| Rank |
County |
Total Counter Cyclical Payments
1995-2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Jasper County, Indiana | $11,262,631 | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| 2 | White County, Indiana | $10,396,980 | 2.4% | 5.0% |
| 3 | Knox County, Indiana | $9,438,429 | 2.2% | 7.2% |
| 4 | Montgomery County, Indiana | $9,086,478 | 2.1% | 9.4% |
| 5 | Benton County, Indiana | $9,010,800 | 2.1% | 11.5% |
| 6 | Newton County, Indiana | $8,963,050 | 2.1% | 13.5% |
| 7 | Boone County, Indiana | $8,958,250 | 2.1% | 15.6% |
| 8 | La Porte County, Indiana | $8,787,430 | 2.0% | 17.7% |
| 9 | Clinton County, Indiana | $8,430,359 | 2.0% | 19.6% |
| 10 | Rush County, Indiana | $8,297,960 | 1.9% | 21.6% |
| 11 | Carroll County, Indiana | $7,957,825 | 1.9% | 23.4% |
| 12 | Pulaski County, Indiana | $7,939,507 | 1.8% | 25.3% |
| 13 | Tippecanoe County, Indiana | $7,755,475 | 1.8% | 27.1% |
| 14 | Gibson County, Indiana | $7,750,153 | 1.8% | 28.9% |
| 15 | Fountain County, Indiana | $7,550,557 | 1.8% | 30.6% |
| 16 | Shelby County, Indiana | $7,370,998 | 1.7% | 32.4% |
| 17 | Cass County, Indiana | $7,165,035 | 1.7% | 34.0% |
| 18 | Kosciusko County, Indiana | $6,987,572 | 1.6% | 35.6% |
| 19 | Decatur County, Indiana | $6,930,239 | 1.6% | 37.3% |
| 20 | Daviess County, Indiana | $6,899,876 | 1.6% | 38.9% |
| 21 | Madison County, Indiana | $6,633,412 | 1.5% | 40.4% |
| 22 | Posey County, Indiana | $6,524,928 | 1.5% | 41.9% |
| 23 | Warren County, Indiana | $6,420,683 | 1.5% | 43.4% |
| 24 | Marshall County, Indiana | $6,185,649 | 1.4% | 44.9% |
| 25 | Randolph County, Indiana | $6,123,281 | 1.4% | 46.3% |
| 26 | Fulton County, Indiana | $6,061,892 | 1.4% | 47.7% |
| 27 | Grant County, Indiana | $6,048,155 | 1.4% | 49.1% |
| 28 | Wells County, Indiana | $5,990,165 | 1.4% | 50.5% |
| 29 | Tipton County, Indiana | $5,970,043 | 1.4% | 51.9% |
| 30 | Henry County, Indiana | $5,862,594 | 1.4% | 53.3% |
| 31 | Howard County, Indiana | $5,629,961 | 1.3% | 54.6% |
| 32 | Hancock County, Indiana | $5,554,054 | 1.3% | 55.9% |
| 33 | Wabash County, Indiana | $5,470,857 | 1.3% | 57.1% |
| 34 | Delaware County, Indiana | $5,407,770 | 1.3% | 58.4% |
| 35 | Allen County, Indiana | $5,327,562 | 1.2% | 59.6% |
| 36 | Miami County, Indiana | $5,308,091 | 1.2% | 60.9% |
| 37 | Bartholomew County, Indiana | $5,264,635 | 1.2% | 62.1% |
| 38 | Jay County, Indiana | $5,209,967 | 1.2% | 63.3% |
| 39 | Sullivan County, Indiana | $5,202,332 | 1.2% | 64.5% |
| 40 | Jackson County, Indiana | $5,129,111 | 1.2% | 65.7% |
| 41 | Huntington County, Indiana | $5,054,009 | 1.2% | 66.9% |
| 42 | Putnam County, Indiana | $5,046,683 | 1.2% | 68.1% |
| 43 | Dubois County, Indiana | $5,000,339 | 1.2% | 69.2% |
| 44 | Saint Joseph County, Indiana | $5,000,218 | 1.2% | 70.4% |
| 45 | Parke County, Indiana | $4,948,300 | 1.2% | 71.6% |
| 46 | Wayne County, Indiana | $4,929,820 | 1.1% | 72.7% |
| 47 | Lake County, Indiana | $4,818,573 | 1.1% | 73.8% |
| 48 | Porter County, Indiana | $4,747,303 | 1.1% | 74.9% |
