Corn Subsidies** in Thomas County, Kansas totaled $11.4 million in 2011
Counties in Thomas County, Kansas Receiving corn subsidies**, 2011
| Rank | County | Corn Subsidies** 2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas County, Kansas | $11,386,445 | 5.1% | 5.1% |
| 2 | Sherman County, Kansas | $9,027,682 | 4.0% | 9.1% |
| 3 | Sheridan County, Kansas | $8,399,588 | 3.8% | 12.9% |
| 4 | Brown County, Kansas | $6,485,063 | 2.9% | 15.8% |
| 5 | Haskell County, Kansas | $6,378,972 | 2.8% | 18.6% |
| 6 | Finney County, Kansas | $6,052,092 | 2.7% | 21.3% |
| 7 | Stevens County, Kansas | $6,022,789 | 2.7% | 24.0% |
| 8 | Gray County, Kansas | $5,677,401 | 2.5% | 26.5% |
| 9 | Nemaha County, Kansas | $5,620,311 | 2.5% | 29.1% |
| 10 | Marshall County, Kansas | $5,412,819 | 2.4% | 31.5% |
| 11 | Doniphan County, Kansas | $4,971,974 | 2.2% | 33.7% |
| 12 | Stanton County, Kansas | $4,680,600 | 2.1% | 35.8% |
| 13 | Wallace County, Kansas | $4,192,776 | 1.9% | 37.7% |
| 14 | Republic County, Kansas | $3,937,426 | 1.8% | 39.4% |
| 15 | Rawlins County, Kansas | $3,849,453 | 1.7% | 41.1% |
| 16 | Decatur County, Kansas | $3,701,161 | 1.7% | 42.8% |
| 17 | Gove County, Kansas | $3,679,848 | 1.6% | 44.4% |
| 18 | Grant County, Kansas | $3,674,099 | 1.6% | 46.1% |
| 19 | Cheyenne County, Kansas | $3,615,757 | 1.6% | 47.7% |
| 20 | Stafford County, Kansas | $3,565,661 | 1.6% | 49.3% |
| 21 | Edwards County, Kansas | $3,515,222 | 1.6% | 50.8% |
| 22 | Scott County, Kansas | $3,147,932 | 1.4% | 52.3% |
| 23 | Atchison County, Kansas | $3,064,025 | 1.4% | 53.6% |
| 24 | Seward County, Kansas | $3,028,586 | 1.4% | 55.0% |
| 25 | Kearny County, Kansas | $3,009,872 | 1.3% | 56.3% |
| 26 | Logan County, Kansas | $3,008,711 | 1.3% | 57.7% |
| 27 | Pratt County, Kansas | $2,980,493 | 1.3% | 59.0% |
| 28 | Meade County, Kansas | $2,919,624 | 1.3% | 60.3% |
| 29 | Wichita County, Kansas | $2,816,565 | 1.3% | 61.6% |
| 30 | Washington County, Kansas | $2,703,732 | 1.2% | 62.8% |
| 31 | Norton County, Kansas | $2,673,796 | 1.2% | 64.0% |
| 32 | Ford County, Kansas | $2,645,034 | 1.2% | 65.1% |
| 33 | Butler County, Kansas | $2,240,543 | 1.0% | 66.1% |
| 34 | Cherokee County, Kansas | $2,235,921 | 1.0% | 67.1% |
| 35 | Sumner County, Kansas | $2,066,070 | 0.9% | 68.1% |
| 36 | Labette County, Kansas | $1,967,956 | 0.9% | 68.9% |
| 37 | Greeley County, Kansas | $1,957,702 | 0.9% | 69.8% |
| 38 | Jefferson County, Kansas | $1,956,842 | 0.9% | 70.7% |
| 39 | Anderson County, Kansas | $1,950,941 | 0.9% | 71.6% |
| 40 | Harvey County, Kansas | $1,873,442 | 0.8% | 72.4% |
| 41 | Morton County, Kansas | $1,872,495 | 0.8% | 73.2% |
| 42 | Rice County, Kansas | $1,736,219 | 0.8% | 74.0% |
| 43 | Crawford County, Kansas | $1,733,326 | 0.8% | 74.8% |
| 44 | Graham County, Kansas | $1,727,518 | 0.8% | 75.6% |
| 45 | Neosho County, Kansas | $1,687,295 | 0.8% | 76.3% |
| 46 | McPherson County, Kansas | $1,681,623 | 0.8% | 77.1% |
| 47 | Pottawatomie County, Kansas | $1,671,475 | 0.7% | 77.8% |
| 48 | Shawnee County, Kansas | $1,654,294 | 0.7% | 78.5% |
| 49 | Reno County, Kansas | $1,649,857 | 0.7% | 79.3% |
| 50 | Pawnee County, Kansas | $1,644,544 | 0.7% | 80.0% |
| 51 | Barton County, Kansas | $1,633,367 | 0.7% | 80.7% |
| 52 | Jackson County, Kansas | $1,581,151 | 0.7% | 81.5% |
| 53 | Clay County, Kansas | $1,575,230 | 0.7% | 82.2% |
| 54 | Franklin County, Kansas | $1,504,860 | 0.7% | 82.8% |
| 55 | Marion County, Kansas | $1,480,608 | 0.7% | 83.5% |
| 56 | Coffey County, Kansas | $1,463,242 | 0.7% | 84.1% |
