |
| 42 | Fulton County, Illinois | $1,320,647 | 1.0% | 67.2% |
| 43 | Richland County, Illinois | $1,317,530 | 1.0% | 68.2% |
| 44 | Clark County, Illinois | $1,239,914 | 1.0% | 69.2% |
| 45 | White County, Illinois | $1,237,421 | 1.0% | 70.2% |
| 46 | Ogle County, Illinois | $1,229,408 | 1.0% | 71.1% |
| 47 | Winnebago County, Illinois | $1,178,011 | 0.9% | 72.1% |
| 48 | Johnson County, Illinois | $1,156,394 | 0.9% | 73.0% |
| 49 | Ford County, Illinois | $1,154,132 | 0.9% | 73.9% |
| 50 | Mason County, Illinois | $1,098,510 | 0.9% | 74.7% |
| 51 | Menard County, Illinois | $1,092,057 | 0.9% | 75.6% |
| 52 | McDonough County, Illinois | $1,091,923 | 0.9% | 76.5% |
| 53 | Bond County, Illinois | $1,062,305 | 0.8% | 77.3% |
| 54 | Morgan County, Illinois | $1,053,608 | 0.8% | 78.1% |
| 55 | Rock Island County, Illinois | $1,051,334 | 0.8% | 79.0% |
| 56 | Woodford County, Illinois | $1,029,681 | 0.8% | 79.8% |
| 57 | De Witt County, Illinois | $1,028,312 | 0.8% | 80.6% |
| 58 | Coles County, Illinois | $1,013,019 | 0.8% | 81.4% |
| 59 | Jackson County, Illinois | $968,216 | 0.8% | 82.1% |
| 60 | Edgar County, Illinois | $955,611 | 0.8% | 82.9% |
| 61 | Calhoun County, Illinois | $914,864 | 0.7% | 83.6% |
| 62 | Douglas County, Illinois | $893,452 | 0.7% | 84.3% |
| 63 | Clinton County, Illinois | $891,802 | 0.7% | 85.0% |
| 64 | Massac County, Illinois | $891,029 | 0.7% | 85.7% |
| 65 | Lee County, Illinois | $884,868 | 0.7% | 86.4% |
| 66 | Saline County, Illinois | $821,019 | 0.6% | 87.1% |
| 67 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $809,728 | 0.6% | 87.7% |
| 68 | Stark County, Illinois | $792,931 | 0.6% | 88.3% |
| 69 | Edwards County, Illinois | $731,925 | 0.6% | 88.9% |
| 70 | Scott County, Illinois | $730,722 | 0.6% | 89.5% |
| 71 | Randolph County, Illinois | $701,720 | 0.6% | 90.0% |
| 72 | Williamson County, Illinois | $693,483 | 0.5% | 90.6% |
| 73 | Peoria County, Illinois | $679,538 | 0.5% | 91.1% |
| 74 | Pope County, Illinois | $678,588 | 0.5% | 91.6% |
| 75 | Putnam County, Illinois | $671,504 | 0.5% | 92.2% |
| 76 | Lawrence County, Illinois | $662,354 | 0.5% | 92.7% |
| 77 | Macon County, Illinois | $644,700 | 0.5% | 93.2% |
| 78 | Henderson County, Illinois | $620,926 | 0.5% | 93.7% |
| 79 | Washington County, Illinois | $617,611 | 0.5% | 94.2% |
| 80 | Jersey County, Illinois | $585,605 | 0.5% | 94.6% |
| 81 | Pulaski County, Illinois | $568,378 | 0.4% | 95.1% |
| 82 | Piatt County, Illinois | $537,566 | 0.4% | 95.5% |
| 83 | Perry County, Illinois | $533,989 | 0.4% | 95.9% |
| 84 | Gallatin County, Illinois | $519,516 | 0.4% | 96.3% |
| 85 | Warren County, Illinois | $506,472 | 0.4% | 96.7% |
| 86 | Marshall County, Illinois | $450,972 | 0.4% | 97.1% |
| 87 | Kankakee County, Illinois | $420,921 | 0.3% | 97.4% |
| 88 | Wabash County, Illinois | $419,466 | 0.3% | 97.8% |
| 89 | Moultrie County, Illinois | $403,210 | 0.3% | 98.1% |
| 90 | Monroe County, Illinois | $379,532 | 0.3% | 98.4% |
| 91 | Grundy County, Illinois | $357,840 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 92 | Madison County, Illinois | $346,190 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 93 | Saint Clair County, Illinois | $310,776 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 94 | Alexander County, Illinois | $246,716 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 95 | Boone County, Illinois | $219,006 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 96 | Hardin County, Illinois | $186,035 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 97 | Will County, Illinois | $176,304 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 98 | McHenry County, Illinois | $149,223 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 99 | Kendall County, Illinois | $70,559 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 100 | Kane County, Illinois | $10,059 | 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.