| 49 | Adams County, Indiana | $4,611,895 | 1.1% | 76.0% |
| 50 | Clay County, Indiana | $4,472,543 | 1.0% | 77.0% |
| 51 | Starke County, Indiana | $4,315,721 | 1.0% | 78.0% |
| 52 | Elkhart County, Indiana | $4,275,610 | 1.0% | 79.0% |
| 53 | Noble County, Indiana | $4,187,198 | 1.0% | 80.0% |
| 54 | Hendricks County, Indiana | $4,185,424 | 1.0% | 81.0% |
| 55 | Johnson County, Indiana | $4,076,587 | 0.9% | 81.9% |
| 56 | Hamilton County, Indiana | $4,025,490 | 0.9% | 82.9% |
| 57 | Spencer County, Indiana | $3,961,533 | 0.9% | 83.8% |
| 58 | Ripley County, Indiana | $3,936,797 | 0.9% | 84.7% |
| 59 | Vigo County, Indiana | $3,772,808 | 0.9% | 85.6% |
| 60 | Lagrange County, Indiana | $3,704,180 | 0.9% | 86.5% |
| 61 | Whitley County, Indiana | $3,606,663 | 0.8% | 87.3% |
| 62 | Morgan County, Indiana | $3,515,316 | 0.8% | 88.1% |
| 63 | Greene County, Indiana | $3,168,988 | 0.7% | 88.9% |
| 64 | De Kalb County, Indiana | $3,016,483 | 0.7% | 89.6% |
| 65 | Warrick County, Indiana | $2,998,623 | 0.7% | 90.3% |
| 66 | Washington County, Indiana | $2,998,321 | 0.7% | 91.0% |
| 67 | Franklin County, Indiana | $2,987,956 | 0.7% | 91.7% |
| 68 | Vanderburgh County, Indiana | $2,867,333 | 0.7% | 92.3% |
| 69 | Fayette County, Indiana | $2,858,934 | 0.7% | 93.0% |
| 70 | Union County, Indiana | $2,806,548 | 0.7% | 93.6% |
| 71 | Jennings County, Indiana | $2,781,774 | 0.6% | 94.3% |
| 72 | Steuben County, Indiana | $2,621,221 | 0.6% | 94.9% |
| 73 | Pike County, Indiana | $2,480,854 | 0.6% | 95.5% |
| 74 | Orange County, Indiana | $1,896,553 | 0.4% | 95.9% |
| 75 | Vermillion County, Indiana | $1,834,513 | 0.4% | 96.3% |
| 76 | Lawrence County, Indiana | $1,811,756 | 0.4% | 96.8% |
| 77 | Harrison County, Indiana | $1,740,319 | 0.4% | 97.2% |
| 78 | Blackford County, Indiana | $1,635,319 | 0.4% | 97.5% |
| 79 | Jefferson County, Indiana | $1,532,353 | 0.4% | 97.9% |
| 80 | Clark County, Indiana | $1,491,936 | 0.3% | 98.3% |
| 81 | Scott County, Indiana | $1,385,780 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 82 | Owen County, Indiana | $1,260,813 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 83 | Martin County, Indiana | $1,055,936 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 84 | Perry County, Indiana | $699,851 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 85 | Marion County, Indiana | $631,057 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 86 | Dearborn County, Indiana | $573,399 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 87 | Switzerland County, Indiana | $548,671 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 88 | Monroe County, Indiana | $480,978 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 89 | Crawford County, Indiana | $271,818 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 90 | Brown County, Indiana | $217,714 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 91 | Ohio County, Indiana | $213,008 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 92 | Floyd County, Indiana | $162,819 | 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.
