| Rank |
County |
Total USDA - Subsidies
2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Bolivar County, Mississippi | $27,338,346 | 9.0% | 9.0% |
| 2 | Washington County, Mississippi | $22,678,543 | 7.5% | 16.5% |
| 3 | Sunflower County, Mississippi | $22,278,283 | 7.3% | 23.8% |
| 4 | Coahoma County, Mississippi | $19,020,933 | 6.3% | 30.1% |
| 5 | Leflore County, Mississippi | $17,396,856 | 5.7% | 35.8% |
| 6 | Yazoo County, Mississippi | $16,648,612 | 5.5% | 41.3% |
| 7 | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi | $13,727,161 | 4.5% | 45.9% |
| 8 | Humphreys County, Mississippi | $12,656,072 | 4.2% | 50.0% |
| 9 | Quitman County, Mississippi | $12,161,609 | 4.0% | 54.0% |
| 10 | Tunica County, Mississippi | $11,765,523 | 3.9% | 57.9% |
| 11 | Sharkey County, Mississippi | $8,765,260 | 2.9% | 60.8% |
| 12 | Panola County, Mississippi | $8,523,150 | 2.8% | 63.6% |
| 13 | Holmes County, Mississippi | $8,508,567 | 2.8% | 66.4% |
| 14 | Noxubee County, Mississippi | $7,296,228 | 2.4% | 68.8% |
| 15 | Issaquena County, Mississippi | $5,965,077 | 2.0% | 70.8% |
| 16 | Calhoun County, Mississippi | $5,695,578 | 1.9% | 72.7% |
| 17 | Chickasaw County, Mississippi | $4,667,980 | 1.5% | 74.2% |
| 18 | Monroe County, Mississippi | $4,468,624 | 1.5% | 75.7% |
| 19 | Madison County, Mississippi | $4,147,279 | 1.4% | 77.0% |
| 20 | Warren County, Mississippi | $3,902,959 | 1.3% | 78.3% |
| 21 | DeSoto County, Mississippi | $3,288,811 | 1.1% | 79.4% |
| 22 | Hinds County, Mississippi | $2,978,125 | 1.0% | 80.4% |
| 23 | Carroll County, Mississippi | $2,932,081 | 1.0% | 81.4% |
| 24 | Lee County, Mississippi | $2,747,555 | 0.9% | 82.3% |
| 25 | Pontotoc County, Mississippi | $2,741,623 | 0.9% | 83.2% |
| 26 | Lowndes County, Mississippi | $2,706,651 | 0.9% | 84.1% |
| 27 | Jackson County, Mississippi | $2,681,596 | 0.9% | 85.0% |
| 28 | Tate County, Mississippi | $2,415,176 | 0.8% | 85.8% |
| 29 | Marshall County, Mississippi | $2,398,734 | 0.8% | 86.5% |
| 30 | Union County, Mississippi | $1,880,058 | 0.6% | 87.2% |
| 31 | Webster County, Mississippi | $1,868,164 | 0.6% | 87.8% |
| 32 | Clay County, Mississippi | $1,790,712 | 0.6% | 88.4% |
| 33 | Prentiss County, Mississippi | $1,773,176 | 0.6% | 89.0% |
| 34 | Grenada County, Mississippi | $1,747,534 | 0.6% | 89.5% |
| 35 | Montgomery County, Mississippi | $1,626,717 | 0.5% | 90.1% |
| 36 | Harrison County, Mississippi | $1,612,719 | 0.5% | 90.6% |
| 37 | Yalobusha County, Mississippi | $1,426,628 | 0.5% | 91.1% |
| 38 | Alcorn County, Mississippi | $1,421,820 | 0.5% | 91.5% |
| 39 | Attala County, Mississippi | $1,351,212 | 0.4% | 92.0% |
| 40 | Lafayette County, Mississippi | $1,311,850 | 0.4% | 92.4% |
| 41 | Rankin County, Mississippi | $1,303,384 | 0.4% | 92.8% |
| 42 | Adams County, Mississippi | $1,269,141 | 0.4% | 93.3% |
| 43 | Benton County, Mississippi | $1,246,401 | 0.4% | 93.7% |
| 44 | Itawamba County, Mississippi | $1,241,587 | 0.4% | 94.1% |
| 45 | Tippah County, Mississippi | $1,210,571 | 0.4% | 94.5% |
| 46 | George County, Mississippi | $1,003,702 | 0.3% | 94.8% |
| 47 | Claiborne County, Mississippi | $929,611 | 0.3% | 95.1% |
| 48 | Oktibbeha County, Mississippi | $859,238 | 0.3% | 95.4% |
| 49 | Jones County, Mississippi | $767,772 | 0.3% | 95.7% |
| 50 | Walthall County, Mississippi | $719,811 | 0.2% | 95.9% |
| 51 | Forrest County, Mississippi | $704,012 | 0.2% | 96.1% |
| 52 | Marion County, Mississippi | $695,366 | 0.2% | 96.4% |
| 53 | Scott County, Mississippi | $670,626 | 0.2% | 96.6% |
| 54 | Jefferson County, Mississippi | $664,611 | 0.2% | 96.8% |
| 55 | Winston County, Mississippi | $590,015 | 0.2% | 97.0% |
| 56 | Jasper County, Mississippi | $558,248 | 0.2% | 97.2% |
| 57 | Lamar County, Mississippi | $492,432 | 0.2% | 97.3% |
| 58 | Pearl River County, Mississippi | $482,706 | 0.2% | 97.5% |
| 59 | Lawrence County, Mississippi | $480,878 | 0.2% | 97.7% |
| 60 | Choctaw County, Mississippi | $473,100 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 61 | Perry County, Mississippi | $470,725 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 62 | Covington County, Mississippi | $465,657 | 0.2% | 98.1% |
| 63 | Leake County, Mississippi | $458,740 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 64 | Copiah County, Mississippi | $443,896 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 65 | Tishomingo County, Mississippi | $437,405 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 66 | Amite County, Mississippi | $428,488 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 67 | Kemper County, Mississippi | $392,179 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 68 | Clarke County, Mississippi | $359,594 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 69 | Newton County, Mississippi | $329,882 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 70 | Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi | $321,242 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 71 | Stone County, Mississippi | $309,624 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 72 | Hancock County, Mississippi | $303,577 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 73 | Smith County, Mississippi | $280,806 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 74 | Simpson County, Mississippi | $234,187 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 75 | Neshoba County, Mississippi | $231,267 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 76 | Pike County, Mississippi | $214,874 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 77 | Wayne County, Mississippi | $200,760 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 78 | Greene County, Mississippi | $190,333 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 79 | Lincoln County, Mississippi | $179,512 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 80 | Lauderdale County, Mississippi | $167,972 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 81 | Franklin County, Mississippi | $129,092 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 82 | Wilkinson County, Mississippi | $95,583 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011 is 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 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.
