| Rank |
County |
Production Flexibility Contracts
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | McLean County, Illinois | $86,738,067 | 3.0% | 3.0% |
| 2 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $76,957,042 | 2.6% | 5.6% |
| 3 | Champaign County, Illinois | $75,599,949 | 2.6% | 8.2% |
| 4 | Livingston County, Illinois | $74,219,222 | 2.5% | 10.7% |
| 5 | La Salle County, Illinois | $74,215,697 | 2.5% | 13.3% |
| 6 | Bureau County, Illinois | $71,873,051 | 2.5% | 15.7% |
| 7 | Henry County, Illinois | $69,131,150 | 2.4% | 18.1% |
| 8 | Lee County, Illinois | $60,845,139 | 2.1% | 20.2% |
| 9 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $58,621,523 | 2.0% | 22.2% |
| 10 | Vermilion County, Illinois | $57,384,913 | 2.0% | 24.2% |
| 11 | Ogle County, Illinois | $56,601,132 | 1.9% | 26.1% |
| 12 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $55,626,864 | 1.9% | 28.0% |
| 13 | Sangamon County, Illinois | $52,684,785 | 1.8% | 29.8% |
| 14 | Christian County, Illinois | $50,808,784 | 1.7% | 31.5% |
| 15 | Logan County, Illinois | $48,936,789 | 1.7% | 33.2% |
| 16 | Kankakee County, Illinois | $47,548,987 | 1.6% | 34.8% |
| 17 | Warren County, Illinois | $46,157,866 | 1.6% | 36.4% |
| 18 | Knox County, Illinois | $46,147,584 | 1.6% | 38.0% |
| 19 | Shelby County, Illinois | $43,654,824 | 1.5% | 39.5% |
| 20 | Edgar County, Illinois | $42,200,954 | 1.4% | 40.9% |
| 21 | Tazewell County, Illinois | $40,230,139 | 1.4% | 42.3% |
| 22 | Macon County, Illinois | $39,571,183 | 1.4% | 43.7% |
| 23 | Mercer County, Illinois | $39,147,581 | 1.3% | 45.0% |
| 24 | Macoupin County, Illinois | $39,059,918 | 1.3% | 46.3% |
| 25 | Stephenson County, Illinois | $38,313,622 | 1.3% | 47.7% |
| 26 | Hancock County, Illinois | $38,151,488 | 1.3% | 49.0% |
| 27 | Montgomery County, Illinois | $37,757,845 | 1.3% | 50.3% |
| 28 | Morgan County, Illinois | $36,169,693 | 1.2% | 51.5% |
| 29 | Piatt County, Illinois | $36,025,000 | 1.2% | 52.7% |
| 30 | Woodford County, Illinois | $35,762,336 | 1.2% | 53.9% |
| 31 | Carroll County, Illinois | $35,540,485 | 1.2% | 55.2% |
| 32 | McDonough County, Illinois | $34,947,294 | 1.2% | 56.4% |
| 33 | Douglas County, Illinois | $34,566,333 | 1.2% | 57.5% |
| 34 | Ford County, Illinois | $33,463,344 | 1.1% | 58.7% |
| 35 | Coles County, Illinois | $31,667,267 | 1.1% | 59.8% |
| 36 | Fulton County, Illinois | $30,805,042 | 1.1% | 60.8% |
| 37 | Will County, Illinois | $30,037,624 | 1.0% | 61.9% |
| 38 | Grundy County, Illinois | $28,770,084 | 1.0% | 62.8% |
| 39 | Pike County, Illinois | $28,654,233 | 1.0% | 63.8% |
| 40 | Kane County, Illinois | $28,119,427 | 1.0% | 64.8% |
| 41 | Adams County, Illinois | $27,995,021 | 1.0% | 65.7% |
| 42 | Henderson County, Illinois | $27,752,597 | 0.9% | 66.7% |
| 43 | Peoria County, Illinois | $27,375,114 | 0.9% | 67.6% |
| 44 | Mason County, Illinois | $26,951,297 | 0.9% | 68.6% |
| 45 | Winnebago County, Illinois | $26,682,139 | 0.9% | 69.5% |
| 46 | De Witt County, Illinois | $26,572,653 | 0.9% | 70.4% |
| 47 | Stark County, Illinois | $26,486,812 | 0.9% | 71.3% |
| 48 | McHenry County, Illinois | $26,250,237 | 0.9% | 72.2% |
| 49 | Clark County, Illinois | $25,390,956 | 0.9% | 73.1% |
| 50 | Washington County, Illinois | $25,254,647 | 0.9% | 73.9% |
| 51 | Fayette County, Illinois | $24,992,959 | 0.9% | 74.8% |
| 52 | Madison County, Illinois | $24,662,255 | 0.8% | 75.6% |
| 53 | Marshall County, Illinois | $24,373,884 | 0.8% | 76.4% |
