| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Disaster Payments
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Wayne County, Illinois | $12,637,459 | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| 2 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $10,967,925 | 3.1% | 6.6% |
| 3 | Hamilton County, Illinois | $10,061,521 | 2.8% | 9.4% |
| 4 | Pike County, Illinois | $8,627,586 | 2.4% | 11.8% |
| 5 | Ogle County, Illinois | $8,543,704 | 2.4% | 14.2% |
| 6 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $8,530,140 | 2.4% | 16.6% |
| 7 | Clay County, Illinois | $7,808,034 | 2.2% | 18.7% |
| 8 | Gallatin County, Illinois | $7,720,146 | 2.2% | 20.9% |
| 9 | Henry County, Illinois | $7,550,357 | 2.1% | 23.0% |
| 10 | White County, Illinois | $7,445,428 | 2.1% | 25.1% |
| 11 | McHenry County, Illinois | $7,188,899 | 2.0% | 27.1% |
| 12 | Stephenson County, Illinois | $7,032,038 | 2.0% | 29.0% |
| 13 | Jo Daviess County, Illinois | $7,006,368 | 2.0% | 31.0% |
| 14 | Adams County, Illinois | $6,441,854 | 1.8% | 32.8% |
| 15 | Macoupin County, Illinois | $6,100,354 | 1.7% | 34.5% |
| 16 | Hancock County, Illinois | $6,061,489 | 1.7% | 36.2% |
| 17 | Washington County, Illinois | $6,015,609 | 1.7% | 37.9% |
| 18 | Mercer County, Illinois | $5,830,176 | 1.6% | 39.5% |
| 19 | Marion County, Illinois | $5,603,520 | 1.6% | 41.1% |
| 20 | Jefferson County, Illinois | $5,322,956 | 1.5% | 42.5% |
| 21 | Bureau County, Illinois | $5,251,778 | 1.5% | 44.0% |
| 22 | Fayette County, Illinois | $5,160,826 | 1.4% | 45.4% |
| 23 | Richland County, Illinois | $5,124,230 | 1.4% | 46.9% |
| 24 | Lawrence County, Illinois | $5,067,351 | 1.4% | 48.3% |
| 25 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $5,023,092 | 1.4% | 49.7% |
| 26 | Bond County, Illinois | $5,015,340 | 1.4% | 51.1% |
| 27 | Knox County, Illinois | $5,004,857 | 1.4% | 52.5% |
| 28 | McDonough County, Illinois | $4,931,515 | 1.4% | 53.9% |
| 29 | Clinton County, Illinois | $4,596,658 | 1.3% | 55.1% |
| 30 | La Salle County, Illinois | $4,447,928 | 1.2% | 56.4% |
| 31 | Livingston County, Illinois | $4,395,027 | 1.2% | 57.6% |
| 32 | Jasper County, Illinois | $4,283,032 | 1.2% | 58.8% |
| 33 | Lee County, Illinois | $4,274,272 | 1.2% | 60.0% |
| 34 | Saline County, Illinois | $4,090,879 | 1.1% | 61.1% |
| 35 | Kane County, Illinois | $4,061,252 | 1.1% | 62.3% |
| 36 | Clark County, Illinois | $4,021,374 | 1.1% | 63.4% |
| 37 | Henderson County, Illinois | $3,919,490 | 1.1% | 64.5% |
| 38 | Franklin County, Illinois | $3,782,578 | 1.1% | 65.5% |
| 39 | Madison County, Illinois | $3,763,665 | 1.0% | 66.6% |
| 40 | Peoria County, Illinois | $3,753,141 | 1.0% | 67.6% |
| 41 | Kankakee County, Illinois | $3,736,344 | 1.0% | 68.7% |
| 42 | Ford County, Illinois | $3,615,888 | 1.0% | 69.7% |
| 43 | Perry County, Illinois | $3,579,575 | 1.0% | 70.7% |
| 44 | Crawford County, Illinois | $3,404,014 | 0.9% | 71.6% |
| 45 | Effingham County, Illinois | $3,332,240 | 0.9% | 72.6% |
| 46 | Randolph County, Illinois | $3,308,533 | 0.9% | 73.5% |
| 47 | Schuyler County, Illinois | $3,190,927 | 0.9% | 74.4% |
| 48 | Edgar County, Illinois | $3,090,955 | 0.9% | 75.2% |
| 49 | Boone County, Illinois | $3,020,990 | 0.8% | 76.1% |
| 50 | Montgomery County, Illinois | $3,000,437 | 0.8% | 76.9% |
| 51 | Calhoun County, Illinois | $2,976,223 | 0.8% | 77.8% |
| 52 | Monroe County, Illinois | $2,934,412 | 0.8% | 78.6% |
