| Rank |
County |
Total USDA - Subsidies
2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Bolivar County, Mississippi | $27,595,073 | 8.9% | 8.9% |
| 2 | Washington County, Mississippi | $22,872,637 | 7.4% | 16.2% |
| 3 | Sunflower County, Mississippi | $22,244,878 | 7.2% | 23.4% |
| 4 | Coahoma County, Mississippi | $19,330,404 | 6.2% | 29.6% |
| 5 | Leflore County, Mississippi | $17,434,871 | 5.6% | 35.2% |
| 6 | Yazoo County, Mississippi | $17,366,193 | 5.6% | 40.8% |
| 7 | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi | $13,793,038 | 4.4% | 45.2% |
| 8 | Humphreys County, Mississippi | $12,499,596 | 4.0% | 49.2% |
| 9 | Tunica County, Mississippi | $12,334,415 | 4.0% | 53.2% |
| 10 | Quitman County, Mississippi | $12,058,464 | 3.9% | 57.1% |
| 11 | Holmes County, Mississippi | $8,850,116 | 2.8% | 59.9% |
| 12 | Sharkey County, Mississippi | $8,833,317 | 2.8% | 62.8% |
| 13 | Panola County, Mississippi | $8,541,725 | 2.7% | 65.5% |
| 14 | Noxubee County, Mississippi | $7,483,539 | 2.4% | 67.9% |
| 15 | Issaquena County, Mississippi | $6,169,506 | 2.0% | 69.9% |
| 16 | Calhoun County, Mississippi | $5,738,011 | 1.8% | 71.7% |
| 17 | Chickasaw County, Mississippi | $5,255,715 | 1.7% | 73.4% |
| 18 | Monroe County, Mississippi | $4,542,356 | 1.5% | 74.9% |
| 19 | Madison County, Mississippi | $4,126,772 | 1.3% | 76.2% |
| 20 | Warren County, Mississippi | $4,093,737 | 1.3% | 77.5% |
| 21 | Hinds County, Mississippi | $3,415,773 | 1.1% | 78.6% |
| 22 | Lowndes County, Mississippi | $3,366,809 | 1.1% | 79.7% |
| 23 | DeSoto County, Mississippi | $3,362,481 | 1.1% | 80.8% |
| 24 | Carroll County, Mississippi | $2,949,724 | 0.9% | 81.7% |
| 25 | Lee County, Mississippi | $2,772,017 | 0.9% | 82.6% |
| 26 | Pontotoc County, Mississippi | $2,745,353 | 0.9% | 83.5% |
| 27 | Jackson County, Mississippi | $2,574,830 | 0.8% | 84.3% |
| 28 | Tate County, Mississippi | $2,452,291 | 0.8% | 85.1% |
| 29 | Marshall County, Mississippi | $2,392,526 | 0.8% | 85.9% |
| 30 | Harrison County, Mississippi | $1,949,855 | 0.6% | 86.5% |
| 31 | Webster County, Mississippi | $1,885,750 | 0.6% | 87.1% |
| 32 | Union County, Mississippi | $1,875,792 | 0.6% | 87.7% |
| 33 | Clay County, Mississippi | $1,834,988 | 0.6% | 88.3% |
| 34 | Prentiss County, Mississippi | $1,795,504 | 0.6% | 88.9% |
| 35 | Grenada County, Mississippi | $1,765,688 | 0.6% | 89.5% |
| 36 | Montgomery County, Mississippi | $1,648,790 | 0.5% | 90.0% |
| 37 | Alcorn County, Mississippi | $1,460,473 | 0.5% | 90.5% |
| 38 | Yalobusha County, Mississippi | $1,436,728 | 0.5% | 90.9% |
| 39 | Adams County, Mississippi | $1,423,140 | 0.5% | 91.4% |
| 40 | Attala County, Mississippi | $1,370,399 | 0.4% | 91.8% |
| 41 | Lafayette County, Mississippi | $1,365,018 | 0.4% | 92.3% |
| 42 | Rankin County, Mississippi | $1,305,982 | 0.4% | 92.7% |
| 43 | Walthall County, Mississippi | $1,276,097 | 0.4% | 93.1% |
| 44 | Benton County, Mississippi | $1,252,692 | 0.4% | 93.5% |
| 45 | Itawamba County, Mississippi | $1,236,742 | 0.4% | 93.9% |
| 46 | Tippah County, Mississippi | $1,210,372 | 0.4% | 94.3% |
| 47 | Claiborne County, Mississippi | $1,158,192 | 0.4% | 94.7% |
| 48 | George County, Mississippi | $1,033,127 | 0.3% | 95.0% |
| 49 | Oktibbeha County, Mississippi | $923,483 | 0.3% | 95.3% |
| 50 | Marion County, Mississippi | $873,200 | 0.3% | 95.6% |
| 51 | Forrest County, Mississippi | $820,355 | 0.3% | 95.8% |
| 52 | Jones County, Mississippi | $804,377 | 0.3% | 96.1% |
| 53 | Jefferson County, Mississippi | $687,680 | 0.2% | 96.3% |
| 54 | Scott County, Mississippi | $679,700 | 0.2% | 96.5% |
| 55 | Lawrence County, Mississippi | $616,587 | 0.2% | 96.7% |
| 56 | Perry County, Mississippi | $605,335 | 0.2% | 96.9% |
| 57 | Winston County, Mississippi | $591,295 | 0.2% | 97.1% |
| 58 | Amite County, Mississippi | $574,829 | 0.2% | 97.3% |
| 59 | Jasper County, Mississippi | $563,852 | 0.2% | 97.5% |
| 60 | Choctaw County, Mississippi | $543,824 | 0.2% | 97.7% |
| 61 | Covington County, Mississippi | $514,780 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 62 | Pearl River County, Mississippi | $496,218 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 63 | Lamar County, Mississippi | $485,576 | 0.2% | 98.1% |
| 64 | Copiah County, Mississippi | $472,599 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 65 | Leake County, Mississippi | $457,950 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 66 | Tishomingo County, Mississippi | $442,301 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 67 | Kemper County, Mississippi | $426,805 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 68 | Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi | $421,142 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 69 | Clarke County, Mississippi | $355,880 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 70 | Hancock County, Mississippi | $351,348 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 71 | Pike County, Mississippi | $324,548 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 72 | Newton County, Mississippi | $323,140 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 73 | Stone County, Mississippi | $322,250 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 74 | Smith County, Mississippi | $278,764 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 75 | Simpson County, Mississippi | $239,321 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 76 | Neshoba County, Mississippi | $235,499 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 77 | Wilkinson County, Mississippi | $231,102 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 78 | Lincoln County, Mississippi | $220,795 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 79 | Wayne County, Mississippi | $203,645 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 80 | Greene County, Mississippi | $188,350 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 81 | Lauderdale County, Mississippi | $151,436 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 82 | Franklin County, Mississippi | $141,343 | 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.
