| Rank |
County |
Total USDA - Subsidies
2010 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Knox County, Indiana | $11,906,765 | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| 2 | Montgomery County, Indiana | $10,958,243 | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| 3 | Daviess County, Indiana | $10,546,296 | 2.0% | 6.4% |
| 4 | Jackson County, Indiana | $9,888,453 | 1.9% | 8.3% |
| 5 | Jasper County, Indiana | $9,750,517 | 1.9% | 10.2% |
| 6 | Gibson County, Indiana | $9,558,789 | 1.8% | 12.1% |
| 7 | Randolph County, Indiana | $9,422,348 | 1.8% | 13.9% |
| 8 | Jay County, Indiana | $9,331,526 | 1.8% | 15.7% |
| 9 | White County, Indiana | $9,079,573 | 1.8% | 17.4% |
| 10 | Benton County, Indiana | $8,967,048 | 1.7% | 19.2% |
| 11 | Boone County, Indiana | $8,522,675 | 1.6% | 20.8% |
| 12 | Decatur County, Indiana | $8,432,789 | 1.6% | 22.4% |
| 13 | Wayne County, Indiana | $8,276,969 | 1.6% | 24.0% |
| 14 | Posey County, Indiana | $8,188,864 | 1.6% | 25.6% |
| 15 | Clinton County, Indiana | $7,990,665 | 1.5% | 27.1% |
| 16 | Wabash County, Indiana | $7,840,458 | 1.5% | 28.7% |
| 17 | Shelby County, Indiana | $7,825,075 | 1.5% | 30.2% |
| 18 | Rush County, Indiana | $7,810,102 | 1.5% | 31.7% |
| 19 | Bartholomew County, Indiana | $7,734,354 | 1.5% | 33.2% |
| 20 | Huntington County, Indiana | $7,690,406 | 1.5% | 34.6% |
| 21 | Wells County, Indiana | $7,638,327 | 1.5% | 36.1% |
| 22 | Ripley County, Indiana | $7,503,054 | 1.4% | 37.6% |
| 23 | Clay County, Indiana | $7,475,693 | 1.4% | 39.0% |
| 24 | Fountain County, Indiana | $7,423,397 | 1.4% | 40.4% |
| 25 | Kosciusko County, Indiana | $7,407,403 | 1.4% | 41.9% |
| 26 | Allen County, Indiana | $7,233,072 | 1.4% | 43.3% |
| 27 | Newton County, Indiana | $7,117,930 | 1.4% | 44.6% |
| 28 | Greene County, Indiana | $7,018,058 | 1.4% | 46.0% |
| 29 | Pulaski County, Indiana | $7,007,804 | 1.4% | 47.3% |
| 30 | Adams County, Indiana | $6,989,657 | 1.3% | 48.7% |
| 31 | Tippecanoe County, Indiana | $6,845,450 | 1.3% | 50.0% |
| 32 | Putnam County, Indiana | $6,834,357 | 1.3% | 51.3% |
| 33 | La Porte County, Indiana | $6,773,390 | 1.3% | 52.6% |
| 34 | Warren County, Indiana | $6,770,649 | 1.3% | 53.9% |
| 35 | Henry County, Indiana | $6,759,952 | 1.3% | 55.2% |
| 36 | Delaware County, Indiana | $6,647,224 | 1.3% | 56.5% |
| 37 | Grant County, Indiana | $6,646,206 | 1.3% | 57.8% |
| 38 | Sullivan County, Indiana | $6,630,031 | 1.3% | 59.1% |
| 39 | Madison County, Indiana | $6,604,066 | 1.3% | 60.3% |
| 40 | Carroll County, Indiana | $6,531,148 | 1.3% | 61.6% |
| 41 | Parke County, Indiana | $6,361,352 | 1.2% | 62.8% |
| 42 | De Kalb County, Indiana | $6,219,738 | 1.2% | 64.0% |
| 43 | Washington County, Indiana | $6,084,393 | 1.2% | 65.2% |
| 44 | Cass County, Indiana | $5,853,931 | 1.1% | 66.3% |
| 45 | Dubois County, Indiana | $5,817,088 | 1.1% | 67.4% |
| 46 | Jennings County, Indiana | $5,786,373 | 1.1% | 68.6% |
| 47 | Spencer County, Indiana | $5,777,651 | 1.1% | 69.7% |
