| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies
2010 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Boone County, Indiana | $5,051,508 | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| 2 | Knox County, Indiana | $5,000,966 | 2.3% | 4.6% |
| 3 | White County, Indiana | $4,904,188 | 2.2% | 6.8% |
| 4 | Jasper County, Indiana | $4,844,841 | 2.2% | 9.0% |
| 5 | Montgomery County, Indiana | $4,595,800 | 2.1% | 11.1% |
| 6 | Benton County, Indiana | $4,577,851 | 2.1% | 13.2% |
| 7 | Clinton County, Indiana | $4,399,027 | 2.0% | 15.2% |
| 8 | Rush County, Indiana | $4,286,206 | 1.9% | 17.1% |
| 9 | Posey County, Indiana | $4,006,369 | 1.8% | 18.9% |
| 10 | Gibson County, Indiana | $3,913,856 | 1.8% | 20.7% |
| 11 | La Porte County, Indiana | $3,913,185 | 1.8% | 22.5% |
| 12 | Fountain County, Indiana | $3,893,582 | 1.8% | 24.3% |
| 13 | Carroll County, Indiana | $3,854,741 | 1.8% | 26.0% |
| 14 | Newton County, Indiana | $3,783,311 | 1.7% | 27.7% |
| 15 | Madison County, Indiana | $3,664,407 | 1.7% | 29.4% |
| 16 | Tippecanoe County, Indiana | $3,645,054 | 1.7% | 31.1% |
| 17 | Shelby County, Indiana | $3,637,043 | 1.7% | 32.7% |
| 18 | Randolph County, Indiana | $3,616,249 | 1.6% | 34.4% |
| 19 | Allen County, Indiana | $3,571,260 | 1.6% | 36.0% |
| 20 | Pulaski County, Indiana | $3,457,601 | 1.6% | 37.6% |
| 21 | Decatur County, Indiana | $3,431,304 | 1.6% | 39.1% |
| 22 | Grant County, Indiana | $3,428,982 | 1.6% | 40.7% |
| 23 | Cass County, Indiana | $3,409,142 | 1.5% | 42.2% |
| 24 | Wells County, Indiana | $3,362,277 | 1.5% | 43.7% |
| 25 | Kosciusko County, Indiana | $3,344,682 | 1.5% | 45.3% |
| 26 | Warren County, Indiana | $3,301,357 | 1.5% | 46.8% |
| 27 | Daviess County, Indiana | $3,196,171 | 1.5% | 48.2% |
| 28 | Huntington County, Indiana | $3,107,463 | 1.4% | 49.6% |
| 29 | Tipton County, Indiana | $3,105,050 | 1.4% | 51.0% |
| 30 | Jay County, Indiana | $3,080,423 | 1.4% | 52.4% |
| 31 | Henry County, Indiana | $3,048,563 | 1.4% | 53.8% |
| 32 | Wabash County, Indiana | $2,991,428 | 1.4% | 55.2% |
| 33 | Adams County, Indiana | $2,944,986 | 1.3% | 56.5% |
| 34 | Howard County, Indiana | $2,900,993 | 1.3% | 57.9% |
| 35 | Miami County, Indiana | $2,872,581 | 1.3% | 59.2% |
| 36 | Marshall County, Indiana | $2,848,860 | 1.3% | 60.5% |
| 37 | Delaware County, Indiana | $2,822,555 | 1.3% | 61.7% |
| 38 | Bartholomew County, Indiana | $2,817,455 | 1.3% | 63.0% |
| 39 | Fulton County, Indiana | $2,812,259 | 1.3% | 64.3% |
| 40 | Hancock County, Indiana | $2,811,045 | 1.3% | 65.6% |
| 41 | Jackson County, Indiana | $2,739,003 | 1.2% | 66.8% |
| 42 | Sullivan County, Indiana | $2,604,271 | 1.2% | 68.0% |
| 43 | Wayne County, Indiana | $2,570,588 | 1.2% | 69.2% |
| 44 | Parke County, Indiana | $2,561,718 | 1.2% | 70.3% |
| 45 | Putnam County, Indiana | $2,464,310 | 1.1% | 71.5% |
| 46 | Clay County, Indiana | $2,450,094 | 1.1% | 72.6% |
| 47 | Saint Joseph County, Indiana | $2,424,001 | 1.1% | 73.7% |
