USDA subsidies in Indiana totaled $10.3 billion from 1995-2012.
Total USDA - Subsidies in Indiana by county, 1995-2012
| Rank | County | Total USDA - Subsidies 1995-2012 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knox County, Indiana | $235,168,148 | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| 2 | Jasper County, Indiana | $230,458,043 | 2.2% | 4.5% |
| 3 | White County, Indiana | $224,093,475 | 2.2% | 6.7% |
| 4 | Montgomery County, Indiana | $219,763,790 | 2.1% | 8.8% |
| 5 | Benton County, Indiana | $207,678,415 | 2.0% | 10.8% |
| 6 | Boone County, Indiana | $191,268,664 | 1.9% | 12.7% |
| 7 | Gibson County, Indiana | $189,399,855 | 1.8% | 14.5% |
| 8 | Clinton County, Indiana | $180,387,218 | 1.7% | 16.3% |
| 9 | Newton County, Indiana | $178,789,049 | 1.7% | 18.0% |
| 10 | Rush County, Indiana | $176,647,395 | 1.7% | 19.7% |
| 11 | Fountain County, Indiana | $173,237,115 | 1.7% | 21.4% |
| 12 | La Porte County, Indiana | $173,236,506 | 1.7% | 23.1% |
| 13 | Tippecanoe County, Indiana | $173,088,125 | 1.7% | 24.8% |
| 14 | Carroll County, Indiana | $168,599,380 | 1.6% | 26.4% |
| 15 | Pulaski County, Indiana | $166,259,515 | 1.6% | 28.0% |
| 16 | Daviess County, Indiana | $164,643,333 | 1.6% | 29.6% |
| 17 | Shelby County, Indiana | $160,971,447 | 1.6% | 31.2% |
| 18 | Warren County, Indiana | $160,230,002 | 1.6% | 32.7% |
| 19 | Decatur County, Indiana | $159,783,663 | 1.5% | 34.3% |
| 20 | Kosciusko County, Indiana | $159,717,333 | 1.5% | 35.8% |
| 21 | Posey County, Indiana | $159,638,707 | 1.5% | 37.4% |
| 22 | Cass County, Indiana | $151,335,797 | 1.5% | 38.8% |
| 23 | Randolph County, Indiana | $151,181,609 | 1.5% | 40.3% |
| 24 | Allen County, Indiana | $150,557,951 | 1.5% | 41.8% |
| 25 | Jay County, Indiana | $150,085,370 | 1.5% | 43.2% |
| 26 | Madison County, Indiana | $149,866,457 | 1.5% | 44.7% |
| 27 | Wells County, Indiana | $147,372,491 | 1.4% | 46.1% |
| 28 | Jackson County, Indiana | $146,191,192 | 1.4% | 47.5% |
| 29 | Wabash County, Indiana | $144,205,515 | 1.4% | 48.9% |
| 30 | Grant County, Indiana | $143,783,240 | 1.4% | 50.3% |
| 31 | Huntington County, Indiana | $136,813,519 | 1.3% | 51.6% |
| 32 | Henry County, Indiana | $133,472,714 | 1.3% | 52.9% |
| 33 | Wayne County, Indiana | $132,973,000 | 1.3% | 54.2% |
| 34 | Bartholomew County, Indiana | $131,731,358 | 1.3% | 55.5% |
| 35 | Sullivan County, Indiana | $129,574,426 | 1.3% | 56.7% |
| 36 | Putnam County, Indiana | $128,479,612 | 1.2% | 58.0% |
| 37 | Marshall County, Indiana | $127,767,940 | 1.2% | 59.2% |
| 38 | Delaware County, Indiana | $127,290,079 | 1.2% | 60.5% |
| 39 | Adams County, Indiana | $126,773,060 | 1.2% | 61.7% |
| 40 | Miami County, Indiana | $124,974,695 | 1.2% | 62.9% |
| 41 | Fulton County, Indiana | $124,036,082 | 1.2% | 64.1% |
| 42 | Parke County, Indiana | $121,679,528 | 1.2% | 65.3% |
| 43 | De Kalb County, Indiana | $119,072,042 | 1.2% | 66.4% |
| 44 | Tipton County, Indiana | $117,151,104 | 1.1% | 67.6% |
| 45 | Hancock County, Indiana | $116,971,740 | 1.1% | 68.7% |
| 46 | Howard County, Indiana | $116,752,000 | 1.1% | 69.8% |
| 47 | Dubois County, Indiana | $114,197,630 | 1.1% | 71.0% |
