| Rank |
County |
Total Direct Payments
2010 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Stoddard County, Missouri | $13,898,637 | 8.5% | 8.5% |
| 2 | New Madrid County, Missouri | $10,141,749 | 6.2% | 14.7% |
| 3 | Butler County, Missouri | $9,051,415 | 5.5% | 20.2% |
| 4 | Dunklin County, Missouri | $7,217,019 | 4.4% | 24.6% |
| 5 | Pemiscot County, Missouri | $6,113,587 | 3.7% | 28.4% |
| 6 | Mississippi County, Missouri | $4,649,606 | 2.8% | 31.2% |
| 7 | Audrain County, Missouri | $4,171,968 | 2.5% | 33.8% |
| 8 | Saline County, Missouri | $4,050,155 | 2.5% | 36.2% |
| 9 | Atchison County, Missouri | $3,971,352 | 2.4% | 38.7% |
| 10 | Nodaway County, Missouri | $3,657,093 | 2.2% | 40.9% |
| 11 | Scott County, Missouri | $3,545,036 | 2.2% | 43.1% |
| 12 | Holt County, Missouri | $3,028,546 | 1.9% | 44.9% |
| 13 | Chariton County, Missouri | $2,976,854 | 1.8% | 46.7% |
| 14 | Lafayette County, Missouri | $2,973,237 | 1.8% | 48.5% |
| 15 | Carroll County, Missouri | $2,953,780 | 1.8% | 50.4% |
| 16 | Bates County, Missouri | $2,805,404 | 1.7% | 52.1% |
| 17 | Pike County, Missouri | $2,524,448 | 1.5% | 53.6% |
| 18 | Pettis County, Missouri | $2,361,155 | 1.4% | 55.1% |
| 19 | Vernon County, Missouri | $2,308,613 | 1.4% | 56.5% |
| 20 | Ralls County, Missouri | $2,092,468 | 1.3% | 57.7% |
| 21 | Montgomery County, Missouri | $2,091,456 | 1.3% | 59.0% |
| 22 | Lincoln County, Missouri | $2,043,137 | 1.2% | 60.3% |
| 23 | Shelby County, Missouri | $2,008,508 | 1.2% | 61.5% |
| 24 | Clark County, Missouri | $1,984,051 | 1.2% | 62.7% |
| 25 | Livingston County, Missouri | $1,887,515 | 1.2% | 63.9% |
| 26 | Barton County, Missouri | $1,831,981 | 1.1% | 65.0% |
| 27 | Marion County, Missouri | $1,768,693 | 1.1% | 66.1% |
| 28 | Johnson County, Missouri | $1,761,508 | 1.1% | 67.1% |
| 29 | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri | $1,732,383 | 1.1% | 68.2% |
| 30 | Lewis County, Missouri | $1,722,286 | 1.1% | 69.2% |
| 31 | Andrew County, Missouri | $1,707,227 | 1.0% | 70.3% |
| 32 | Daviess County, Missouri | $1,680,594 | 1.0% | 71.3% |
| 33 | Knox County, Missouri | $1,675,045 | 1.0% | 72.3% |
| 34 | Cooper County, Missouri | $1,652,293 | 1.0% | 73.4% |
| 35 | Harrison County, Missouri | $1,640,027 | 1.0% | 74.4% |
| 36 | Buchanan County, Missouri | $1,639,631 | 1.0% | 75.4% |
| 37 | Ray County, Missouri | $1,627,233 | 1.0% | 76.4% |
| 38 | Gentry County, Missouri | $1,604,566 | 1.0% | 77.3% |
| 39 | Saint Charles County, Missouri | $1,511,683 | 0.9% | 78.3% |
| 40 | Platte County, Missouri | $1,414,757 | 0.9% | 79.1% |
| 41 | Howard County, Missouri | $1,396,405 | 0.9% | 80.0% |
| 42 | Henry County, Missouri | $1,377,409 | 0.8% | 80.8% |
| 43 | DeKalb County, Missouri | $1,332,291 | 0.8% | 81.6% |
| 44 | Callaway County, Missouri | $1,322,839 | 0.8% | 82.4% |
| 45 | Macon County, Missouri | $1,321,686 | 0.8% | 83.2% |
| 46 | Scotland County, Missouri | $1,315,513 | 0.8% | 84.0% |
| 47 | Grundy County, Missouri | $1,303,277 | 0.8% | 84.8% |
| 48 | Perry County, Missouri | $1,297,469 | 0.8% | 85.6% |
| 49 | Linn County, Missouri | $1,223,773 | 0.7% | 86.4% |
| 50 | Clinton County, Missouri | $1,166,442 | 0.7% | 87.1% |
| 51 | Monroe County, Missouri | $1,158,020 | 0.7% | 87.8% |
| 52 | Jasper County, Missouri | $1,138,883 | 0.7% | 88.5% |
| 53 | Boone County, Missouri | $1,078,403 | 0.7% | 89.2% |
| 54 | Randolph County, Missouri | $1,007,122 | 0.6% | 89.8% |
| 55 | Caldwell County, Missouri | $964,349 | 0.6% | 90.4% |
| 56 | Saint Clair County, Missouri | $950,769 | 0.6% | 90.9% |
| 57 | Warren County, Missouri | $904,191 | 0.6% | 91.5% |
| 58 | Franklin County, Missouri | $876,458 | 0.5% | 92.0% |
| 59 | Dade County, Missouri | $827,898 | 0.5% | 92.5% |
| 60 | Mercer County, Missouri | $825,884 | 0.5% | 93.0% |
| 61 | Bollinger County, Missouri | $776,877 | 0.5% | 93.5% |
| 62 | Adair County, Missouri | $711,668 | 0.4% | 94.0% |
| 63 | Cass County, Missouri | $706,453 | 0.4% | 94.4% |
| 64 | | $690,454 | 0.4% | 94.8% |