| 48 | Johnson County, Indiana | $5,716,229 | 1.1% | 70.8% |
| 49 | Vigo County, Indiana | $5,664,090 | 1.1% | 71.9% |
| 50 | Whitley County, Indiana | $5,567,742 | 1.1% | 72.9% |
| 51 | Marshall County, Indiana | $5,317,314 | 1.0% | 74.0% |
| 52 | Hancock County, Indiana | $5,276,626 | 1.0% | 75.0% |
| 53 | Morgan County, Indiana | $5,137,370 | 1.0% | 76.0% |
| 54 | Miami County, Indiana | $5,056,537 | 1.0% | 76.9% |
| 55 | Warrick County, Indiana | $4,966,188 | 1.0% | 77.9% |
| 56 | Starke County, Indiana | $4,960,843 | 1.0% | 78.9% |
| 57 | Hendricks County, Indiana | $4,883,189 | 0.9% | 79.8% |
| 58 | Noble County, Indiana | $4,833,470 | 0.9% | 80.7% |
| 59 | Fulton County, Indiana | $4,783,565 | 0.9% | 81.7% |
| 60 | Lake County, Indiana | $4,771,233 | 0.9% | 82.6% |
| 61 | Tipton County, Indiana | $4,629,948 | 0.9% | 83.5% |
| 62 | Howard County, Indiana | $4,552,148 | 0.9% | 84.3% |
| 63 | Porter County, Indiana | $4,486,858 | 0.9% | 85.2% |
| 64 | Saint Joseph County, Indiana | $4,465,290 | 0.9% | 86.1% |
| 65 | Jefferson County, Indiana | $4,446,587 | 0.9% | 86.9% |
| 66 | Pike County, Indiana | $4,310,116 | 0.8% | 87.8% |
| 67 | Franklin County, Indiana | $4,180,049 | 0.8% | 88.6% |
| 68 | Steuben County, Indiana | $3,912,543 | 0.8% | 89.3% |
| 69 | Fayette County, Indiana | $3,718,724 | 0.7% | 90.0% |
| 70 | Harrison County, Indiana | $3,709,539 | 0.7% | 90.8% |
| 71 | Union County, Indiana | $3,696,600 | 0.7% | 91.5% |
| 72 | Lagrange County, Indiana | $3,505,851 | 0.7% | 92.1% |
| 73 | Indiana NRCS | $3,457,262 | 0.7% | 92.8% |
| 74 | Lawrence County, Indiana | $3,283,258 | 0.6% | 93.4% |
| 75 | Elkhart County, Indiana | $3,236,476 | 0.6% | 94.1% |
| 76 | Hamilton County, Indiana | $3,195,520 | 0.6% | 94.7% |
| 77 | Blackford County, Indiana | $3,104,360 | 0.6% | 95.3% |
| 78 | Vanderburgh County, Indiana | $2,837,305 | 0.5% | 95.8% |
| 79 | Vermillion County, Indiana | $2,725,090 | 0.5% | 96.3% |
| 80 | Owen County, Indiana | $2,623,257 | 0.5% | 96.9% |
| 81 | Orange County, Indiana | $2,516,690 | 0.5% | 97.3% |
| 82 | Clark County, Indiana | $2,428,681 | 0.5% | 97.8% |
| 83 | Switzerland County, Indiana | $2,174,087 | 0.4% | 98.2% |
| 84 | Scott County, Indiana | $2,103,356 | 0.4% | 98.6% |
| 85 | Martin County, Indiana | $1,826,988 | 0.4% | 99.0% |
| 86 | Perry County, Indiana | $1,222,841 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 87 | Dearborn County, Indiana | $1,089,406 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 88 | Monroe County, Indiana | $962,244 | 0.2% | 99.6% |
| 89 | Crawford County, Indiana | $521,762 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 90 | Marion County, Indiana | $513,141 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 91 | Floyd County, Indiana | $375,658 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 92 | Ohio County, Indiana | $292,081 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 93 | Brown County, Indiana | $291,561 | 0.1% | 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.
