| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies
1995-2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Stoddard County, Missouri | $421,329,995 | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| 2 | New Madrid County, Missouri | $357,620,413 | 6.5% | 14.2% |
| 3 | Dunklin County, Missouri | $265,008,973 | 4.8% | 19.0% |
| 4 | Butler County, Missouri | $256,753,232 | 4.7% | 23.7% |
| 5 | Pemiscot County, Missouri | $232,485,188 | 4.2% | 28.0% |
| 6 | Saline County, Missouri | $160,180,183 | 2.9% | 30.9% |
| 7 | Atchison County, Missouri | $137,856,316 | 2.5% | 33.4% |
| 8 | Mississippi County, Missouri | $134,176,452 | 2.4% | 35.8% |
| 9 | Audrain County, Missouri | $122,893,368 | 2.2% | 38.1% |
| 10 | Nodaway County, Missouri | $120,882,261 | 2.2% | 40.3% |
| 11 | Scott County, Missouri | $114,609,266 | 2.1% | 42.4% |
| 12 | Lafayette County, Missouri | $111,066,016 | 2.0% | 44.4% |
| 13 | Carroll County, Missouri | $108,763,615 | 2.0% | 46.4% |
| 14 | Holt County, Missouri | $107,933,160 | 2.0% | 48.3% |
| 15 | Chariton County, Missouri | $97,358,911 | 1.8% | 50.1% |
| 16 | Bates County, Missouri | $84,219,224 | 1.5% | 51.7% |
| 17 | Pettis County, Missouri | $74,250,511 | 1.4% | 53.0% |
| 18 | Pike County, Missouri | $72,165,269 | 1.3% | 54.3% |
| 19 | Monroe County, Missouri | $69,544,829 | 1.3% | 55.6% |
| 20 | Vernon County, Missouri | $68,511,416 | 1.2% | 56.8% |
| 21 | Barton County, Missouri | $66,530,653 | 1.2% | 58.1% |
| 22 | Ralls County, Missouri | $65,089,564 | 1.2% | 59.2% |
| 23 | Shelby County, Missouri | $64,695,599 | 1.2% | 60.4% |
| 24 | Lincoln County, Missouri | $63,746,535 | 1.2% | 61.6% |
| 25 | Clark County, Missouri | $63,530,765 | 1.2% | 62.7% |
| 26 | Montgomery County, Missouri | $62,745,059 | 1.1% | 63.9% |
| 27 | Cooper County, Missouri | $62,239,792 | 1.1% | 65.0% |
| 28 | Saint Charles County, Missouri | $60,692,401 | 1.1% | 66.1% |
| 29 | Livingston County, Missouri | $58,846,362 | 1.1% | 67.2% |
| 30 | Marion County, Missouri | $58,571,919 | 1.1% | 68.3% |
| 31 | Lewis County, Missouri | $57,633,628 | 1.1% | 69.3% |
| 32 | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri | $57,527,435 | 1.0% | 70.4% |
| 33 | Ray County, Missouri | $55,772,250 | 1.0% | 71.4% |
| 34 | Andrew County, Missouri | $54,856,860 | 1.0% | 72.4% |
| 35 | Johnson County, Missouri | $53,842,531 | 1.0% | 73.4% |
| 36 | Harrison County, Missouri | $53,831,299 | 1.0% | 74.3% |
| 37 | Knox County, Missouri | $53,344,132 | 1.0% | 75.3% |
| 38 | Scotland County, Missouri | $51,967,166 | 0.9% | 76.3% |
| 39 | Platte County, Missouri | $51,256,117 | 0.9% | 77.2% |
| 40 | Buchanan County, Missouri | $50,607,839 | 0.9% | 78.1% |
| 41 | Daviess County, Missouri | $47,609,583 | 0.9% | 79.0% |
| 42 | Macon County, Missouri | $46,583,773 | 0.8% | 79.8% |
| 43 | Gentry County, Missouri | $45,786,315 | 0.8% | 80.7% |
| 44 | Callaway County, Missouri | $45,422,731 | 0.8% | 81.5% |
| 45 | Cass County, Missouri | $44,847,519 | 0.8% | 82.3% |
| 46 | Howard County, Missouri | $44,560,535 | 0.8% | 83.1% |
| 47 | Henry County, Missouri | $41,495,990 | 0.8% | 83.9% |
| 48 | Perry County, Missouri | $39,704,653 | 0.7% | 84.6% |
| 49 | Grundy County, Missouri | $39,231,970 | 0.7% | 85.3% |
| 50 | Linn County, Missouri | $38,690,007 | 0.7% | 86.0% |
| 51 | DeKalb County, Missouri | $37,628,714 | 0.7% | 86.7% |
| 52 | Clinton County, Missouri | $37,358,890 | 0.7% | 87.4% |
| 53 | Jasper County, Missouri | $36,065,620 | 0.7% | 88.1% |
| 54 | Boone County, Missouri | $33,972,418 | 0.6% | 88.7% |
| 55 | Caldwell County, Missouri | $33,684,362 | 0.6% | 89.3% |
| 56 | Randolph County, Missouri | $31,343,938 | 0.6% | 89.9% |
| 57 | Warren County, Missouri | $30,695,693 | 0.6% | 90.4% |
| 58 | Franklin County, Missouri | $27,522,545 | 0.5% | 90.9% |
| 59 | Saint Clair County, Missouri | $25,796,776 | 0.5% | 91.4% |
| 60 | Dade County, Missouri | $25,359,467 | 0.5% | 91.9% |
| 61 | Adair County, Missouri | $24,872,537 | 0.5% | 92.3% |
| 62 | Moniteau County, Missouri | $24,423,444 | 0.4% | 92.8% |
| 63 | Jackson County, Missouri | $24,223,717 | 0.4% | 93.2% |
| 64 | Mercer County, Missouri | $23,873,431 | 0.4% | 93.6% |
| 65 | Bollinger County, Missouri | $22,532,757 | 0.4% | 94.0% |
| 66 | | $22,338,511 | 0.4% | 94.5% |
