| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies
2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Stoddard County, Missouri | $13,421,006 | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| 2 | New Madrid County, Missouri | $9,840,851 | 5.6% | 13.3% |
| 3 | Butler County, Missouri | $8,771,023 | 5.0% | 18.3% |
| 4 | Dunklin County, Missouri | $6,884,486 | 3.9% | 22.3% |
| 5 | Pemiscot County, Missouri | $5,969,927 | 3.4% | 25.7% |
| 6 | Saline County, Missouri | $4,855,586 | 2.8% | 28.5% |
| 7 | Mississippi County, Missouri | $4,401,673 | 2.5% | 31.0% |
| 8 | Audrain County, Missouri | $4,273,228 | 2.4% | 33.5% |
| 9 | Atchison County, Missouri | $4,192,240 | 2.4% | 35.9% |
| 10 | Nodaway County, Missouri | $3,833,780 | 2.2% | 38.1% |
| 11 | Scott County, Missouri | $3,652,493 | 2.1% | 40.2% |
| 12 | Carroll County, Missouri | $3,475,930 | 2.0% | 42.1% |
| 13 | Lafayette County, Missouri | $3,411,681 | 2.0% | 44.1% |
| 14 | Holt County, Missouri | $3,196,204 | 1.8% | 45.9% |
| 15 | Chariton County, Missouri | $3,138,216 | 1.8% | 47.7% |
| 16 | Bates County, Missouri | $3,001,879 | 1.7% | 49.4% |
| 17 | Pettis County, Missouri | $2,641,365 | 1.5% | 51.0% |
| 18 | Barton County, Missouri | $2,498,377 | 1.4% | 52.4% |
| 19 | Pike County, Missouri | $2,429,103 | 1.4% | 53.8% |
| 20 | Vernon County, Missouri | $2,333,907 | 1.3% | 55.1% |
| 21 | Ralls County, Missouri | $2,239,264 | 1.3% | 56.4% |
| 22 | Monroe County, Missouri | $2,229,471 | 1.3% | 57.7% |
| 23 | Shelby County, Missouri | $2,208,725 | 1.3% | 58.9% |
| 24 | Livingston County, Missouri | $2,192,088 | 1.3% | 60.2% |
| 25 | Montgomery County, Missouri | $2,126,365 | 1.2% | 61.4% |
| 26 | Cooper County, Missouri | $2,097,169 | 1.2% | 62.6% |
| 27 | Clark County, Missouri | $2,078,558 | 1.2% | 63.8% |
| 28 | Lincoln County, Missouri | $2,059,040 | 1.2% | 65.0% |
| 29 | Lewis County, Missouri | $1,930,201 | 1.1% | 66.1% |
| 30 | Johnson County, Missouri | $1,910,714 | 1.1% | 67.2% |
| 31 | Marion County, Missouri | $1,891,791 | 1.1% | 68.3% |
| 32 | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri | $1,869,648 | 1.1% | 69.3% |
| 33 | Knox County, Missouri | $1,855,807 | 1.1% | 70.4% |
| 34 | Ray County, Missouri | $1,814,289 | 1.0% | 71.4% |
| 35 | Platte County, Missouri | $1,796,450 | 1.0% | 72.5% |
| 36 | Harrison County, Missouri | $1,779,726 | 1.0% | 73.5% |
| 37 | Buchanan County, Missouri | $1,746,898 | 1.0% | 74.5% |
| 38 | Andrew County, Missouri | $1,725,426 | 1.0% | 75.5% |
| 39 | Saint Charles County, Missouri | $1,709,153 | 1.0% | 76.5% |
| 40 | Macon County, Missouri | $1,676,276 | 1.0% | 77.4% |
| 41 | Daviess County, Missouri | $1,631,081 | 0.9% | 78.4% |
| 42 | Scotland County, Missouri | $1,571,660 | 0.9% | 79.3% |
| 43 | Howard County, Missouri | $1,517,497 | 0.9% | 80.1% |
| 44 | Henry County, Missouri | $1,482,383 | 0.8% | 81.0% |
| 45 | Callaway County, Missouri | $1,446,828 | 0.8% | 81.8% |
| 46 | Cass County, Missouri | $1,397,188 | 0.8% | 82.6% |
| 47 | Gentry County, Missouri | $1,393,530 | 0.8% | 83.4% |
| 48 | Jasper County, Missouri | $1,393,113 | 0.8% | 84.2% |
| 49 | Grundy County, Missouri | $1,392,356 | 0.8% | 85.0% |
| 50 | DeKalb County, Missouri | $1,332,019 | 0.8% | 85.8% |
| 51 | Perry County, Missouri | $1,298,968 | 0.7% | 86.5% |
| 52 | Linn County, Missouri | $1,269,207 | 0.7% | 87.2% |
| 53 | Caldwell County, Missouri | $1,234,995 | 0.7% | 87.9% |
| 54 | Clinton County, Missouri | $1,182,886 | 0.7% | 88.6% |
| 55 | Boone County, Missouri | $1,180,333 | 0.7% | 89.3% |
| 56 | Moniteau County, Missouri | $1,070,717 | 0.6% | 89.9% |
| 57 | Dade County, Missouri | $1,044,267 | 0.6% | 90.5% |
| 58 | Saint Clair County, Missouri | $1,034,052 | 0.6% | 91.1% |
| 59 | Randolph County, Missouri | $992,845 | 0.6% | 91.7% |
| 60 | Warren County, Missouri | $949,325 | 0.5% | 92.2% |
| 61 | Franklin County, Missouri | $840,128 | 0.5% | 92.7% |
| 62 | Mercer County, Missouri | $833,786 | 0.5% | 93.2% |
| 63 | Adair County, Missouri | $806,622 | 0.5% | 93.6% |
| 64 | Bollinger County, Missouri | $778,474 | 0.4% | 94.1% |
| 65 | Jackson County, Missouri | $744,756 | 0.4% | 94.5% |
