| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Disaster Payments
1995-2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Wayne County, Illinois | $12,569,470 | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| 2 | Hamilton County, Illinois | $9,651,620 | 3.0% | 7.0% |
| 3 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $8,029,207 | 2.5% | 9.5% |
| 4 | Ogle County, Illinois | $7,970,745 | 2.5% | 12.0% |
| 5 | Clay County, Illinois | $7,748,079 | 2.4% | 14.4% |
| 6 | Gallatin County, Illinois | $7,710,141 | 2.4% | 16.9% |
| 7 | White County, Illinois | $7,225,824 | 2.3% | 19.1% |
| 8 | Jo Daviess County, Illinois | $7,125,352 | 2.2% | 21.4% |
| 9 | Henry County, Illinois | $6,912,618 | 2.2% | 23.5% |
| 10 | Stephenson County, Illinois | $6,730,249 | 2.1% | 25.7% |
| 11 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $6,433,381 | 2.0% | 27.7% |
| 12 | Pike County, Illinois | $6,357,931 | 2.0% | 29.7% |
| 13 | Washington County, Illinois | $6,008,153 | 1.9% | 31.6% |
| 14 | Marion County, Illinois | $5,622,779 | 1.8% | 33.3% |
| 15 | Jefferson County, Illinois | $5,343,101 | 1.7% | 35.0% |
| 16 | Fayette County, Illinois | $5,158,240 | 1.6% | 36.6% |
| 17 | Adams County, Illinois | $5,075,910 | 1.6% | 38.2% |
| 18 | Lawrence County, Illinois | $5,052,663 | 1.6% | 39.8% |
| 19 | Bond County, Illinois | $5,007,013 | 1.6% | 41.4% |
| 20 | Richland County, Illinois | $4,978,380 | 1.6% | 42.9% |
| 21 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $4,875,508 | 1.5% | 44.5% |
| 22 | Bureau County, Illinois | $4,834,072 | 1.5% | 46.0% |
| 23 | Clinton County, Illinois | $4,667,178 | 1.5% | 47.5% |
| 24 | Mercer County, Illinois | $4,639,539 | 1.5% | 48.9% |
| 25 | McHenry County, Illinois | $4,585,748 | 1.4% | 50.4% |
| 26 | Macoupin County, Illinois | $4,510,018 | 1.4% | 51.8% |
| 27 | Livingston County, Illinois | $4,311,535 | 1.4% | 53.1% |
| 28 | Lee County, Illinois | $4,235,349 | 1.3% | 54.5% |
| 29 | Jasper County, Illinois | $4,181,301 | 1.3% | 55.8% |
| 30 | Saline County, Illinois | $4,013,212 | 1.3% | 57.0% |
| 31 | La Salle County, Illinois | $4,003,837 | 1.3% | 58.3% |
| 32 | Clark County, Illinois | $3,911,921 | 1.2% | 59.5% |
| 33 | Franklin County, Illinois | $3,782,578 | 1.2% | 60.7% |
| 34 | Knox County, Illinois | $3,665,794 | 1.2% | 61.9% |
| 35 | Madison County, Illinois | $3,606,071 | 1.1% | 63.0% |
| 36 | Perry County, Illinois | $3,552,817 | 1.1% | 64.1% |
| 37 | Crawford County, Illinois | $3,381,129 | 1.1% | 65.2% |
| 38 | Kane County, Illinois | $3,376,290 | 1.1% | 66.2% |
| 39 | Effingham County, Illinois | $3,318,500 | 1.0% | 67.3% |
| 40 | Hancock County, Illinois | $3,275,686 | 1.0% | 68.3% |
| 41 | Randolph County, Illinois | $3,271,707 | 1.0% | 69.3% |
| 42 | Peoria County, Illinois | $3,190,598 | 1.0% | 70.3% |
| 43 | Edgar County, Illinois | $3,113,542 | 1.0% | 71.3% |
| 44 | Calhoun County, Illinois | $2,938,615 | 0.9% | 72.2% |
| 45 | Montgomery County, Illinois | $2,890,126 | 0.9% | 73.1% |
| 46 | Monroe County, Illinois | $2,862,180 | 0.9% | 74.0% |
| 47 | Boone County, Illinois | $2,797,969 | 0.9% | 74.9% |
| 48 | Winnebago County, Illinois | $2,791,185 | 0.9% | 75.8% |
| 49 | Ford County, Illinois | $2,637,338 | 0.8% | 76.6% |
| 50 | Henderson County, Illinois | $2,634,224 | 0.8% | 77.4% |
| 51 | Saint Clair County, Illinois | $2,561,184 | 0.8% | 78.3% |
| 52 | Kankakee County, Illinois | $2,497,474 | 0.8% | 79.0% |