| 65 | Ripley County, Missouri | $675,828 | 0.4% | 95.2% |
| 66 | Sullivan County, Missouri | $668,457 | 0.4% | 95.6% |
| 67 | Worth County, Missouri | $638,579 | 0.4% | 96.0% |
| 68 | Moniteau County, Missouri | $622,322 | 0.4% | 96.4% |
| 69 | Jackson County, Missouri | $549,781 | 0.3% | 96.7% |
| 70 | Benton County, Missouri | $541,388 | 0.3% | 97.1% |
| 71 | Schuyler County, Missouri | $516,202 | 0.3% | 97.4% |
| 72 | Putnam County, Missouri | $511,456 | 0.3% | 97.7% |
| 73 | Gasconade County, Missouri | $358,134 | 0.2% | 97.9% |
| 74 | Cole County, Missouri | $348,045 | 0.2% | 98.1% |
| 75 | Clay County, Missouri | $345,804 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 76 | Lawrence County, Missouri | $315,187 | 0.2% | 98.5% |
| 77 | Osage County, Missouri | $297,117 | 0.2% | 98.7% |
| 78 | Newton County, Missouri | $256,035 | 0.2% | 98.9% |
| 79 | Morgan County, Missouri | $218,773 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 80 | Cedar County, Missouri | $208,494 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 81 | Jefferson County, Missouri | $158,504 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 82 | Saint Louis County, Missouri | $156,966 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 83 | Polk County, Missouri | $122,903 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 84 | Wayne County, Missouri | $116,876 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 85 | Miller County, Missouri | $105,979 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 86 | Saint Francois County, Missouri | $97,659 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 87 | Hickory County, Missouri | $87,798 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 88 | Maries County, Missouri | $68,639 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 89 | Phelps County, Missouri | $62,531 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 90 | Greene County, Missouri | $52,686 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 91 | Laclede County, Missouri | $51,991 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 92 | Barry County, Missouri | $42,698 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 93 | Webster County, Missouri | $40,421 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 94 | Crawford County, Missouri | $35,531 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 95 | Madison County, Missouri | $25,882 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 96 | Reynolds County, Missouri | $22,167 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 97 | Christian County, Missouri | $22,070 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 98 | Texas County, Missouri | $21,074 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 99 | Howell County, Missouri | $17,181 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 100 | Pulaski County, Missouri | $16,788 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 101 | Wright County, Missouri | $15,027 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 102 | Dallas County, Missouri | $12,399 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 103 | McDonald County, Missouri | $10,000 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 104 | Oregon County, Missouri | $9,393 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 105 | Camden County, Missouri | $9,356 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 106 | Dent County, Missouri | $9,285 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 107 | Carter County, Missouri | $7,311 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 108 | Taney County, Missouri | $5,463 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 109 | Douglas County, Missouri | $5,360 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 110 | Iron County, Missouri | $5,296 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 111 | Ozark County, Missouri | $3,950 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 112 | Shannon County, Missouri | $3,489 | 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.