| 48 | Hendricks County, Indiana | $112,897,017 | 1.1% | 72.0% |
| 49 | Whitley County, Indiana | $106,515,399 | 1.0% | 73.1% |
| 50 | Clay County, Indiana | $105,691,272 | 1.0% | 74.1% |
| 51 | Ripley County, Indiana | $105,680,512 | 1.0% | 75.1% |
| 52 | Starke County, Indiana | $104,701,708 | 1.0% | 76.1% |
| 53 | Lake County, Indiana | $103,010,983 | 1.0% | 77.1% |
| 54 | Spencer County, Indiana | $102,590,689 | 1.0% | 78.1% |
| 55 | Porter County, Indiana | $101,687,476 | 1.0% | 79.1% |
| 56 | Noble County, Indiana | $101,492,647 | 1.0% | 80.1% |
| 57 | Saint Joseph County, Indiana | $99,982,825 | 1.0% | 81.1% |
| 58 | Washington County, Indiana | $95,785,858 | 0.9% | 82.0% |
| 59 | Johnson County, Indiana | $93,417,493 | 0.9% | 82.9% |
| 60 | Vigo County, Indiana | $93,030,243 | 0.9% | 83.8% |
| 61 | Greene County, Indiana | $91,495,809 | 0.9% | 84.7% |
| 62 | Elkhart County, Indiana | $85,651,051 | 0.8% | 85.5% |
| 63 | Hamilton County, Indiana | $85,564,245 | 0.8% | 86.4% |
| 64 | Jennings County, Indiana | $84,974,809 | 0.8% | 87.2% |
| 65 | Steuben County, Indiana | $83,598,643 | 0.8% | 88.0% |
| 66 | Morgan County, Indiana | $82,407,834 | 0.8% | 88.8% |
| 67 | Lagrange County, Indiana | $79,171,527 | 0.8% | 89.6% |
| 68 | Warrick County, Indiana | $78,553,818 | 0.8% | 90.3% |
| 69 | Indiana NRCS | $77,399,928 | 0.8% | 91.1% |
| 70 | Fayette County, Indiana | $69,133,261 | 0.7% | 91.7% |
| 71 | Pike County, Indiana | $68,910,887 | 0.7% | 92.4% |
| 72 | Franklin County, Indiana | $67,932,629 | 0.7% | 93.1% |
| 73 | Vanderburgh County, Indiana | $64,307,324 | 0.6% | 93.7% |
| 74 | Union County, Indiana | $61,206,464 | 0.6% | 94.3% |
| 75 | Jefferson County, Indiana | $58,306,135 | 0.6% | 94.9% |
| 76 | Harrison County, Indiana | $57,326,865 | 0.6% | 95.4% |
| 77 | Lawrence County, Indiana | $56,035,422 | 0.5% | 96.0% |
| 78 | Orange County, Indiana | $53,012,247 | 0.5% | 96.5% |
| 79 | Vermillion County, Indiana | $50,236,903 | 0.5% | 97.0% |
| 80 | Blackford County, Indiana | $49,428,728 | 0.5% | 97.4% |
| 81 | Clark County, Indiana | $44,914,091 | 0.4% | 97.9% |
| 82 | Owen County, Indiana | $38,951,203 | 0.4% | 98.2% |
| 83 | Scott County, Indiana | $37,665,502 | 0.4% | 98.6% |
| 84 | Martin County, Indiana | $30,518,124 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 85 | Switzerland County, Indiana | $22,523,175 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 86 | Perry County, Indiana | $21,241,531 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 87 | Dearborn County, Indiana | $16,059,271 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 88 | Monroe County, Indiana | $13,558,301 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 89 | Marion County, Indiana | $12,556,265 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 90 | Crawford County, Indiana | $10,341,758 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 91 | Ohio County, Indiana | $5,681,077 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 92 | Floyd County, Indiana | $5,406,076 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 93 | Brown County, Indiana | $5,051,380 | 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.
