| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies
2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $11,533,764 | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| 2 | McLean County, Illinois | $11,324,430 | 2.8% | 5.6% |
| 3 | La Salle County, Illinois | $10,890,690 | 2.7% | 8.3% |
| 4 | Livingston County, Illinois | $10,137,688 | 2.5% | 10.8% |
| 5 | Champaign County, Illinois | $9,814,186 | 2.4% | 13.2% |
| 6 | Bureau County, Illinois | $8,874,546 | 2.2% | 15.4% |
| 7 | Henry County, Illinois | $8,605,814 | 2.1% | 17.5% |
| 8 | Vermilion County, Illinois | $8,152,242 | 2.0% | 19.5% |
| 9 | Lee County, Illinois | $7,794,034 | 1.9% | 21.4% |
| 10 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $7,485,322 | 1.8% | 23.3% |
| 11 | Christian County, Illinois | $7,459,694 | 1.8% | 25.1% |
| 12 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $7,428,672 | 1.8% | 26.9% |
| 13 | Ogle County, Illinois | $7,032,204 | 1.7% | 28.7% |
| 14 | Logan County, Illinois | $6,922,292 | 1.7% | 30.4% |
| 15 | Sangamon County, Illinois | $6,878,837 | 1.7% | 32.1% |
| 16 | Kankakee County, Illinois | $6,415,356 | 1.6% | 33.6% |
| 17 | Edgar County, Illinois | $6,247,183 | 1.5% | 35.2% |
| 18 | Macoupin County, Illinois | $6,154,995 | 1.5% | 36.7% |
| 19 | Warren County, Illinois | $6,134,311 | 1.5% | 38.2% |
| 20 | Shelby County, Illinois | $6,084,748 | 1.5% | 39.7% |
| 21 | Knox County, Illinois | $6,009,371 | 1.5% | 41.2% |
| 22 | Montgomery County, Illinois | $5,881,272 | 1.4% | 42.6% |
| 23 | Hancock County, Illinois | $5,793,763 | 1.4% | 44.0% |
| 24 | Macon County, Illinois | $5,471,893 | 1.3% | 45.4% |
| 25 | Tazewell County, Illinois | $5,301,196 | 1.3% | 46.7% |
| 26 | Morgan County, Illinois | $5,283,148 | 1.3% | 48.0% |
| 27 | Stephenson County, Illinois | $5,221,503 | 1.3% | 49.3% |
| 28 | Woodford County, Illinois | $5,147,467 | 1.3% | 50.5% |
| 29 | McDonough County, Illinois | $5,083,968 | 1.3% | 51.8% |
| 30 | Piatt County, Illinois | $5,083,614 | 1.3% | 53.0% |
| 31 | Mercer County, Illinois | $5,052,703 | 1.2% | 54.3% |
| 32 | Douglas County, Illinois | $4,958,279 | 1.2% | 55.5% |
| 33 | Ford County, Illinois | $4,840,433 | 1.2% | 56.7% |
| 34 | Adams County, Illinois | $4,479,498 | 1.1% | 57.8% |
| 35 | Pike County, Illinois | $4,441,672 | 1.1% | 58.9% |
| 36 | Carroll County, Illinois | $4,437,883 | 1.1% | 60.0% |
| 37 | Coles County, Illinois | $4,411,160 | 1.1% | 61.1% |
| 38 | Fulton County, Illinois | $4,293,784 | 1.1% | 62.1% |
| 39 | Mason County, Illinois | $4,104,390 | 1.0% | 63.1% |
| 40 | Washington County, Illinois | $4,095,473 | 1.0% | 64.1% |
| 41 | Grundy County, Illinois | $4,074,198 | 1.0% | 65.1% |
| 42 | Madison County, Illinois | $4,057,194 | 1.0% | 66.1% |
| 43 | Jasper County, Illinois | $3,892,249 | 1.0% | 67.1% |
| 44 | Fayette County, Illinois | $3,715,184 | 0.9% | 68.0% |
| 45 | Will County, Illinois | $3,659,716 | 0.9% | 68.9% |
| 46 | De Witt County, Illinois | $3,642,551 | 0.9% | 69.8% |
| 47 | Clark County, Illinois | $3,597,681 | 0.9% | 70.7% |
| 48 | Stark County, Illinois | $3,585,986 | 0.9% | 71.6% |
| 49 | Greene County, Illinois | $3,574,449 | 0.9% | 72.4% |
| 50 | Saint Clair County, Illinois | $3,554,172 | 0.9% | 73.3% |
| 51 | Peoria County, Illinois | $3,463,278 | 0.9% | 74.2% |
| 52 | Henderson County, Illinois | $3,458,595 | 0.9% | 75.0% |
