Misc. Farm - Subsidies payments in Iowa totaled $46.9 million from 1995-2012.
Counties in Iowa Receiving Misc. Farm - Subsidies payments, 1995-2012
| Rank | County | Misc. Farm - Subsidies 1995-2012 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware County, Iowa | $1,612,411 | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| 2 | Sioux County, Iowa | $1,482,514 | 3.2% | 6.6% |
| 3 | Carroll County, Iowa | $1,193,174 | 2.5% | 9.2% |
| 4 | Dubuque County, Iowa | $1,167,289 | 2.5% | 11.6% |
| 5 | Hardin County, Iowa | $1,166,841 | 2.5% | 14.1% |
| 6 | Kossuth County, Iowa | $1,157,288 | 2.5% | 16.6% |
| 7 | Grundy County, Iowa | $1,112,850 | 2.4% | 19.0% |
| 8 | Washington County, Iowa | $1,041,434 | 2.2% | 21.2% |
| 9 | Plymouth County, Iowa | $923,529 | 2.0% | 23.2% |
| 10 | Fayette County, Iowa | $854,509 | 1.8% | 25.0% |
| 11 | Lyon County, Iowa | $811,886 | 1.7% | 26.7% |
| 12 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $811,862 | 1.7% | 28.5% |
| 13 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $796,543 | 1.7% | 30.2% |
| 14 | Benton County, Iowa | $734,614 | 1.6% | 31.7% |
| 15 | O'Brien County, Iowa | $731,523 | 1.6% | 33.3% |
| 16 | Winneshiek County, Iowa | $726,499 | 1.6% | 34.8% |
| 17 | Clayton County, Iowa | $718,942 | 1.5% | 36.4% |
| 18 | Buchanan County, Iowa | $716,314 | 1.5% | 37.9% |
| 19 | Mitchell County, Iowa | $707,892 | 1.5% | 39.4% |
| 20 | Cedar County, Iowa | $686,874 | 1.5% | 40.9% |
| 21 | Jones County, Iowa | $686,222 | 1.5% | 42.3% |
| 22 | Cherokee County, Iowa | $665,865 | 1.4% | 43.8% |
| 23 | Buena Vista County, Iowa | $662,368 | 1.4% | 45.2% |
| 24 | Black Hawk County, Iowa | $633,341 | 1.4% | 46.5% |
| 25 | Chickasaw County, Iowa | $629,376 | 1.3% | 47.9% |
| 26 | Jasper County, Iowa | $625,510 | 1.3% | 49.2% |
| 27 | Sac County, Iowa | $618,256 | 1.3% | 50.5% |
| 28 | Clinton County, Iowa | $617,388 | 1.3% | 51.8% |
| 29 | Crawford County, Iowa | $602,409 | 1.3% | 53.1% |
| 30 | Boone County, Iowa | $584,284 | 1.2% | 54.4% |
| 31 | Shelby County, Iowa | $575,125 | 1.2% | 55.6% |
| 32 | Johnson County, Iowa | $568,548 | 1.2% | 56.8% |
| 33 | Hancock County, Iowa | $553,125 | 1.2% | 58.0% |
| 34 | Franklin County, Iowa | $545,437 | 1.2% | 59.2% |
| 35 | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | $534,414 | 1.1% | 60.3% |
| 36 | Floyd County, Iowa | $522,473 | 1.1% | 61.4% |
| 37 | Palo Alto County, Iowa | $514,776 | 1.1% | 62.5% |
| 38 | Tama County, Iowa | $513,866 | 1.1% | 63.6% |
| 39 | Iowa County, Iowa | $491,964 | 1.0% | 64.7% |
| 40 | Story County, Iowa | $483,192 | 1.0% | 65.7% |
| 41 | Lee County, Iowa | $478,260 | 1.0% | 66.7% |
| 42 | Butler County, Iowa | $474,236 | 1.0% | 67.7% |
| 43 | Woodbury County, Iowa | $474,076 | 1.0% | 68.7% |
| 44 | Jackson County, Iowa | $464,142 | 1.0% | 69.7% |
| 45 | Bremer County, Iowa | $459,549 | 1.0% | 70.7% |
| 46 | Clay County, Iowa | $458,952 | 1.0% | 71.7% |
| 47 | Pottawattamie County, Iowa | $439,914 | 0.9% | 72.6% |
| 48 | Audubon County, Iowa | $438,877 | 0.9% | 73.6% |