| 67 | Sullivan County, Missouri | $19,718,081 | 0.4% | 94.8% |
| 68 | Worth County, Missouri | $18,939,583 | 0.3% | 95.2% |
| 69 | Ripley County, Missouri | $18,920,349 | 0.3% | 95.5% |
| 70 | Putnam County, Missouri | $18,805,828 | 0.3% | 95.8% |
| 71 | Schuyler County, Missouri | $16,778,299 | 0.3% | 96.2% |
| 72 | Lawrence County, Missouri | $16,106,891 | 0.3% | 96.4% |
| 73 | Benton County, Missouri | $16,026,225 | 0.3% | 96.7% |
| 74 | Osage County, Missouri | $12,940,493 | 0.2% | 97.0% |
| 75 | Clay County, Missouri | $12,182,709 | 0.2% | 97.2% |
| 76 | Cole County, Missouri | $11,360,101 | 0.2% | 97.4% |
| 77 | Gasconade County, Missouri | $10,846,564 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 78 | Newton County, Missouri | $10,557,658 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 79 | Wright County, Missouri | $10,336,313 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 80 | Morgan County, Missouri | $9,401,657 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 81 | Saint Louis County, Missouri | $8,369,047 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 82 | Polk County, Missouri | $7,886,032 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 83 | Webster County, Missouri | $7,307,786 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 84 | Laclede County, Missouri | $6,235,520 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 85 | Texas County, Missouri | $6,140,803 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 86 | Cedar County, Missouri | $5,830,009 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 87 | Jefferson County, Missouri | $5,385,076 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 88 | Barry County, Missouri | $5,081,162 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 89 | Douglas County, Missouri | $4,440,418 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 90 | Greene County, Missouri | $4,169,258 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 91 | Hickory County, Missouri | $3,931,658 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 92 | Dallas County, Missouri | $3,924,974 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 93 | Howell County, Missouri | $3,863,667 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 94 | Wayne County, Missouri | $3,669,720 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 95 | Miller County, Missouri | $3,390,257 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 96 | Saint Francois County, Missouri | $3,020,851 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 97 | Christian County, Missouri | $2,630,627 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 98 | Maries County, Missouri | $2,526,259 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 99 | Stone County, Missouri | $2,001,906 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 100 | Ozark County, Missouri | $1,883,149 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 101 | Phelps County, Missouri | $1,872,634 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 102 | McDonald County, Missouri | $1,393,909 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 103 | Crawford County, Missouri | $1,128,127 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 104 | Oregon County, Missouri | $1,081,823 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 105 | Madison County, Missouri | $739,414 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 106 | Camden County, Missouri | $727,748 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 107 | Pulaski County, Missouri | $727,352 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 108 | Reynolds County, Missouri | $630,679 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 109 | Taney County, Missouri | $359,587 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 110 | Dent County, Missouri | $312,792 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 111 | Shannon County, Missouri | $234,993 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 112 | Iron County, Missouri | $219,383 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 113 | Carter County, Missouri | $199,066 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 114 | Washington County, Missouri | $32,337 | 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.
