| Rank |
County |
Livestock Subsidies
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Bradford County, Pennsylvania | $1,960,308 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2 | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | $1,949,220 | 6.7% | 13.5% |
| 3 | Franklin County, Pennsylvania | $1,826,554 | 6.3% | 19.8% |
| 4 | Berks County, Pennsylvania | $1,028,295 | 3.6% | 23.4% |
| 5 | Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania | $887,466 | 3.1% | 26.4% |
| 6 | Somerset County, Pennsylvania | $879,882 | 3.0% | 29.5% |
| 7 | Washington County, Pennsylvania | $863,416 | 3.0% | 32.5% |
| 8 | Bedford County, Pennsylvania | $840,415 | 2.9% | 35.4% |
| 9 | Tioga County, Pennsylvania | $745,181 | 2.6% | 37.9% |
| 10 | Lebanon County, Pennsylvania | $690,023 | 2.4% | 40.3% |
| 11 | Mercer County, Pennsylvania | $687,996 | 2.4% | 42.7% |
| 12 | Cumberland County, Pennsylvania | $647,156 | 2.2% | 44.9% |
| 13 | York County, Pennsylvania | $630,858 | 2.2% | 47.1% |
| 14 | Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | $614,190 | 2.1% | 49.2% |
| 15 | Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania | $603,124 | 2.1% | 51.3% |
| 16 | Lycoming County, Pennsylvania | $594,201 | 2.1% | 53.4% |
| 17 | Blair County, Pennsylvania | $560,755 | 1.9% | 55.3% |
| 18 | Wayne County, Pennsylvania | $555,850 | 1.9% | 57.2% |
| 19 | Union County, Pennsylvania | $543,217 | 1.9% | 59.1% |
| 20 | Centre County, Pennsylvania | $540,226 | 1.9% | 61.0% |
| 21 | Butler County, Pennsylvania | $507,095 | 1.8% | 62.7% |
| 22 | Chester County, Pennsylvania | $483,903 | 1.7% | 64.4% |
| 23 | Perry County, Pennsylvania | $480,624 | 1.7% | 66.0% |
| 24 | Snyder County, Pennsylvania | $473,757 | 1.6% | 67.7% |
| 25 | Erie County, Pennsylvania | $472,210 | 1.6% | 69.3% |
| 26 | Potter County, Pennsylvania | $459,017 | 1.6% | 70.9% |
| 27 | Fulton County, Pennsylvania | $450,106 | 1.6% | 72.4% |
| 28 | Fayette County, Pennsylvania | $434,318 | 1.5% | 73.9% |
| 29 | Juniata County, Pennsylvania | $421,287 | 1.5% | 75.4% |
| 30 | Mifflin County, Pennsylvania | $420,411 | 1.5% | 76.9% |
| 31 | Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | $406,448 | 1.4% | 78.3% |
| 32 | Greene County, Pennsylvania | $406,039 | 1.4% | 79.7% |
| 33 | Adams County, Pennsylvania | $394,921 | 1.4% | 81.0% |
| 34 | Indiana County, Pennsylvania | $388,477 | 1.3% | 82.4% |
| 35 | Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania | $355,333 | 1.2% | 83.6% |
| 36 | Lawrence County, Pennsylvania | $341,154 | 1.2% | 84.8% |
| 37 | Wyoming County, Pennsylvania | $340,440 | 1.2% | 85.9% |
| 38 | Northumberland County, Pennsylvania | $318,240 | 1.1% | 87.0% |
| 39 | Clarion County, Pennsylvania | $316,943 | 1.1% | 88.1% |
| 40 | Dauphin County, Pennsylvania | $272,121 | 0.9% | 89.1% |
| 41 | Columbia County, Pennsylvania | $259,634 | 0.9% | 90.0% |
| 42 | McKean County, Pennsylvania | $245,915 | 0.8% | 90.8% |
| 43 | Warren County, Pennsylvania | $220,662 | 0.8% | 91.6% |
| 44 | Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | $202,806 | 0.7% | 92.3% |
| 45 | Cambria County, Pennsylvania | $201,681 | 0.7% | 93.0% |
| 46 | Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | $194,018 | 0.7% | 93.7% |
| 47 | Sullivan County, Pennsylvania | $184,087 | 0.6% | 94.3% |
| 48 | Clearfield County, Pennsylvania | $167,967 | 0.6% | 94.9% |
| 49 | Beaver County, Pennsylvania | $166,340 | 0.6% | 95.4% |
| 50 | Clinton County, Pennsylvania | $165,333 | 0.6% | 96.0% |
| 51 | Crawford County, Pennsylvania | $161,417 | 0.6% | 96.6% |
| 52 | Northampton County, Pennsylvania | $157,310 | 0.5% | 97.1% |
| 53 | Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | $151,626 | 0.5% | 97.6% |
| 54 | Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania | $133,306 | 0.5% | 98.1% |
| 55 | Venango County, Pennsylvania | $112,293 | 0.4% | 98.5% |
| 56 | Bucks County, Pennsylvania | $111,474 | 0.4% | 98.9% |
| 57 | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | $94,628 | 0.3% | 99.2% |
| 58 | Montour County, Pennsylvania | $77,242 | 0.3% | 99.5% |
| 59 | Elk County, Pennsylvania | $38,204 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 60 | Carbon County, Pennsylvania | $30,773 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 61 | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | $29,267 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 62 | Monroe County, Pennsylvania | $19,426 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 63 | Cameron County, Pennsylvania | $16,016 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 64 | Forest County, Pennsylvania | $13,200 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 65 | Pike County, Pennsylvania | $3,422 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 66 | Delaware County, Pennsylvania | $2,924 | 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.