| 57 | Sedgwick County, Kansas | $1,458,595 | 0.7% | 84.8% |
| 58 | Allen County, Kansas | $1,433,351 | 0.6% | 85.4% |
| 59 | Phillips County, Kansas | $1,420,107 | 0.6% | 86.1% |
| 60 | Kiowa County, Kansas | $1,321,487 | 0.6% | 86.7% |
| 61 | Osage County, Kansas | $1,297,299 | 0.6% | 87.2% |
| 62 | Wilson County, Kansas | $1,294,268 | 0.6% | 87.8% |
| 63 | Douglas County, Kansas | $1,293,428 | 0.6% | 88.4% |
| 64 | Montgomery County, Kansas | $1,275,247 | 0.6% | 89.0% |
| 65 | Smith County, Kansas | $1,261,369 | 0.6% | 89.5% |
| 66 | Lyon County, Kansas | $1,255,962 | 0.6% | 90.1% |
| 67 | Jewell County, Kansas | $1,232,581 | 0.6% | 90.6% |
| 68 | Mitchell County, Kansas | $1,196,039 | 0.5% | 91.2% |
| 69 | Leavenworth County, Kansas | $1,135,859 | 0.5% | 91.7% |
| 70 | Cloud County, Kansas | $1,083,764 | 0.5% | 92.2% |
| 71 | Dickinson County, Kansas | $1,004,892 | 0.4% | 92.6% |
| 72 | Wabaunsee County, Kansas | $964,389 | 0.4% | 93.0% |
| 73 | Hamilton County, Kansas | $955,361 | 0.4% | 93.5% |
| 74 | Morris County, Kansas | $944,808 | 0.4% | 93.9% |
| 75 | Miami County, Kansas | $917,145 | 0.4% | 94.3% |
| 76 | Lane County, Kansas | $865,634 | 0.4% | 94.7% |
| 77 | Linn County, Kansas | $830,226 | 0.4% | 95.1% |
| 78 | Osborne County, Kansas | $811,132 | 0.4% | 95.4% |
| 79 | Cowley County, Kansas | $785,843 | 0.4% | 95.8% |
| 80 | Hodgeman County, Kansas | $774,012 | 0.3% | 96.1% |
| 81 | Woodson County, Kansas | $679,156 | 0.3% | 96.4% |
| 82 | Johnson County, Kansas | $677,197 | 0.3% | 96.7% |
| 83 | Riley County, Kansas | $676,112 | 0.3% | 97.0% |
| 84 | Trego County, Kansas | $645,834 | 0.3% | 97.3% |
| 85 | Bourbon County, Kansas | $602,809 | 0.3% | 97.6% |
| 86 | Ottawa County, Kansas | $526,020 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 87 | Rooks County, Kansas | $449,041 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 88 | Geary County, Kansas | $430,844 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 89 | Saline County, Kansas | $406,077 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 90 | Greenwood County, Kansas | $356,759 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 91 | Kingman County, Kansas | $354,657 | 0.2% | 98.7% |
| 92 | Lincoln County, Kansas | $332,773 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 93 | Chase County, Kansas | $290,573 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 94 | Ellis County, Kansas | $253,695 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 95 | Rush County, Kansas | $190,366 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 96 | Wyandotte County, Kansas | $170,871 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 97 | Harper County, Kansas | $163,503 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 98 | Elk County, Kansas | $142,687 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 99 | Barber County, Kansas | $119,591 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 100 | Ness County, Kansas | $118,713 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 101 | Russell County, Kansas | $105,346 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 102 | Chautauqua County, Kansas | $103,168 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 103 | Ellsworth County, Kansas | $94,045 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 104 | Clark County, Kansas | $55,150 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 105 | Comanche County, Kansas | $42,134 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
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.