| 53 | Winnebago County, Illinois | $2,791,185 | 0.8% | 79.4% |
| 54 | Jackson County, Illinois | $2,642,915 | 0.7% | 80.1% |
| 55 | Shelby County, Illinois | $2,566,602 | 0.7% | 80.8% |
| 56 | Saint Clair County, Illinois | $2,561,184 | 0.7% | 81.5% |
| 57 | Massac County, Illinois | $2,556,252 | 0.7% | 82.2% |
| 58 | Will County, Illinois | $2,545,504 | 0.7% | 82.9% |
| 59 | Williamson County, Illinois | $2,498,979 | 0.7% | 83.6% |
| 60 | Edwards County, Illinois | $2,376,468 | 0.7% | 84.3% |
| 61 | Wabash County, Illinois | $2,322,899 | 0.6% | 85.0% |
| 62 | Jersey County, Illinois | $2,298,883 | 0.6% | 85.6% |
| 63 | Union County, Illinois | $2,284,058 | 0.6% | 86.2% |
| 64 | Douglas County, Illinois | $2,257,456 | 0.6% | 86.9% |
| 65 | Fulton County, Illinois | $2,221,547 | 0.6% | 87.5% |
| 66 | Warren County, Illinois | $2,183,668 | 0.6% | 88.1% |
| 67 | Sangamon County, Illinois | $2,049,468 | 0.6% | 88.7% |
| 68 | Greene County, Illinois | $1,921,404 | 0.5% | 89.2% |
| 69 | Brown County, Illinois | $1,913,044 | 0.5% | 89.7% |
| 70 | Stark County, Illinois | $1,904,939 | 0.5% | 90.3% |
| 71 | Carroll County, Illinois | $1,859,944 | 0.5% | 90.8% |
| 72 | Johnson County, Illinois | $1,840,297 | 0.5% | 91.3% |
| 73 | Mason County, Illinois | $1,829,389 | 0.5% | 91.8% |
| 74 | Cumberland County, Illinois | $1,688,748 | 0.5% | 92.3% |
| 75 | Scott County, Illinois | $1,657,453 | 0.5% | 92.7% |
| 76 | McLean County, Illinois | $1,629,373 | 0.5% | 93.2% |
| 77 | Vermilion County, Illinois | $1,613,434 | 0.5% | 93.6% |
| 78 | Alexander County, Illinois | $1,588,862 | 0.4% | 94.1% |
| 79 | Rock Island County, Illinois | $1,485,767 | 0.4% | 94.5% |
| 80 | Logan County, Illinois | $1,401,115 | 0.4% | 94.9% |
| 81 | Piatt County, Illinois | $1,396,359 | 0.4% | 95.3% |
| 82 | Grundy County, Illinois | $1,323,076 | 0.4% | 95.6% |
| 83 | Coles County, Illinois | $1,268,358 | 0.4% | 96.0% |
| 84 | Kendall County, Illinois | $1,162,503 | 0.3% | 96.3% |
| 85 | Marshall County, Illinois | $1,033,538 | 0.3% | 96.6% |
| 86 | Menard County, Illinois | $1,031,702 | 0.3% | 96.9% |
| 87 | Christian County, Illinois | $1,007,532 | 0.3% | 97.2% |
| 88 | Champaign County, Illinois | $992,817 | 0.3% | 97.5% |
| 89 | Morgan County, Illinois | $954,474 | 0.3% | 97.7% |
| 90 | Woodford County, Illinois | $892,526 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 91 | Pulaski County, Illinois | $869,926 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 92 | Pope County, Illinois | $857,576 | 0.2% | 98.5% |
| 93 | Putnam County, Illinois | $852,510 | 0.2% | 98.7% |
| 94 | Cass County, Illinois | $811,848 | 0.2% | 98.9% |
| 95 | Tazewell County, Illinois | $763,096 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 96 | Lake County, Illinois | $725,221 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 97 | Moultrie County, Illinois | $587,578 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 98 | Cook County, Illinois | $510,519 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 99 | Macon County, Illinois | $499,159 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 100 | Hardin County, Illinois | $368,977 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 101 | De Witt County, Illinois | $269,872 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 102 | DuPage County, Illinois | $133,764 | 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.
