USDA subsidies in Putnam County, Illinois totaled $62.2 million from 1995-2011.
Total USDA - Subsidies in Putnam County, Illinois by county, 1995-2011
| Rank | County | Total USDA - Subsidies 1995-2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean County, Illinois | $557,136,438 | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| 2 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $545,940,007 | 2.8% | 5.6% |
| 3 | Livingston County, Illinois | $498,717,679 | 2.5% | 8.1% |
| 4 | La Salle County, Illinois | $468,404,328 | 2.4% | 10.5% |
| 5 | Champaign County, Illinois | $465,170,634 | 2.4% | 12.9% |
| 6 | Bureau County, Illinois | $417,899,987 | 2.1% | 15.0% |
| 7 | Henry County, Illinois | $412,025,076 | 2.1% | 17.1% |
| 8 | Vermilion County, Illinois | $365,779,583 | 1.9% | 19.0% |
| 9 | Sangamon County, Illinois | $357,080,584 | 1.8% | 20.8% |
| 10 | Lee County, Illinois | $353,632,663 | 1.8% | 22.6% |
| 11 | Ogle County, Illinois | $336,426,961 | 1.7% | 24.3% |
| 12 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $333,277,649 | 1.7% | 26.0% |
| 13 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $331,720,977 | 1.7% | 27.7% |
| 14 | Logan County, Illinois | $327,076,537 | 1.7% | 29.3% |
| 15 | Christian County, Illinois | $326,478,519 | 1.7% | 31.0% |
| 16 | Macoupin County, Illinois | $294,809,605 | 1.5% | 32.5% |
| 17 | Knox County, Illinois | $280,243,949 | 1.4% | 33.9% |
| 18 | Shelby County, Illinois | $280,134,576 | 1.4% | 35.3% |
| 19 | Hancock County, Illinois | $276,695,670 | 1.4% | 36.7% |
| 20 | Kankakee County, Illinois | $273,894,396 | 1.4% | 38.1% |
| 21 | Montgomery County, Illinois | $263,472,776 | 1.3% | 39.5% |
| 22 | Edgar County, Illinois | $260,661,536 | 1.3% | 40.8% |
| 23 | Mercer County, Illinois | $258,696,532 | 1.3% | 42.1% |
| 24 | Warren County, Illinois | $257,077,684 | 1.3% | 43.4% |
| 25 | Stephenson County, Illinois | $252,731,765 | 1.3% | 44.7% |
| 26 | Pike County, Illinois | $250,021,286 | 1.3% | 46.0% |
| 27 | Tazewell County, Illinois | $248,895,136 | 1.3% | 47.2% |
| 28 | Wayne County, Illinois | $246,357,502 | 1.3% | 48.5% |
| 29 | Macon County, Illinois | $246,290,338 | 1.3% | 49.7% |
| 30 | Woodford County, Illinois | $236,750,603 | 1.2% | 50.9% |
| 31 | Ford County, Illinois | $233,606,203 | 1.2% | 52.1% |
| 32 | McDonough County, Illinois | $230,098,314 | 1.2% | 53.3% |
| 33 | Adams County, Illinois | $226,959,413 | 1.2% | 54.5% |
| 34 | Piatt County, Illinois | $226,123,520 | 1.1% | 55.6% |
| 35 | Morgan County, Illinois | $224,246,688 | 1.1% | 56.7% |
| 36 | Carroll County, Illinois | $213,438,903 | 1.1% | 57.8% |
| 37 | Fulton County, Illinois | $211,157,845 | 1.1% | 58.9% |
| 38 | Douglas County, Illinois | $208,622,158 | 1.1% | 60.0% |
| 39 | Fayette County, Illinois | $197,693,169 | 1.0% | 61.0% |
| 40 | Coles County, Illinois | $190,549,027 | 1.0% | 61.9% |
| 41 | Mason County, Illinois | $188,424,118 | 1.0% | 62.9% |
| 42 | Washington County, Illinois | $186,215,561 | 0.9% | 63.8% |
| 43 | White County, Illinois | $185,749,954 | 0.9% | 64.8% |
| 44 | Jo Daviess County, Illinois | $181,537,438 | 0.9% | 65.7% |
| 45 | Greene County, Illinois | $180,167,758 | 0.9% | 66.6% |
| 46 | Peoria County, Illinois | $173,749,937 | 0.9% | 67.5% |
| 47 | Jasper County, Illinois | $172,332,315 | 0.9% | 68.4% |
| 48 | Grundy County, Illinois | $170,164,515 | 0.9% | 69.2% |
| 49 | Madison County, Illinois | $169,985,104 | 0.9% | 70.1% |
| 50 | Will County, Illinois | $169,158,776 | 0.9% | 71.0% |
| 51 | Stark County, Illinois | $168,790,402 | 0.9% | 71.8% |
