| Rank |
County |
Total Direct Payments
1995-2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Stoddard County, Missouri | $132,423,345 | 8.0% | 8.0% |
| 2 | New Madrid County, Missouri | $95,899,608 | 5.8% | 13.8% |
| 3 | Butler County, Missouri | $85,510,940 | 5.2% | 18.9% |
| 4 | Dunklin County, Missouri | $67,777,776 | 4.1% | 23.0% |
| 5 | Pemiscot County, Missouri | $59,686,520 | 3.6% | 26.6% |
| 6 | Saline County, Missouri | $46,159,800 | 2.8% | 29.4% |
| 7 | Mississippi County, Missouri | $42,788,740 | 2.6% | 32.0% |
| 8 | Audrain County, Missouri | $41,938,803 | 2.5% | 34.5% |
| 9 | Atchison County, Missouri | $40,149,228 | 2.4% | 36.9% |
| 10 | Nodaway County, Missouri | $36,799,307 | 2.2% | 39.1% |
| 11 | Scott County, Missouri | $35,407,635 | 2.1% | 41.3% |
| 12 | Carroll County, Missouri | $32,954,525 | 2.0% | 43.3% |
| 13 | Lafayette County, Missouri | $32,180,345 | 1.9% | 45.2% |
| 14 | Holt County, Missouri | $31,441,824 | 1.9% | 47.1% |
| 15 | Chariton County, Missouri | $30,707,350 | 1.9% | 49.0% |
| 16 | Bates County, Missouri | $27,407,710 | 1.7% | 50.6% |
| 17 | Pettis County, Missouri | $24,689,770 | 1.5% | 52.1% |
| 18 | Pike County, Missouri | $23,698,463 | 1.4% | 53.5% |
| 19 | Vernon County, Missouri | $22,533,240 | 1.4% | 54.9% |
| 20 | Ralls County, Missouri | $21,312,420 | 1.3% | 56.2% |
| 21 | Shelby County, Missouri | $21,149,431 | 1.3% | 57.4% |
| 22 | Barton County, Missouri | $21,087,748 | 1.3% | 58.7% |
| 23 | Montgomery County, Missouri | $20,408,100 | 1.2% | 59.9% |
| 24 | Livingston County, Missouri | $20,132,676 | 1.2% | 61.2% |
| 25 | Clark County, Missouri | $20,084,314 | 1.2% | 62.4% |
| 26 | Lincoln County, Missouri | $19,907,153 | 1.2% | 63.6% |
| 27 | Monroe County, Missouri | $19,273,452 | 1.2% | 64.7% |
| 28 | Cooper County, Missouri | $18,515,095 | 1.1% | 65.8% |
| 29 | Lewis County, Missouri | $18,414,156 | 1.1% | 67.0% |
| 30 | Marion County, Missouri | $18,194,047 | 1.1% | 68.1% |
| 31 | Johnson County, Missouri | $17,713,746 | 1.1% | 69.1% |
| 32 | Knox County, Missouri | $17,507,518 | 1.1% | 70.2% |
| 33 | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri | $17,337,886 | 1.0% | 71.2% |
| 34 | Ray County, Missouri | $17,178,657 | 1.0% | 72.3% |
| 35 | Andrew County, Missouri | $17,027,187 | 1.0% | 73.3% |
| 36 | Harrison County, Missouri | $16,825,328 | 1.0% | 74.3% |
| 37 | Saint Charles County, Missouri | $16,728,746 | 1.0% | 75.3% |
| 38 | Daviess County, Missouri | $16,504,740 | 1.0% | 76.3% |
| 39 | Buchanan County, Missouri | $15,851,109 | 1.0% | 77.3% |
| 40 | Macon County, Missouri | $15,424,758 | 0.9% | 78.2% |
| 41 | Scotland County, Missouri | $15,041,277 | 0.9% | 79.1% |
| 42 | Platte County, Missouri | $14,578,915 | 0.9% | 80.0% |
| 43 | Gentry County, Missouri | $14,535,990 | 0.9% | 80.9% |
| 44 | Callaway County, Missouri | $14,230,234 | 0.9% | 81.7% |
| 45 | Howard County, Missouri | $14,014,748 | 0.8% | 82.6% |
| 46 | Henry County, Missouri | $13,985,974 | 0.8% | 83.4% |
| 47 | Grundy County, Missouri | $13,289,425 | 0.8% | 84.2% |
| 48 | Linn County, Missouri | $12,663,631 | 0.8% | 85.0% |
| 49 | DeKalb County, Missouri | $12,608,546 | 0.8% | 85.7% |
| 50 | Perry County, Missouri | $12,604,845 | 0.8% | 86.5% |
| 51 | Cass County, Missouri | $12,596,400 | 0.8% | 87.2% |
| 52 | Jasper County, Missouri | $12,143,365 | 0.7% | 88.0% |
| 53 | Clinton County, Missouri | $11,842,605 | 0.7% | 88.7% |
| 54 | Boone County, Missouri | $11,386,436 | 0.7% | 89.4% |
| 55 | Caldwell County, Missouri | $10,669,790 | 0.6% | 90.0% |
| 56 | Randolph County, Missouri | $10,265,404 | 0.6% | 90.6% |
| 57 | Warren County, Missouri | $9,080,888 | 0.5% | 91.2% |
| 58 | Saint Clair County, Missouri | $9,000,275 | 0.5% | 91.7% |
| 59 | Dade County, Missouri | $8,395,549 | 0.5% | 92.2% |
| 60 | Franklin County, Missouri | $8,333,615 | 0.5% | 92.7% |
| 61 | Mercer County, Missouri | $8,080,379 | 0.5% | 93.2% |
| 62 | Adair County, Missouri | $7,935,752 | 0.5% | 93.7% |
| 63 | Moniteau County, Missouri | $7,542,717 | 0.5% | 94.2% |
| 64 | Bollinger County, Missouri | $7,425,342 | 0.4% | 94.6% |
| 65 | Sullivan County, Missouri | $6,839,773 | 0.4% | 95.0% |
| 66 | Jackson County, Missouri | $6,717,329 | 0.4% | 95.4% |
