Commodity subsidies in Winnebago County, Illinois totaled $116 million from 1995-2012.
Counties in Winnebago County, Illinois Receiving Commodity Payments, 1995-2012
| Rank | County | Subtotal, Farming Subsidies 1995-2012 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean County, Illinois | $460,190,334 | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| 2 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $418,342,496 | 2.8% | 5.9% |
| 3 | Livingston County, Illinois | $394,058,671 | 2.7% | 8.6% |
| 4 | Champaign County, Illinois | $387,399,958 | 2.6% | 11.2% |
| 5 | La Salle County, Illinois | $382,659,038 | 2.6% | 13.8% |
| 6 | Bureau County, Illinois | $335,396,057 | 2.3% | 16.1% |
| 7 | Henry County, Illinois | $314,831,562 | 2.1% | 18.2% |
| 8 | Vermilion County, Illinois | $295,606,956 | 2.0% | 20.2% |
| 9 | Lee County, Illinois | $285,186,178 | 1.9% | 22.1% |
| 10 | Sangamon County, Illinois | $280,045,569 | 1.9% | 24.0% |
| 11 | Christian County, Illinois | $273,083,846 | 1.8% | 25.9% |
| 12 | DeKalb County, Illinois | $268,689,016 | 1.8% | 27.7% |
| 13 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $256,221,033 | 1.7% | 29.4% |
| 14 | Logan County, Illinois | $256,164,809 | 1.7% | 31.2% |
| 15 | Ogle County, Illinois | $255,848,741 | 1.7% | 32.9% |
| 16 | Kankakee County, Illinois | $230,006,330 | 1.6% | 34.5% |
| 17 | Shelby County, Illinois | $221,677,264 | 1.5% | 36.0% |
| 18 | Edgar County, Illinois | $220,360,144 | 1.5% | 37.4% |
| 19 | Warren County, Illinois | $218,301,899 | 1.5% | 38.9% |
| 20 | Knox County, Illinois | $216,715,770 | 1.5% | 40.4% |
| 21 | Macoupin County, Illinois | $215,588,438 | 1.5% | 41.8% |
| 22 | Macon County, Illinois | $209,104,265 | 1.4% | 43.3% |
| 23 | Tazewell County, Illinois | $203,639,956 | 1.4% | 44.6% |
| 24 | Hancock County, Illinois | $202,593,933 | 1.4% | 46.0% |
| 25 | Montgomery County, Illinois | $200,956,495 | 1.4% | 47.4% |
| 26 | Woodford County, Illinois | $192,534,893 | 1.3% | 48.7% |
| 27 | Stephenson County, Illinois | $190,189,876 | 1.3% | 50.0% |
| 28 | Piatt County, Illinois | $187,760,345 | 1.3% | 51.2% |
| 29 | McDonough County, Illinois | $186,810,924 | 1.3% | 52.5% |
| 30 | Morgan County, Illinois | $185,501,010 | 1.3% | 53.7% |
| 31 | Mercer County, Illinois | $183,063,125 | 1.2% | 55.0% |
| 32 | Ford County, Illinois | $179,286,119 | 1.2% | 56.2% |
| 33 | Douglas County, Illinois | $176,711,011 | 1.2% | 57.4% |
| 34 | Carroll County, Illinois | $167,174,358 | 1.1% | 58.5% |
| 35 | Fulton County, Illinois | $162,227,233 | 1.1% | 59.6% |
| 36 | Pike County, Illinois | $158,192,632 | 1.1% | 60.7% |
| 37 | Coles County, Illinois | $157,988,090 | 1.1% | 61.8% |
| 38 | Adams County, Illinois | $157,225,215 | 1.1% | 62.8% |
| 39 | Grundy County, Illinois | $142,594,127 | 1.0% | 63.8% |
| 40 | Mason County, Illinois | $142,126,817 | 1.0% | 64.7% |
| 41 | Washington County, Illinois | $139,872,522 | 0.9% | 65.7% |
| 42 | Will County, Illinois | $139,202,170 | 0.9% | 66.6% |
| 43 | De Witt County, Illinois | $138,719,835 | 0.9% | 67.6% |
| 44 | Peoria County, Illinois | $136,817,023 | 0.9% | 68.5% |
| 45 | Madison County, Illinois | $136,394,647 | 0.9% | 69.4% |
| 46 | Stark County, Illinois | $132,327,142 | 0.9% | 70.3% |
| 47 | Fayette County, Illinois | $131,826,174 | 0.9% | 71.2% |
| 48 | Marshall County, Illinois | $128,445,782 | 0.9% | 72.1% |
| 49 | Greene County, Illinois | $128,260,849 | 0.9% | 72.9% |
| 50 | Clark County, Illinois | $127,991,772 | 0.9% | 73.8% |
| 51 | Jasper County, Illinois | $127,439,239 | 0.9% | 74.7% |
| 52 | Henderson County, Illinois | $125,855,220 | 0.9% | 75.5% |
