| Rank |
County |
Total USDA - Subsidies
2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Knox County, Indiana | $13,312,106 | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| 2 | Montgomery County, Indiana | $11,661,423 | 2.2% | 4.6% |
| 3 | White County, Indiana | $11,540,278 | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| 4 | Jasper County, Indiana | $11,428,134 | 2.1% | 8.8% |
| 5 | Gibson County, Indiana | $11,034,774 | 2.0% | 10.9% |
| 6 | Benton County, Indiana | $10,246,672 | 1.9% | 12.8% |
| 7 | Boone County, Indiana | $9,895,413 | 1.8% | 14.6% |
| 8 | Posey County, Indiana | $9,335,413 | 1.7% | 16.3% |
| 9 | Fountain County, Indiana | $9,161,202 | 1.7% | 18.0% |
| 10 | Randolph County, Indiana | $9,026,583 | 1.7% | 19.7% |
| 11 | Tippecanoe County, Indiana | $8,935,127 | 1.6% | 21.3% |
| 12 | Daviess County, Indiana | $8,802,974 | 1.6% | 22.9% |
| 13 | Jay County, Indiana | $8,735,223 | 1.6% | 24.6% |
| 14 | Jackson County, Indiana | $8,677,195 | 1.6% | 26.2% |
| 15 | Pulaski County, Indiana | $8,473,024 | 1.6% | 27.7% |
| 16 | Kosciusko County, Indiana | $8,418,871 | 1.6% | 29.3% |
| 17 | Wells County, Indiana | $8,386,657 | 1.5% | 30.8% |
| 18 | Clinton County, Indiana | $8,376,009 | 1.5% | 32.4% |
| 19 | Grant County, Indiana | $8,354,824 | 1.5% | 33.9% |
| 20 | Carroll County, Indiana | $8,223,616 | 1.5% | 35.4% |
| 21 | Huntington County, Indiana | $8,214,830 | 1.5% | 36.9% |
| 22 | Decatur County, Indiana | $8,185,256 | 1.5% | 38.4% |
| 23 | Newton County, Indiana | $8,149,342 | 1.5% | 39.9% |
| 24 | Rush County, Indiana | $8,136,059 | 1.5% | 41.4% |
| 25 | Warren County, Indiana | $8,102,159 | 1.5% | 42.9% |
| 26 | Allen County, Indiana | $8,063,333 | 1.5% | 44.4% |
| 27 | Shelby County, Indiana | $7,985,590 | 1.5% | 45.9% |
| 28 | Wabash County, Indiana | $7,885,366 | 1.5% | 47.4% |
| 29 | Madison County, Indiana | $7,696,022 | 1.4% | 48.8% |
| 30 | La Porte County, Indiana | $7,605,461 | 1.4% | 50.2% |
| 31 | Putnam County, Indiana | $7,277,062 | 1.3% | 51.5% |
| 32 | Cass County, Indiana | $6,995,574 | 1.3% | 52.8% |
| 33 | Henry County, Indiana | $6,993,052 | 1.3% | 54.1% |
| 34 | Delaware County, Indiana | $6,896,824 | 1.3% | 55.4% |
| 35 | Wayne County, Indiana | $6,893,520 | 1.3% | 56.6% |
| 36 | Sullivan County, Indiana | $6,820,242 | 1.3% | 57.9% |
| 37 | Adams County, Indiana | $6,751,268 | 1.2% | 59.1% |
| 38 | Bartholomew County, Indiana | $6,732,940 | 1.2% | 60.4% |
| 39 | Parke County, Indiana | $6,600,579 | 1.2% | 61.6% |
| 40 | Washington County, Indiana | $6,561,739 | 1.2% | 62.8% |
| 41 | De Kalb County, Indiana | $6,369,669 | 1.2% | 64.0% |
| 42 | Dubois County, Indiana | $6,067,779 | 1.1% | 65.1% |
| 43 | Ripley County, Indiana | $6,048,120 | 1.1% | 66.2% |
| 44 | Fulton County, Indiana | $6,021,085 | 1.1% | 67.3% |
| 45 | Miami County, Indiana | $6,015,890 | 1.1% | 68.4% |
| 46 | Marshall County, Indiana | $5,989,053 | 1.1% | 69.6% |
| 47 | Spencer County, Indiana | $5,898,422 | 1.1% | 70.6% |
