| Rank |
County |
Env. Quality Incentive Program
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Mississippi NRCS | $61,040,682 | 58.4% | 58.4% |
| 2 | Sunflower County, Mississippi | $2,130,552 | 2.0% | 60.4% |
| 3 | Bolivar County, Mississippi | $1,950,492 | 1.9% | 62.3% |
| 4 | Tate County, Mississippi | $1,817,722 | 1.7% | 64.0% |
| 5 | Washington County, Mississippi | $1,335,208 | 1.3% | 65.3% |
| 6 | Leflore County, Mississippi | $1,320,504 | 1.3% | 66.6% |
| 7 | Carroll County, Mississippi | $1,286,499 | 1.2% | 67.8% |
| 8 | Adams County, Mississippi | $1,262,705 | 1.2% | 69.0% |
| 9 | Yazoo County, Mississippi | $1,236,837 | 1.2% | 70.2% |
| 10 | Claiborne County, Mississippi | $1,201,584 | 1.1% | 71.4% |
| 11 | Coahoma County, Mississippi | $1,188,196 | 1.1% | 72.5% |
| 12 | Hinds County, Mississippi | $1,076,702 | 1.0% | 73.5% |
| 13 | Holmes County, Mississippi | $972,590 | 0.9% | 74.5% |
| 14 | Grenada County, Mississippi | $938,887 | 0.9% | 75.3% |
| 15 | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi | $896,300 | 0.9% | 76.2% |
| 16 | Quitman County, Mississippi | $792,799 | 0.8% | 77.0% |
| 17 | Tunica County, Mississippi | $781,976 | 0.7% | 77.7% |
| 18 | Monroe County, Mississippi | $778,732 | 0.7% | 78.5% |
| 19 | Simpson County, Mississippi | $770,396 | 0.7% | 79.2% |
| 20 | Leake County, Mississippi | $748,584 | 0.7% | 79.9% |
| 21 | Panola County, Mississippi | $743,331 | 0.7% | 80.6% |
| 22 | Smith County, Mississippi | $703,166 | 0.7% | 81.3% |
| 23 | DeSoto County, Mississippi | $697,162 | 0.7% | 82.0% |
| 24 | Noxubee County, Mississippi | $658,649 | 0.6% | 82.6% |
| 25 | Scott County, Mississippi | $654,679 | 0.6% | 83.2% |
| 26 | Covington County, Mississippi | $612,004 | 0.6% | 83.8% |
| 27 | Jefferson County, Mississippi | $575,010 | 0.6% | 84.4% |
| 28 | Humphreys County, Mississippi | $563,998 | 0.5% | 84.9% |
| 29 | Warren County, Mississippi | $540,173 | 0.5% | 85.4% |
| 30 | Marshall County, Mississippi | $527,666 | 0.5% | 85.9% |
| 31 | Itawamba County, Mississippi | $506,730 | 0.5% | 86.4% |
| 32 | Neshoba County, Mississippi | $504,005 | 0.5% | 86.9% |
| 33 | Madison County, Mississippi | $499,736 | 0.5% | 87.4% |
| 34 | Calhoun County, Mississippi | $497,605 | 0.5% | 87.8% |
| 35 | Yalobusha County, Mississippi | $485,787 | 0.5% | 88.3% |
| 36 | Rankin County, Mississippi | $479,954 | 0.5% | 88.8% |
| 37 | Copiah County, Mississippi | $462,866 | 0.4% | 89.2% |
| 38 | Marion County, Mississippi | $436,188 | 0.4% | 89.6% |
| 39 | Pike County, Mississippi | $429,151 | 0.4% | 90.0% |
| 40 | Pontotoc County, Mississippi | $419,737 | 0.4% | 90.4% |
| 41 | Walthall County, Mississippi | $409,164 | 0.4% | 90.8% |
| 42 | Newton County, Mississippi | $389,629 | 0.4% | 91.2% |
| 43 | Chickasaw County, Mississippi | $388,474 | 0.4% | 91.6% |
| 44 | Webster County, Mississippi | $378,505 | 0.4% | 91.9% |
| 45 | Wayne County, Mississippi | $375,624 | 0.4% | 92.3% |
| 46 | Jasper County, Mississippi | $368,367 | 0.4% | 92.6% |
| 47 | Lincoln County, Mississippi | $356,286 | 0.3% | 93.0% |
| 48 | Jones County, Mississippi | $355,076 | 0.3% | 93.3% |
| 49 | Lawrence County, Mississippi | $337,013 | 0.3% | 93.6% |
| 50 | Oktibbeha County, Mississippi | $320,877 | 0.3% | 94.0% |
| 51 | Tippah County, Mississippi | $315,690 | 0.3% | 94.3% |
| 52 | Union County, Mississippi | $305,101 | 0.3% | 94.5% |
| 53 | Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi | $292,297 | 0.3% | 94.8% |
| 54 | Lafayette County, Mississippi | $290,730 | 0.3% | 95.1% |
| 55 | Amite County, Mississippi | $287,026 | 0.3% | 95.4% |
| 56 | George County, Mississippi | $278,758 | 0.3% | 95.6% |
| 57 | Sharkey County, Mississippi | $259,396 | 0.2% | 95.9% |
| 58 | Prentiss County, Mississippi | $250,071 | 0.2% | 96.1% |
| 59 | Attala County, Mississippi | $242,134 | 0.2% | 96.4% |
| 60 | Winston County, Mississippi | $240,645 | 0.2% | 96.6% |
| 61 | Perry County, Mississippi | $228,216 | 0.2% | 96.8% |
| 62 | Lee County, Mississippi | $222,136 | 0.2% | 97.0% |
| 63 | Clay County, Mississippi | $217,712 | 0.2% | 97.2% |
| 64 | Pearl River County, Mississippi | $215,580 | 0.2% | 97.4% |
| 65 | Montgomery County, Mississippi | $207,058 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 66 | Hancock County, Mississippi | $198,172 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 67 | Clarke County, Mississippi | $181,856 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 68 | Jackson County, Mississippi | $173,633 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 69 | Choctaw County, Mississippi | $173,370 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 70 | Wilkinson County, Mississippi | $169,394 | 0.2% | 98.5% |
| 71 | Forrest County, Mississippi | $159,801 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 72 | Lauderdale County, Mississippi | $158,035 | 0.2% | 98.8% |
| 73 | Alcorn County, Mississippi | $157,401 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 74 | Lowndes County, Mississippi | $154,655 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 75 | Kemper County, Mississippi | $154,516 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 76 | Stone County, Mississippi | $131,769 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 77 | Benton County, Mississippi | $120,022 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 78 | Lamar County, Mississippi | $106,436 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 79 | Tishomingo County, Mississippi | $98,956 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 80 | Franklin County, Mississippi | $94,938 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 81 | Harrison County, Mississippi | $84,377 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 82 | Greene County, Mississippi | $77,718 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 83 | Issaquena County, Mississippi | $73,600 | 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.