| 53 | Clinton County, Illinois | $124,257,561 | 0.8% | 76.4% |
| 54 | Moultrie County, Illinois | $124,060,898 | 0.8% | 77.2% |
| 55 | Saint Clair County, Illinois | $123,394,286 | 0.8% | 78.0% |
| 56 | McHenry County, Illinois | $118,764,028 | 0.8% | 78.8% |
| 57 | White County, Illinois | $117,799,530 | 0.8% | 79.6% |
| 58 | Wayne County, Illinois | $116,951,644 | 0.8% | 80.4% |
| 59 | Kane County, Illinois | $116,445,635 | 0.8% | 81.2% |
| 60 | Winnebago County, Illinois | $116,031,730 | 0.8% | 82.0% |
| 61 | Effingham County, Illinois | $113,639,883 | 0.8% | 82.8% |
| 62 | Menard County, Illinois | $110,038,623 | 0.7% | 83.5% |
| 63 | Jo Daviess County, Illinois | $108,806,252 | 0.7% | 84.2% |
| 64 | Kendall County, Illinois | $105,490,321 | 0.7% | 85.0% |
| 65 | Cass County, Illinois | $104,864,728 | 0.7% | 85.7% |
| 66 | Crawford County, Illinois | $103,889,468 | 0.7% | 86.4% |
| 67 | Richland County, Illinois | $99,552,633 | 0.7% | 87.0% |
| 68 | Clay County, Illinois | $96,228,114 | 0.7% | 87.7% |
| 69 | Lawrence County, Illinois | $95,767,897 | 0.6% | 88.3% |
| 70 | Gallatin County, Illinois | $93,059,862 | 0.6% | 89.0% |
| 71 | Boone County, Illinois | $92,776,759 | 0.6% | 89.6% |
| 72 | Rock Island County, Illinois | $91,306,911 | 0.6% | 90.2% |
| 73 | Cumberland County, Illinois | $90,968,888 | 0.6% | 90.8% |
| 74 | Marion County, Illinois | $90,427,272 | 0.6% | 91.4% |
| 75 | Randolph County, Illinois | $87,240,618 | 0.6% | 92.0% |
| 76 | Hamilton County, Illinois | $84,616,311 | 0.6% | 92.6% |
| 77 | Jersey County, Illinois | $83,275,231 | 0.6% | 93.2% |
| 78 | Bond County, Illinois | $82,765,985 | 0.6% | 93.7% |
| 79 | Monroe County, Illinois | $80,764,859 | 0.5% | 94.3% |
| 80 | Schuyler County, Illinois | $79,013,133 | 0.5% | 94.8% |
| 81 | Scott County, Illinois | $67,599,736 | 0.5% | 95.3% |
| 82 | Wabash County, Illinois | $66,433,084 | 0.4% | 95.7% |
| 83 | Jefferson County, Illinois | $65,480,525 | 0.4% | 96.2% |
| 84 | Perry County, Illinois | $63,128,006 | 0.4% | 96.6% |
| 85 | Brown County, Illinois | $57,807,644 | 0.4% | 97.0% |
| 86 | Franklin County, Illinois | $53,991,785 | 0.4% | 97.3% |
| 87 | Saline County, Illinois | $53,939,795 | 0.4% | 97.7% |
| 88 | Jackson County, Illinois | $52,293,784 | 0.4% | 98.1% |
| 89 | Putnam County, Illinois | $47,155,747 | 0.3% | 98.4% |
| 90 | Edwards County, Illinois | $43,948,992 | 0.3% | 98.7% |
| 91 | Massac County, Illinois | $33,612,063 | 0.2% | 98.9% |
| 92 | Calhoun County, Illinois | $27,709,560 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 93 | Pulaski County, Illinois | $25,515,295 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 94 | Union County, Illinois | $21,287,763 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 95 | Alexander County, Illinois | $20,348,326 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 96 | Williamson County, Illinois | $18,498,594 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 97 | Lake County, Illinois | $13,593,355 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 98 | Johnson County, Illinois | $13,143,299 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 99 | Pope County, Illinois | $8,779,618 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 100 | Cook County, Illinois | $6,552,146 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 101 | DuPage County, Illinois | $3,821,588 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 102 | Hardin County, Illinois | $3,348,465 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are 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 or 2012 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.
