| Rank |
County |
Total USDA - Subsidies
2010 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $28,089,709 | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| 2 | McLean County, Illinois | $25,261,475 | 2.5% | 5.4% |
| 3 | Livingston County, Illinois | $24,391,824 | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| 4 | Henry County, Illinois | $21,716,771 | 2.2% | 10.0% |
| 5 | La Salle County, Illinois | $21,439,274 | 2.2% | 12.2% |
| 6 | Champaign County, Illinois | $20,798,216 | 2.1% | 14.3% |
| 7 | Bureau County, Illinois | $19,670,723 | 2.0% | 16.2% |
| 8 | Lee County, Illinois | $17,344,920 | 1.7% | 18.0% |
| 9 | Sangamon County, Illinois | $17,133,109 | 1.7% | 19.7% |
| 10 | Macoupin County, Illinois | $16,777,431 | 1.7% | 21.4% |
| 11 | Vermilion County, Illinois | $16,633,841 | 1.7% | 23.1% |
| 12 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $16,579,775 | 1.7% | 24.7% |
| 13 | Logan County, Illinois | $16,358,306 | 1.6% | 26.4% |
| 14 | Ogle County, Illinois | $16,329,199 | 1.6% | 28.0% |
| 15 | Wayne County, Illinois | $15,790,225 | 1.6% | 29.6% |
| 16 | Pike County, Illinois | $15,585,324 | 1.6% | 31.2% |
| 17 | Hancock County, Illinois | $15,090,926 | 1.5% | 32.7% |
| 18 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $14,779,710 | 1.5% | 34.2% |
| 19 | Christian County, Illinois | $14,743,523 | 1.5% | 35.7% |
| 20 | Mercer County, Illinois | $14,156,944 | 1.4% | 37.1% |
| 21 | Adams County, Illinois | $13,997,691 | 1.4% | 38.5% |
| 22 | Edgar County, Illinois | $13,671,623 | 1.4% | 39.9% |
| 23 | Shelby County, Illinois | $13,554,200 | 1.4% | 41.2% |
| 24 | Stephenson County, Illinois | $13,496,210 | 1.4% | 42.6% |
| 25 | Knox County, Illinois | $13,004,254 | 1.3% | 43.9% |
| 26 | Montgomery County, Illinois | $12,836,635 | 1.3% | 45.2% |
| 27 | Ford County, Illinois | $12,720,357 | 1.3% | 46.5% |
| 28 | White County, Illinois | $12,025,061 | 1.2% | 47.7% |
| 29 | Piatt County, Illinois | $11,810,871 | 1.2% | 48.9% |
| 30 | Kankakee County, Illinois | $11,809,366 | 1.2% | 50.1% |
| 31 | Tazewell County, Illinois | $11,587,438 | 1.2% | 51.2% |
| 32 | McDonough County, Illinois | $11,344,870 | 1.1% | 52.4% |
| 33 | Warren County, Illinois | $11,336,499 | 1.1% | 53.5% |
| 34 | Macon County, Illinois | $11,110,502 | 1.1% | 54.6% |
| 35 | Douglas County, Illinois | $11,046,087 | 1.1% | 55.7% |
| 36 | Woodford County, Illinois | $10,873,951 | 1.1% | 56.8% |
| 37 | Fayette County, Illinois | $10,872,531 | 1.1% | 57.9% |
| 38 | Fulton County, Illinois | $10,553,710 | 1.1% | 59.0% |
| 39 | Carroll County, Illinois | $10,325,735 | 1.0% | 60.0% |
| 40 | Jasper County, Illinois | $10,279,090 | 1.0% | 61.1% |
| 41 | Morgan County, Illinois | $10,179,916 | 1.0% | 62.1% |
| 42 | Hamilton County, Illinois | $10,138,239 | 1.0% | 63.1% |
| 43 | Washington County, Illinois | $9,830,712 | 1.0% | 64.1% |
| 44 | Greene County, Illinois | $9,761,191 | 1.0% | 65.1% |
| 45 | Clay County, Illinois | $9,295,455 | 0.9% | 66.0% |
| 46 | Marion County, Illinois | $9,271,949 | 0.9% | 66.9% |
| 47 | Coles County, Illinois | $9,149,589 | 0.9% | 67.9% |
| 48 | Jo Daviess County, Illinois | $8,972,784 | 0.9% | 68.8% |
| 49 | Stark County, Illinois | $8,743,157 | 0.9% | 69.6% |
| 50 | Effingham County, Illinois | $8,657,875 | 0.9% | 70.5% |
| 51 | Clark County, Illinois | $8,596,336 | 0.9% | 71.4% |
| 52 | Clinton County, Illinois | $8,563,041 | 0.9% | 72.2% |