| 53 | Williamson County, Illinois | $2,463,273 | 0.8% | 79.8% |
| 54 | Jackson County, Illinois | $2,424,385 | 0.8% | 80.6% |
| 55 | Shelby County, Illinois | $2,409,411 | 0.8% | 81.3% |
| 56 | Edwards County, Illinois | $2,364,661 | 0.7% | 82.1% |
| 57 | Wabash County, Illinois | $2,314,160 | 0.7% | 82.8% |
| 58 | Jersey County, Illinois | $2,306,322 | 0.7% | 83.5% |
| 59 | Will County, Illinois | $2,302,912 | 0.7% | 84.2% |
| 60 | Massac County, Illinois | $2,260,675 | 0.7% | 85.0% |
| 61 | Douglas County, Illinois | $2,215,065 | 0.7% | 85.7% |
| 62 | Union County, Illinois | $2,176,279 | 0.7% | 86.3% |
| 63 | Carroll County, Illinois | $1,896,016 | 0.6% | 86.9% |
| 64 | Fulton County, Illinois | $1,893,007 | 0.6% | 87.5% |
| 65 | Greene County, Illinois | $1,875,503 | 0.6% | 88.1% |
| 66 | Johnson County, Illinois | $1,792,334 | 0.6% | 88.7% |
| 67 | Stark County, Illinois | $1,712,676 | 0.5% | 89.2% |
| 68 | Cumberland County, Illinois | $1,652,577 | 0.5% | 89.7% |
| 69 | Schuyler County, Illinois | $1,600,285 | 0.5% | 90.2% |
| 70 | McDonough County, Illinois | $1,591,494 | 0.5% | 90.7% |
| 71 | Mason County, Illinois | $1,489,608 | 0.5% | 91.2% |
| 72 | Alexander County, Illinois | $1,478,995 | 0.5% | 91.7% |
| 73 | Brown County, Illinois | $1,436,447 | 0.5% | 92.1% |
| 74 | Piatt County, Illinois | $1,394,182 | 0.4% | 92.6% |
| 75 | Vermilion County, Illinois | $1,377,075 | 0.4% | 93.0% |
| 76 | Rock Island County, Illinois | $1,366,352 | 0.4% | 93.4% |
| 77 | Grundy County, Illinois | $1,276,749 | 0.4% | 93.8% |
| 78 | McLean County, Illinois | $1,264,758 | 0.4% | 94.2% |
| 79 | Sangamon County, Illinois | $1,259,462 | 0.4% | 94.6% |
| 80 | Scott County, Illinois | $1,187,262 | 0.4% | 95.0% |
| 81 | Kendall County, Illinois | $1,142,257 | 0.4% | 95.3% |
| 82 | Coles County, Illinois | $1,141,319 | 0.4% | 95.7% |
| 83 | Marshall County, Illinois | $991,526 | 0.3% | 96.0% |
| 84 | Warren County, Illinois | $934,279 | 0.3% | 96.3% |
| 85 | Champaign County, Illinois | $914,385 | 0.3% | 96.6% |
| 86 | Woodford County, Illinois | $892,526 | 0.3% | 96.9% |
| 87 | Logan County, Illinois | $876,631 | 0.3% | 97.2% |
| 88 | Putnam County, Illinois | $847,369 | 0.3% | 97.4% |
| 89 | Menard County, Illinois | $838,747 | 0.3% | 97.7% |
| 90 | Christian County, Illinois | $806,095 | 0.3% | 97.9% |
| 91 | Pulaski County, Illinois | $802,341 | 0.3% | 98.2% |
| 92 | Cass County, Illinois | $801,299 | 0.3% | 98.4% |
| 93 | Lake County, Illinois | $727,033 | 0.2% | 98.7% |
| 94 | Pope County, Illinois | $726,475 | 0.2% | 98.9% |
| 95 | Morgan County, Illinois | $707,635 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 96 | Tazewell County, Illinois | $648,254 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 97 | Moultrie County, Illinois | $515,609 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 98 | Cook County, Illinois | $510,519 | 0.2% | 99.6% |
| 99 | Macon County, Illinois | $390,981 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 100 | Hardin County, Illinois | $368,977 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 101 | De Witt County, Illinois | $265,545 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 102 | DuPage County, Illinois | $109,312 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011 is 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 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.