| 49 | Scott County, Iowa | $429,707 | 0.9% | 74.5% |
| 50 | Linn County, Iowa | $429,374 | 0.9% | 75.4% |
| 51 | Howard County, Iowa | $427,099 | 0.9% | 76.3% |
| 52 | Hamilton County, Iowa | $425,407 | 0.9% | 77.2% |
| 53 | Winnebago County, Iowa | $420,921 | 0.9% | 78.1% |
| 54 | Calhoun County, Iowa | $419,103 | 0.9% | 79.0% |
| 55 | Ida County, Iowa | $411,405 | 0.9% | 79.9% |
| 56 | Pocahontas County, Iowa | $396,173 | 0.8% | 80.7% |
| 57 | Marshall County, Iowa | $378,291 | 0.8% | 81.5% |
| 58 | Wright County, Iowa | $367,291 | 0.8% | 82.3% |
| 59 | Osceola County, Iowa | $361,889 | 0.8% | 83.1% |
| 60 | Poweshiek County, Iowa | $360,683 | 0.8% | 83.9% |
| 61 | Webster County, Iowa | $360,467 | 0.8% | 84.6% |
| 62 | Greene County, Iowa | $360,408 | 0.8% | 85.4% |
| 63 | Muscatine County, Iowa | $350,641 | 0.7% | 86.1% |
| 64 | Cass County, Iowa | $337,129 | 0.7% | 86.9% |
| 65 | Worth County, Iowa | $329,201 | 0.7% | 87.6% |
| 66 | Jefferson County, Iowa | $309,658 | 0.7% | 88.2% |
| 67 | Allamakee County, Iowa | $308,323 | 0.7% | 88.9% |
| 68 | Page County, Iowa | $288,951 | 0.6% | 89.5% |
| 69 | Emmet County, Iowa | $280,294 | 0.6% | 90.1% |
| 70 | Warren County, Iowa | $269,171 | 0.6% | 90.7% |
| 71 | Marion County, Iowa | $267,544 | 0.6% | 91.2% |
| 72 | Humboldt County, Iowa | $260,899 | 0.6% | 91.8% |
| 73 | Adair County, Iowa | $257,214 | 0.5% | 92.4% |
| 74 | Henry County, Iowa | $253,387 | 0.5% | 92.9% |
| 75 | Guthrie County, Iowa | $233,023 | 0.5% | 93.4% |
| 76 | Dickinson County, Iowa | $228,082 | 0.5% | 93.9% |
| 77 | Monona County, Iowa | $199,563 | 0.4% | 94.3% |
| 78 | Harrison County, Iowa | $191,068 | 0.4% | 94.7% |
| 79 | Montgomery County, Iowa | $185,402 | 0.4% | 95.1% |
| 80 | Wapello County, Iowa | $175,764 | 0.4% | 95.5% |
| 81 | Taylor County, Iowa | $166,501 | 0.4% | 95.8% |
| 82 | Louisa County, Iowa | $155,032 | 0.3% | 96.2% |
| 83 | Des Moines County, Iowa | $149,949 | 0.3% | 96.5% |
| 84 | Madison County, Iowa | $148,366 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 85 | Davis County, Iowa | $134,926 | 0.3% | 97.1% |
| 86 | Fremont County, Iowa | $131,618 | 0.3% | 97.4% |
| 87 | Polk County, Iowa | $131,442 | 0.3% | 97.7% |
| 88 | Clarke County, Iowa | $126,197 | 0.3% | 97.9% |
| 89 | Adams County, Iowa | $121,638 | 0.3% | 98.2% |
| 90 | Van Buren County, Iowa | $121,332 | 0.3% | 98.4% |
| 91 | Union County, Iowa | $117,742 | 0.3% | 98.7% |
| 92 | Dallas County, Iowa | $115,274 | 0.2% | 98.9% |
| 93 | Mills County, Iowa | $104,685 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 94 | Ringgold County, Iowa | $82,415 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 95 | Decatur County, Iowa | $79,073 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 96 | Lucas County, Iowa | $78,774 | 0.2% | 99.7% |
| 97 | Appanoose County, Iowa | $52,110 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 98 | Wayne County, Iowa | $51,947 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 99 | Monroe County, Iowa | $46,978 | 0.1% | 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.