| 54 | Moultrie County, Illinois | $24,323,878 | 0.8% | 77.3% |
| 55 | Jasper County, Illinois | $23,943,755 | 0.8% | 78.1% |
| 56 | Greene County, Illinois | $23,691,115 | 0.8% | 78.9% |
| 57 | Saint Clair County, Illinois | $23,382,839 | 0.8% | 79.7% |
| 58 | Kendall County, Illinois | $23,287,064 | 0.8% | 80.5% |
| 59 | Wayne County, Illinois | $22,958,067 | 0.8% | 81.3% |
| 60 | White County, Illinois | $22,772,951 | 0.8% | 82.1% |
| 61 | Jo Daviess County, Illinois | $22,239,442 | 0.8% | 82.8% |
| 62 | Menard County, Illinois | $21,579,197 | 0.7% | 83.6% |
| 63 | Crawford County, Illinois | $21,138,493 | 0.7% | 84.3% |
| 64 | Effingham County, Illinois | $21,095,726 | 0.7% | 85.0% |
| 65 | Clinton County, Illinois | $20,689,877 | 0.7% | 85.7% |
| 66 | Rock Island County, Illinois | $20,430,736 | 0.7% | 86.4% |
| 67 | Lawrence County, Illinois | $19,976,314 | 0.7% | 87.1% |
| 68 | Cass County, Illinois | $19,939,851 | 0.7% | 87.8% |
| 69 | Boone County, Illinois | $19,897,868 | 0.7% | 88.5% |
| 70 | Richland County, Illinois | $19,382,158 | 0.7% | 89.1% |
| 71 | Gallatin County, Illinois | $19,099,726 | 0.7% | 89.8% |
| 72 | Clay County, Illinois | $18,421,150 | 0.6% | 90.4% |
| 73 | Marion County, Illinois | $17,673,227 | 0.6% | 91.0% |
| 74 | Cumberland County, Illinois | $17,507,621 | 0.6% | 91.6% |
| 75 | Randolph County, Illinois | $16,343,598 | 0.6% | 92.2% |
| 76 | Hamilton County, Illinois | $16,213,186 | 0.6% | 92.7% |
| 77 | Monroe County, Illinois | $15,958,707 | 0.5% | 93.3% |
| 78 | Bond County, Illinois | $15,294,012 | 0.5% | 93.8% |
| 79 | Schuyler County, Illinois | $14,932,801 | 0.5% | 94.3% |
| 80 | Jersey County, Illinois | $14,816,688 | 0.5% | 94.8% |
| 81 | Scott County, Illinois | $13,087,721 | 0.4% | 95.3% |
| 82 | Wabash County, Illinois | $12,647,334 | 0.4% | 95.7% |
| 83 | Jefferson County, Illinois | $12,539,454 | 0.4% | 96.1% |
| 84 | Perry County, Illinois | $12,006,536 | 0.4% | 96.6% |
| 85 | Brown County, Illinois | $11,202,205 | 0.4% | 96.9% |
| 86 | Saline County, Illinois | $10,465,663 | 0.4% | 97.3% |
| 87 | Franklin County, Illinois | $9,958,215 | 0.3% | 97.6% |
| 88 | Putnam County, Illinois | $9,586,601 | 0.3% | 98.0% |
| 89 | Edwards County, Illinois | $9,285,002 | 0.3% | 98.3% |
| 90 | Jackson County, Illinois | $9,152,959 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 91 | Massac County, Illinois | $7,217,377 | 0.2% | 98.8% |
| 92 | Calhoun County, Illinois | $5,956,428 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 93 | Pulaski County, Illinois | $4,481,814 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 94 | Lake County, Illinois | $4,034,973 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 95 | Union County, Illinois | $3,860,656 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 96 | Williamson County, Illinois | $3,556,389 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 97 | Johnson County, Illinois | $3,062,685 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 98 | Alexander County, Illinois | $3,044,849 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 99 | Pope County, Illinois | $2,051,913 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 100 | Cook County, Illinois | $1,724,347 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 101 | DuPage County, Illinois | $1,248,392 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 102 | Hardin County, Illinois | $900,894 | 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.