| 53 | Mason County, Illinois | $8,454,372 | 0.9% | 73.1% |
| 54 | Madison County, Illinois | $8,181,981 | 0.8% | 73.9% |
| 55 | Gallatin County, Illinois | $8,103,504 | 0.8% | 74.7% |
| 56 | Crawford County, Illinois | $8,100,310 | 0.8% | 75.5% |
| 57 | Lawrence County, Illinois | $8,070,952 | 0.8% | 76.3% |
| 58 | Richland County, Illinois | $7,991,862 | 0.8% | 77.2% |
| 59 | Peoria County, Illinois | $7,940,238 | 0.8% | 78.0% |
| 60 | De Witt County, Illinois | $7,878,353 | 0.8% | 78.7% |
| 61 | Henderson County, Illinois | $7,869,638 | 0.8% | 79.5% |
| 62 | Winnebago County, Illinois | $7,786,259 | 0.8% | 80.3% |
| 63 | McHenry County, Illinois | $7,668,952 | 0.8% | 81.1% |
| 64 | Marshall County, Illinois | $7,667,424 | 0.8% | 81.9% |
| 65 | Grundy County, Illinois | $7,413,840 | 0.7% | 82.6% |
| 66 | Schuyler County, Illinois | $7,364,257 | 0.7% | 83.3% |
| 67 | Bond County, Illinois | $7,280,079 | 0.7% | 84.1% |
| 68 | Cass County, Illinois | $6,998,261 | 0.7% | 84.8% |
| 69 | Moultrie County, Illinois | $6,949,949 | 0.7% | 85.5% |
| 70 | Saint Clair County, Illinois | $6,867,534 | 0.7% | 86.2% |
| 71 | Jefferson County, Illinois | $6,829,992 | 0.7% | 86.9% |
| 72 | Will County, Illinois | $6,814,516 | 0.7% | 87.5% |
| 73 | Menard County, Illinois | $6,609,877 | 0.7% | 88.2% |
| 74 | Randolph County, Illinois | $6,517,119 | 0.7% | 88.9% |
| 75 | Kane County, Illinois | $6,409,910 | 0.6% | 89.5% |
| 76 | Cumberland County, Illinois | $6,297,559 | 0.6% | 90.1% |
| 77 | Rock Island County, Illinois | $6,241,189 | 0.6% | 90.8% |
| 78 | Franklin County, Illinois | $5,756,581 | 0.6% | 91.4% |
| 79 | Boone County, Illinois | $5,751,621 | 0.6% | 91.9% |
| 80 | Jersey County, Illinois | $5,706,280 | 0.6% | 92.5% |
| 81 | Monroe County, Illinois | $5,611,227 | 0.6% | 93.1% |
| 82 | Saline County, Illinois | $5,445,740 | 0.5% | 93.6% |
| 83 | Perry County, Illinois | $5,142,589 | 0.5% | 94.1% |
| 84 | Kendall County, Illinois | $5,122,021 | 0.5% | 94.6% |
| 85 | Jackson County, Illinois | $4,901,051 | 0.5% | 95.1% |
| 86 | Brown County, Illinois | $4,884,710 | 0.5% | 95.6% |
| 87 | Scott County, Illinois | $4,797,278 | 0.5% | 96.1% |
| 88 | Wabash County, Illinois | $4,520,971 | 0.5% | 96.6% |
| 89 | Illinois NRCS | $4,149,081 | 0.4% | 97.0% |
| 90 | Edwards County, Illinois | $4,031,709 | 0.4% | 97.4% |
| 91 | Union County, Illinois | $3,408,800 | 0.3% | 97.7% |
| 92 | Calhoun County, Illinois | $3,371,446 | 0.3% | 98.1% |
| 93 | Putnam County, Illinois | $3,175,589 | 0.3% | 98.4% |
| 94 | Massac County, Illinois | $2,949,284 | 0.3% | 98.7% |
| 95 | Williamson County, Illinois | $2,683,533 | 0.3% | 99.0% |
| 96 | Pulaski County, Illinois | $2,473,952 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 97 | Alexander County, Illinois | $2,428,805 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 98 | Johnson County, Illinois | $2,338,535 | 0.2% | 99.7% |
| 99 | Pope County, Illinois | $1,358,298 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 100 | Lake County, Illinois | $677,656 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 101 | Hardin County, Illinois | $535,059 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 102 | Cook County, Illinois | $360,071 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 103 | DuPage County, Illinois | $150,323 | 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.
