Conservation payments in Ford County, Illinois totaled $32.6 million from 1995-2021.

From 1995 to 2021, the top 10 percent of conservation payment recipients were paid 62 percent of conservation payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2021 Payment per Recipient
Top 1%20%17$6,552,509$385,442
Top 2%30%35$9,886,294$282,466
Top 3%37%52$11,986,685$230,513
Top 4%42%70$13,730,093$196,144
Top 5%47%88$15,186,564$172,575
Top 6%50%105$16,387,164$156,068
Top 7%54%123$17,524,914$142,479
Top 8%57%141$18,518,436$131,336
Top 9%59%158$19,329,895$122,341
Top 10%62%176$20,115,724$114,294
Top 11%64%194$20,831,981$107,381
Top 12%66%211$21,461,407$101,713
Top 13%68%229$22,081,467$96,426
Top 14%69%246$22,618,124$91,944
Top 15%71%264$23,134,541$87,631
Top 16%72%282$23,617,412$83,750
Top 17%74%299$24,037,537$80,393
Top 18%75%317$24,461,968$77,167
Top 19%76%335$24,869,186$74,236
Top 20%77%352$25,233,382$71,686
Remaining 80% of recips.23%1,412$7,410,935$5,249
 

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