| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Disaster Payments
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Bolivar County, Mississippi | $24,681,808 | 6.5% | 6.5% |
| 2 | Coahoma County, Mississippi | $24,379,407 | 6.5% | 13.0% |
| 3 | Chickasaw County, Mississippi | $18,634,000 | 4.9% | 17.9% |
| 4 | Quitman County, Mississippi | $17,639,673 | 4.7% | 22.6% |
| 5 | Yazoo County, Mississippi | $16,615,678 | 4.4% | 27.0% |
| 6 | Washington County, Mississippi | $16,289,282 | 4.3% | 31.3% |
| 7 | Sunflower County, Mississippi | $15,769,850 | 4.2% | 35.5% |
| 8 | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi | $14,448,785 | 3.8% | 39.4% |
| 9 | Calhoun County, Mississippi | $13,372,146 | 3.5% | 42.9% |
| 10 | Tunica County, Mississippi | $11,684,425 | 3.1% | 46.0% |
| 11 | Leflore County, Mississippi | $10,359,996 | 2.7% | 48.7% |
| 12 | Humphreys County, Mississippi | $10,118,725 | 2.7% | 51.4% |
| 13 | Monroe County, Mississippi | $9,183,439 | 2.4% | 53.9% |
| 14 | Panola County, Mississippi | $8,466,719 | 2.2% | 56.1% |
| 15 | Lee County, Mississippi | $7,609,982 | 2.0% | 58.1% |
| 16 | Holmes County, Mississippi | $7,182,969 | 1.9% | 60.0% |
| 17 | Noxubee County, Mississippi | $7,007,886 | 1.9% | 61.9% |
| 18 | Sharkey County, Mississippi | $6,696,207 | 1.8% | 63.7% |
| 19 | Walthall County, Mississippi | $5,609,517 | 1.5% | 65.2% |
| 20 | Lowndes County, Mississippi | $5,235,794 | 1.4% | 66.5% |
| 21 | George County, Mississippi | $4,762,491 | 1.3% | 67.8% |
| 22 | Warren County, Mississippi | $4,634,377 | 1.2% | 69.0% |
| 23 | Clay County, Mississippi | $4,613,153 | 1.2% | 70.3% |
| 24 | Pontotoc County, Mississippi | $4,323,644 | 1.1% | 71.4% |
| 25 | Issaquena County, Mississippi | $4,178,835 | 1.1% | 72.5% |
| 26 | Marshall County, Mississippi | $4,066,385 | 1.1% | 73.6% |
| 27 | Prentiss County, Mississippi | $3,452,319 | 0.9% | 74.5% |
| 28 | Madison County, Mississippi | $3,422,352 | 0.9% | 75.4% |
| 29 | Carroll County, Mississippi | $3,359,617 | 0.9% | 76.3% |
| 30 | Amite County, Mississippi | $3,302,445 | 0.9% | 77.2% |
| 31 | Oktibbeha County, Mississippi | $3,143,150 | 0.8% | 78.0% |
| 32 | Tate County, Mississippi | $3,138,888 | 0.8% | 78.8% |
| 33 | Adams County, Mississippi | $3,064,511 | 0.8% | 79.7% |
| 34 | DeSoto County, Mississippi | $3,035,196 | 0.8% | 80.5% |
| 35 | Pike County, Mississippi | $2,939,435 | 0.8% | 81.2% |
| 36 | Hinds County, Mississippi | $2,931,173 | 0.8% | 82.0% |
| 37 | Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi | $2,801,414 | 0.7% | 82.8% |
| 38 | Lawrence County, Mississippi | $2,538,690 | 0.7% | 83.4% |
| 39 | Union County, Mississippi | $2,411,336 | 0.6% | 84.1% |
| 40 | Alcorn County, Mississippi | $2,378,049 | 0.6% | 84.7% |
| 41 | Grenada County, Mississippi | $2,351,845 | 0.6% | 85.3% |
| 42 | Marion County, Mississippi | $2,282,901 | 0.6% | 85.9% |
| 43 | Webster County, Mississippi | $2,162,616 | 0.6% | 86.5% |
| 44 | Lincoln County, Mississippi | $2,132,653 | 0.6% | 87.1% |
| 45 | Yalobusha County, Mississippi | $2,115,276 | 0.6% | 87.6% |
| 46 | Itawamba County, Mississippi | $2,080,180 | 0.6% | 88.2% |
| 47 | Pearl River County, Mississippi | $2,055,411 | 0.5% | 88.7% |
| 48 | Tippah County, Mississippi | $1,987,570 | 0.5% | 89.2% |
| 49 | Covington County, Mississippi | $1,984,054 | 0.5% | 89.8% |
| 50 | Jefferson County, Mississippi | $1,970,132 | 0.5% | 90.3% |
| 51 | Neshoba County, Mississippi | $1,741,938 | 0.5% | 90.8% |
| 52 | Claiborne County, Mississippi | $1,712,383 | 0.5% | 91.2% |
| 53 | Lafayette County, Mississippi | $1,706,596 | 0.5% | 91.7% |
| 54 | Kemper County, Mississippi | $1,699,503 | 0.5% | 92.1% |
| 55 | Montgomery County, Mississippi | $1,643,201 | 0.4% | 92.6% |
| 56 | Lamar County, Mississippi | $1,641,179 | 0.4% | 93.0% |
| 57 | Benton County, Mississippi | $1,543,701 | 0.4% | 93.4% |
| 58 | Winston County, Mississippi | $1,508,540 | 0.4% | 93.8% |
| 59 | Wayne County, Mississippi | $1,489,728 | 0.4% | 94.2% |
| 60 | Copiah County, Mississippi | $1,452,647 | 0.4% | 94.6% |
| 61 | Wilkinson County, Mississippi | $1,371,167 | 0.4% | 94.9% |
| 62 | Newton County, Mississippi | $1,360,570 | 0.4% | 95.3% |
| 63 | Rankin County, Mississippi | $1,342,723 | 0.4% | 95.7% |
| 64 | Attala County, Mississippi | $1,290,279 | 0.3% | 96.0% |
| 65 | Perry County, Mississippi | $1,284,848 | 0.3% | 96.3% |
| 66 | Leake County, Mississippi | $1,250,145 | 0.3% | 96.7% |
| 67 | Jackson County, Mississippi | $1,224,092 | 0.3% | 97.0% |
| 68 | Jones County, Mississippi | $1,219,283 | 0.3% | 97.3% |
| 69 | Simpson County, Mississippi | $1,209,228 | 0.3% | 97.6% |
| 70 | Tishomingo County, Mississippi | $1,098,356 | 0.3% | 97.9% |
| 71 | Forrest County, Mississippi | $997,955 | 0.3% | 98.2% |
| 72 | Smith County, Mississippi | $962,212 | 0.3% | 98.4% |
| 73 | Scott County, Mississippi | $864,917 | 0.2% | 98.7% |
| 74 | Hancock County, Mississippi | $800,477 | 0.2% | 98.9% |
| 75 | Clarke County, Mississippi | $705,578 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 76 | Choctaw County, Mississippi | $704,719 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 77 | Greene County, Mississippi | $636,064 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 78 | Stone County, Mississippi | $605,645 | 0.2% | 99.6% |
| 79 | Jasper County, Mississippi | $507,368 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 80 | Franklin County, Mississippi | $434,009 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 81 | Harrison County, Mississippi | $304,193 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 82 | Lauderdale County, Mississippi | $284,537 | 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.