| 48 | Greene County, Indiana | $5,813,047 | 1.1% | 71.7% |
| 49 | Hendricks County, Indiana | $5,773,955 | 1.1% | 72.8% |
| 50 | Hancock County, Indiana | $5,697,359 | 1.1% | 73.8% |
| 51 | Starke County, Indiana | $5,680,191 | 1.0% | 74.9% |
| 52 | Jennings County, Indiana | $5,634,501 | 1.0% | 75.9% |
| 53 | Howard County, Indiana | $5,548,325 | 1.0% | 76.9% |
| 54 | Whitley County, Indiana | $5,321,437 | 1.0% | 77.9% |
| 55 | Vigo County, Indiana | $5,216,902 | 1.0% | 78.9% |
| 56 | Lake County, Indiana | $5,194,917 | 1.0% | 79.8% |
| 57 | Clay County, Indiana | $5,176,003 | 1.0% | 80.8% |
| 58 | Noble County, Indiana | $5,161,243 | 1.0% | 81.7% |
| 59 | Johnson County, Indiana | $5,130,384 | 0.9% | 82.7% |
| 60 | Porter County, Indiana | $5,000,314 | 0.9% | 83.6% |
| 61 | Tipton County, Indiana | $4,913,659 | 0.9% | 84.5% |
| 62 | Steuben County, Indiana | $4,809,092 | 0.9% | 85.4% |
| 63 | Warrick County, Indiana | $4,695,635 | 0.9% | 86.3% |
| 64 | Saint Joseph County, Indiana | $4,584,211 | 0.8% | 87.1% |
| 65 | Morgan County, Indiana | $4,564,863 | 0.8% | 88.0% |
| 66 | Pike County, Indiana | $4,325,874 | 0.8% | 88.8% |
| 67 | Jefferson County, Indiana | $4,287,990 | 0.8% | 89.6% |
| 68 | Lagrange County, Indiana | $4,036,043 | 0.7% | 90.3% |
| 69 | Hamilton County, Indiana | $3,697,892 | 0.7% | 91.0% |
| 70 | Vermillion County, Indiana | $3,689,106 | 0.7% | 91.7% |
| 71 | Franklin County, Indiana | $3,556,825 | 0.7% | 92.3% |
| 72 | Elkhart County, Indiana | $3,524,014 | 0.7% | 93.0% |
| 73 | Fayette County, Indiana | $3,404,528 | 0.6% | 93.6% |
| 74 | Harrison County, Indiana | $3,378,457 | 0.6% | 94.2% |
| 75 | Lawrence County, Indiana | $3,242,061 | 0.6% | 94.8% |
| 76 | Vanderburgh County, Indiana | $3,126,376 | 0.6% | 95.4% |
| 77 | Blackford County, Indiana | $3,122,534 | 0.6% | 96.0% |
| 78 | Orange County, Indiana | $3,101,003 | 0.6% | 96.5% |
| 79 | Union County, Indiana | $3,019,751 | 0.6% | 97.1% |
| 80 | Clark County, Indiana | $2,541,297 | 0.5% | 97.6% |
| 81 | Owen County, Indiana | $2,290,381 | 0.4% | 98.0% |
| 82 | Scott County, Indiana | $2,285,780 | 0.4% | 98.4% |
| 83 | Switzerland County, Indiana | $1,874,924 | 0.3% | 98.8% |
| 84 | Martin County, Indiana | $1,866,860 | 0.3% | 99.1% |
| 85 | Perry County, Indiana | $1,214,716 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 86 | Dearborn County, Indiana | $873,624 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 87 | Monroe County, Indiana | $800,309 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 88 | Crawford County, Indiana | $599,518 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 89 | Marion County, Indiana | $535,246 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 90 | Ohio County, Indiana | $330,587 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 91 | Floyd County, Indiana | $290,298 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 92 | Brown County, Indiana | $241,822 | 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.