| 52 | Hamilton County, Illinois | $168,143,703 | 0.9% | 72.7% |
| 53 | De Witt County, Illinois | $167,040,852 | 0.8% | 73.5% |
| 54 | Clinton County, Illinois | $166,739,745 | 0.8% | 74.4% |
| 55 | Clark County, Illinois | $165,682,241 | 0.8% | 75.2% |
| 56 | Marion County, Illinois | $162,874,899 | 0.8% | 76.1% |
| 57 | Clay County, Illinois | $158,320,450 | 0.8% | 76.9% |
| 58 | Marshall County, Illinois | $158,146,442 | 0.8% | 77.7% |
| 59 | Winnebago County, Illinois | $157,615,966 | 0.8% | 78.5% |
| 60 | Henderson County, Illinois | $156,421,334 | 0.8% | 79.3% |
| 61 | Effingham County, Illinois | $153,989,270 | 0.8% | 80.0% |
| 62 | Saint Clair County, Illinois | $151,985,635 | 0.8% | 80.8% |
| 63 | McHenry County, Illinois | $150,959,255 | 0.8% | 81.6% |
| 64 | Moultrie County, Illinois | $146,938,607 | 0.7% | 82.3% |
| 65 | Crawford County, Illinois | $146,629,748 | 0.7% | 83.1% |
| 66 | Kane County, Illinois | $143,717,538 | 0.7% | 83.8% |
| 67 | Menard County, Illinois | $142,201,085 | 0.7% | 84.5% |
| 68 | Cass County, Illinois | $141,776,797 | 0.7% | 85.2% |
| 69 | Gallatin County, Illinois | $140,285,400 | 0.7% | 86.0% |
| 70 | Lawrence County, Illinois | $139,668,918 | 0.7% | 86.7% |
| 71 | Richland County, Illinois | $138,106,584 | 0.7% | 87.4% |
| 72 | Bond County, Illinois | $132,279,148 | 0.7% | 88.0% |
| 73 | Schuyler County, Illinois | $126,851,930 | 0.6% | 88.7% |
| 74 | Kendall County, Illinois | $125,043,733 | 0.6% | 89.3% |
| 75 | Jefferson County, Illinois | $124,966,486 | 0.6% | 90.0% |
| 76 | Rock Island County, Illinois | $124,803,026 | 0.6% | 90.6% |
| 77 | Cumberland County, Illinois | $120,568,006 | 0.6% | 91.2% |
| 78 | Boone County, Illinois | $119,341,283 | 0.6% | 91.8% |
| 79 | Randolph County, Illinois | $118,753,640 | 0.6% | 92.4% |
| 80 | Jersey County, Illinois | $107,008,591 | 0.5% | 93.0% |
| 81 | Monroe County, Illinois | $106,739,518 | 0.5% | 93.5% |
| 82 | Illinois NRCS | $106,212,792 | 0.5% | 94.0% |
| 83 | Franklin County, Illinois | $105,866,663 | 0.5% | 94.6% |
| 84 | Brown County, Illinois | $93,867,435 | 0.5% | 95.1% |
| 85 | Perry County, Illinois | $92,396,094 | 0.5% | 95.5% |
| 86 | Scott County, Illinois | $89,324,770 | 0.5% | 96.0% |
| 87 | Wabash County, Illinois | $88,706,333 | 0.5% | 96.4% |
| 88 | Saline County, Illinois | $87,983,675 | 0.4% | 96.9% |
| 89 | Jackson County, Illinois | $85,504,541 | 0.4% | 97.3% |
| 90 | Edwards County, Illinois | $70,990,485 | 0.4% | 97.7% |
| 91 | Putnam County, Illinois | $62,150,409 | 0.3% | 98.0% |
| 92 | Union County, Illinois | $58,065,341 | 0.3% | 98.3% |
| 93 | Massac County, Illinois | $56,698,320 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 94 | Calhoun County, Illinois | $52,217,278 | 0.3% | 98.8% |
| 95 | Pulaski County, Illinois | $44,725,372 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 96 | Williamson County, Illinois | $42,686,126 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 97 | Johnson County, Illinois | $39,926,362 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 98 | Alexander County, Illinois | $37,317,763 | 0.2% | 99.7% |
| 99 | Pope County, Illinois | $23,806,806 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 100 | Lake County, Illinois | $17,979,278 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 101 | Hardin County, Illinois | $8,908,779 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 102 | Cook County, Illinois | $8,763,998 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 103 | DuPage County, Illinois | $4,722,031 | 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.