| 67 | | $6,570,010 | 0.4% | 95.8% |
| 68 | Ripley County, Missouri | $6,446,748 | 0.4% | 96.2% |
| 69 | Worth County, Missouri | $6,055,511 | 0.4% | 96.6% |
| 70 | Putnam County, Missouri | $5,795,352 | 0.3% | 96.9% |
| 71 | Benton County, Missouri | $5,482,423 | 0.3% | 97.3% |
| 72 | Schuyler County, Missouri | $5,409,458 | 0.3% | 97.6% |
| 73 | Clay County, Missouri | $3,574,377 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 74 | Gasconade County, Missouri | $3,530,894 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 75 | Osage County, Missouri | $3,499,025 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 76 | Lawrence County, Missouri | $3,490,809 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 77 | Cole County, Missouri | $3,435,822 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 78 | Morgan County, Missouri | $2,766,510 | 0.2% | 98.8% |
| 79 | Newton County, Missouri | $2,761,429 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 80 | Saint Louis County, Missouri | $2,064,250 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 81 | Cedar County, Missouri | $1,968,900 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 82 | Jefferson County, Missouri | $1,617,767 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 83 | Polk County, Missouri | $1,251,066 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 84 | Wayne County, Missouri | $1,132,920 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 85 | Miller County, Missouri | $1,089,023 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 86 | Saint Francois County, Missouri | $955,464 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 87 | Hickory County, Missouri | $953,127 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 88 | Maries County, Missouri | $715,297 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 89 | Phelps County, Missouri | $662,602 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 90 | Greene County, Missouri | $566,516 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 91 | Laclede County, Missouri | $540,745 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 92 | Barry County, Missouri | $477,477 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 93 | Webster County, Missouri | $405,023 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 94 | Crawford County, Missouri | $401,533 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 95 | Madison County, Missouri | $253,823 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 96 | Christian County, Missouri | $245,415 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 97 | Reynolds County, Missouri | $228,719 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 98 | Texas County, Missouri | $195,459 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 99 | Pulaski County, Missouri | $188,060 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 100 | Wright County, Missouri | $164,481 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 101 | Howell County, Missouri | $149,037 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 102 | Dallas County, Missouri | $122,636 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 103 | Camden County, Missouri | $96,899 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 104 | McDonald County, Missouri | $94,271 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 105 | Dent County, Missouri | $93,482 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 106 | Oregon County, Missouri | $89,824 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 107 | Carter County, Missouri | $68,998 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 108 | Iron County, Missouri | $68,169 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 109 | Douglas County, Missouri | $64,469 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 110 | Taney County, Missouri | $53,336 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 111 | Shannon County, Missouri | $33,469 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 112 | Ozark County, Missouri | $29,056 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 113 | Stone County, Missouri | $20,185 | 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.