| 53 | Wayne County, Illinois | $3,433,774 | 0.8% | 75.9% |
| 54 | Marshall County, Illinois | $3,371,870 | 0.8% | 76.7% |
| 55 | Clinton County, Illinois | $3,328,228 | 0.8% | 77.5% |
| 56 | Effingham County, Illinois | $3,324,177 | 0.8% | 78.3% |
| 57 | McHenry County, Illinois | $3,225,777 | 0.8% | 79.1% |
| 58 | White County, Illinois | $3,213,548 | 0.8% | 79.9% |
| 59 | Crawford County, Illinois | $3,190,940 | 0.8% | 80.7% |
| 60 | Moultrie County, Illinois | $3,131,084 | 0.8% | 81.5% |
| 61 | Richland County, Illinois | $3,027,186 | 0.7% | 82.2% |
| 62 | Winnebago County, Illinois | $3,025,509 | 0.7% | 82.9% |
| 63 | Kane County, Illinois | $3,019,255 | 0.7% | 83.7% |
| 64 | Menard County, Illinois | $2,974,425 | 0.7% | 84.4% |
| 65 | Jo Daviess County, Illinois | $2,955,399 | 0.7% | 85.1% |
| 66 | Clay County, Illinois | $2,842,569 | 0.7% | 85.8% |
| 67 | Cass County, Illinois | $2,841,796 | 0.7% | 86.5% |
| 68 | Kendall County, Illinois | $2,788,100 | 0.7% | 87.2% |
| 69 | Lawrence County, Illinois | $2,737,231 | 0.7% | 87.9% |
| 70 | Randolph County, Illinois | $2,692,025 | 0.7% | 88.6% |
| 71 | Cumberland County, Illinois | $2,588,271 | 0.6% | 89.2% |
| 72 | Hamilton County, Illinois | $2,557,075 | 0.6% | 89.8% |
| 73 | Monroe County, Illinois | $2,506,174 | 0.6% | 90.4% |
| 74 | Marion County, Illinois | $2,499,687 | 0.6% | 91.1% |
| 75 | Boone County, Illinois | $2,451,243 | 0.6% | 91.7% |
| 76 | Bond County, Illinois | $2,447,975 | 0.6% | 92.3% |
| 77 | Rock Island County, Illinois | $2,440,187 | 0.6% | 92.9% |
| 78 | Jersey County, Illinois | $2,341,049 | 0.6% | 93.4% |
| 79 | Schuyler County, Illinois | $2,302,956 | 0.6% | 94.0% |
| 80 | Gallatin County, Illinois | $2,232,122 | 0.5% | 94.6% |
| 81 | Jefferson County, Illinois | $2,020,467 | 0.5% | 95.1% |
| 82 | Perry County, Illinois | $1,951,853 | 0.5% | 95.5% |
| 83 | Scott County, Illinois | $1,932,586 | 0.5% | 96.0% |
| 84 | Wabash County, Illinois | $1,861,882 | 0.5% | 96.5% |
| 85 | Franklin County, Illinois | $1,617,440 | 0.4% | 96.9% |
| 86 | Jackson County, Illinois | $1,600,715 | 0.4% | 97.3% |
| 87 | Brown County, Illinois | $1,558,918 | 0.4% | 97.6% |
| 88 | Saline County, Illinois | $1,537,179 | 0.4% | 98.0% |
| 89 | Putnam County, Illinois | $1,300,215 | 0.3% | 98.3% |
| 90 | Edwards County, Illinois | $1,264,450 | 0.3% | 98.7% |
| 91 | Massac County, Illinois | $1,011,068 | 0.2% | 98.9% |
| 92 | Calhoun County, Illinois | $742,347 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 93 | Pulaski County, Illinois | $682,395 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 94 | Union County, Illinois | $649,391 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 95 | Alexander County, Illinois | $611,800 | 0.2% | 99.6% |
| 96 | Williamson County, Illinois | $584,744 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 97 | Johnson County, Illinois | $374,939 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 98 | Pope County, Illinois | $271,595 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 99 | Lake County, Illinois | $264,973 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 100 | Cook County, Illinois | $152,921 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 101 | DuPage County, Illinois | $74,830 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 102 | Hardin County, Illinois | $59,379 | 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.