| 66 | Sullivan County, Missouri | $706,474 | 0.4% | 94.9% |
| 67 | | $698,459 | 0.4% | 95.3% |
| 68 | Ripley County, Missouri | $664,252 | 0.4% | 95.7% |
| 69 | Putnam County, Missouri | $637,773 | 0.4% | 96.1% |
| 70 | Worth County, Missouri | $633,392 | 0.4% | 96.4% |
| 71 | Benton County, Missouri | $580,491 | 0.3% | 96.7% |
| 72 | Schuyler County, Missouri | $543,732 | 0.3% | 97.1% |
| 73 | Lawrence County, Missouri | $498,801 | 0.3% | 97.3% |
| 74 | Osage County, Missouri | $452,118 | 0.3% | 97.6% |
| 75 | Cole County, Missouri | $385,977 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 76 | Clay County, Missouri | $368,252 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 77 | Newton County, Missouri | $347,926 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 78 | Gasconade County, Missouri | $346,708 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 79 | Morgan County, Missouri | $325,018 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 80 | Cedar County, Missouri | $228,952 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 81 | Hickory County, Missouri | $205,003 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 82 | Polk County, Missouri | $165,324 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 83 | Saint Louis County, Missouri | $163,325 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 84 | Jefferson County, Missouri | $162,943 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 85 | Barry County, Missouri | $150,138 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 86 | Miller County, Missouri | $137,160 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 87 | Wright County, Missouri | $129,433 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 88 | Maries County, Missouri | $113,138 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 89 | Wayne County, Missouri | $102,600 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 90 | Saint Francois County, Missouri | $98,643 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 91 | Greene County, Missouri | $87,753 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 92 | Phelps County, Missouri | $79,402 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 93 | McDonald County, Missouri | $79,134 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 94 | Laclede County, Missouri | $68,595 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 95 | Webster County, Missouri | $59,732 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 96 | Oregon County, Missouri | $56,569 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 97 | Howell County, Missouri | $50,854 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 98 | Crawford County, Missouri | $38,858 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 99 | Dallas County, Missouri | $35,731 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 100 | Madison County, Missouri | $27,389 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 101 | Christian County, Missouri | $26,426 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 102 | Texas County, Missouri | $24,496 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 103 | Pulaski County, Missouri | $22,349 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 104 | Reynolds County, Missouri | $22,091 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 105 | Camden County, Missouri | $20,057 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 106 | Douglas County, Missouri | $16,059 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 107 | Dent County, Missouri | $9,482 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 108 | Carter County, Missouri | $7,552 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 109 | Stone County, Missouri | $5,856 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 110 | Taney County, Missouri | $5,240 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 111 | Iron County, Missouri | $5,084 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 112 | Ozark County, Missouri | $3,950 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 113 | Shannon County, Missouri | $3,689 | 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.