| 48 | Dubois County, Indiana | $2,378,949 | 1.1% | 74.7% |
| 49 | Porter County, Indiana | $2,321,957 | 1.1% | 75.8% |
| 50 | Lake County, Indiana | $2,318,320 | 1.1% | 76.9% |
| 51 | Whitley County, Indiana | $2,121,282 | 1.0% | 77.8% |
| 52 | Noble County, Indiana | $2,119,558 | 1.0% | 78.8% |
| 53 | Spencer County, Indiana | $2,107,651 | 1.0% | 79.7% |
| 54 | Johnson County, Indiana | $2,104,023 | 1.0% | 80.7% |
| 55 | Ripley County, Indiana | $2,044,374 | 0.9% | 81.6% |
| 56 | De Kalb County, Indiana | $2,014,674 | 0.9% | 82.5% |
| 57 | Elkhart County, Indiana | $2,011,622 | 0.9% | 83.5% |
| 58 | Vigo County, Indiana | $1,901,353 | 0.9% | 84.3% |
| 59 | Starke County, Indiana | $1,817,913 | 0.8% | 85.2% |
| 60 | Hamilton County, Indiana | $1,781,409 | 0.8% | 86.0% |
| 61 | Lagrange County, Indiana | $1,756,147 | 0.8% | 86.8% |
| 62 | Morgan County, Indiana | $1,742,879 | 0.8% | 87.6% |
| 63 | Warrick County, Indiana | $1,656,569 | 0.8% | 88.3% |
| 64 | Greene County, Indiana | $1,582,177 | 0.7% | 89.0% |
| 65 | Jennings County, Indiana | $1,544,040 | 0.7% | 89.7% |
| 66 | Washington County, Indiana | $1,543,099 | 0.7% | 90.4% |
| 67 | Vanderburgh County, Indiana | $1,532,815 | 0.7% | 91.1% |
| 68 | Franklin County, Indiana | $1,530,508 | 0.7% | 91.8% |
| 69 | Hendricks County, Indiana | $1,471,836 | 0.7% | 92.5% |
| 70 | Fayette County, Indiana | $1,438,155 | 0.7% | 93.1% |
| 71 | Steuben County, Indiana | $1,345,053 | 0.6% | 93.8% |
| 72 | Union County, Indiana | $1,327,564 | 0.6% | 94.4% |
| 73 | Pike County, Indiana | $1,248,819 | 0.6% | 94.9% |
| 74 | Jefferson County, Indiana | $1,238,692 | 0.6% | 95.5% |
| 75 | Harrison County, Indiana | $1,131,773 | 0.5% | 96.0% |
| 76 | Blackford County, Indiana | $1,043,089 | 0.5% | 96.5% |
| 77 | Clark County, Indiana | $950,531 | 0.4% | 96.9% |
| 78 | Orange County, Indiana | $908,224 | 0.4% | 97.3% |
| 79 | Lawrence County, Indiana | $874,891 | 0.4% | 97.7% |
| 80 | Vermillion County, Indiana | $869,604 | 0.4% | 98.1% |
| 81 | Owen County, Indiana | $696,128 | 0.3% | 98.4% |
| 82 | Scott County, Indiana | $646,557 | 0.3% | 98.7% |
| 83 | Switzerland County, Indiana | $552,337 | 0.3% | 99.0% |
| 84 | Martin County, Indiana | $497,663 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 85 | Perry County, Indiana | $371,716 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 86 | Dearborn County, Indiana | $354,537 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 87 | Marion County, Indiana | $271,238 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 88 | Monroe County, Indiana | $236,224 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 89 | Ohio County, Indiana | $193,651 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 90 | Crawford County, Indiana | $123,222 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 91 | Brown County, Indiana | $108,038 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 92 | Floyd County, Indiana | $97,959 | 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.
