Conservation payments in South Dakota totaled $68.6 million in 2012

Counties in South Dakota Receiving Total Conservation Programs payments, 2012

Rank	County	Total Conservation Programs 2012	Pct of Total	Running Percentage
1	Brown County, South Dakota	$5,338,851	7.8%	7.8%
2	Marshall County, South Dakota	$4,194,984	6.1%	13.9%
3	Day County, South Dakota	$2,967,404	4.3%	18.2%
4	Lyman County, South Dakota	$2,871,668	4.2%	22.4%
5	Roberts County, South Dakota	$2,569,155	3.7%	26.1%
6	Hutchinson County, South Dakota	$2,401,459	3.5%	29.6%
7	Brookings County, South Dakota	$2,395,975	3.5%	33.1%
8	Clark County, South Dakota	$2,126,155	3.1%	36.2%
9	Spink County, South Dakota	$2,099,329	3.1%	39.3%
10	Deuel County, South Dakota	$2,063,839	3.0%	42.3%
11	Moody County, South Dakota	$1,654,623	2.4%	44.7%
12	Beadle County, South Dakota	$1,645,041	2.4%	47.1%
13	Miner County, South Dakota	$1,634,748	2.4%	49.5%
14	Charles Mix County, South Dakota	$1,512,793	2.2%	51.7%
15	Sanborn County, South Dakota	$1,463,178	2.1%	53.8%
16	McCook County, South Dakota	$1,378,888	2.0%	55.8%
17	Hamlin County, South Dakota	$1,317,000	1.9%	57.8%
18	Perkins County, South Dakota	$1,305,952	1.9%	59.7%
19	Yankton County, South Dakota	$1,183,457	1.7%	61.4%
20	Lincoln County, South Dakota	$1,123,969	1.6%	63.0%
21	Codington County, South Dakota	$1,095,275	1.6%	64.6%
22	Haakon County, South Dakota	$1,078,964	1.6%	66.2%
23	Stanley County, South Dakota	$1,075,279	1.6%	67.8%
24	Hanson County, South Dakota	$1,053,204	1.5%	69.3%
25	Grant County, South Dakota	$998,153	1.5%	70.7%
26	Campbell County, South Dakota	$988,248	1.4%	72.2%
27	Lake County, South Dakota	$951,197	1.4%	73.6%
28	Bon Homme County, South Dakota	$949,444	1.4%	75.0%
29	Turner County, South Dakota	$943,940	1.4%	76.3%
30	Davison County, South Dakota	$936,637	1.4%	77.7%
31	Tripp County, South Dakota	$928,350	1.4%	79.1%
32	Hand County, South Dakota	$918,885	1.3%	80.4%
33	Aurora County, South Dakota	$898,094	1.3%	81.7%
34	Union County, South Dakota	$861,415	1.3%	83.0%
35	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	$823,095	1.2%	84.2%
36	Sully County, South Dakota	$809,983	1.2%	85.3%
37	Potter County, South Dakota	$798,078	1.2%	86.5%
38	Clay County, South Dakota	$797,699	1.2%	87.7%
39	Edmunds County, South Dakota	$741,308	1.1%	88.7%
40	Walworth County, South Dakota	$674,780	1.0%	89.7%
41	McPherson County, South Dakota	$671,943	1.0%	90.7%
42	Brule County, South Dakota	$670,838	1.0%	91.7%
43	Kingsbury County, South Dakota	$658,846	1.0%	92.6%
44	Douglas County, South Dakota	$578,956	0.8%	93.5%
45	Jerauld County, South Dakota	$526,002	0.8%	94.3%
46	Hughes County, South Dakota	$477,779	0.7%	94.9%
47	Gregory County, South Dakota	$454,971	0.7%	95.6%
48	Meade County, South Dakota	$450,376	0.7%	96.3%
49	Faulk County, South Dakota	$360,608	0.5%	96.8%
50	Butte County, South Dakota	$309,083	0.5%	97.2%
51	Hyde County, South Dakota	$304,059	0.4%	97.7%
52	Jackson County, South Dakota	$248,563	0.4%	98.0%
53	Jones County, South Dakota	$231,372	0.3%	98.4%
54	Bennett County, South Dakota	$220,718	0.3%	98.7%
55	Corson County, South Dakota	$154,545	0.2%	98.9%
56	Buffalo County, South Dakota	$153,760	0.2%	99.2%
57	Dewey County, South Dakota	$122,672	0.2%	99.3%
58	Pennington County, South Dakota	$119,369	0.2%	99.5%
59	Ziebach County, South Dakota	$115,845	0.2%	99.7%
60	Harding County, South Dakota	$105,699	0.2%	99.8%
61	Mellette County, South Dakota	$36,147	0.1%	99.9%
62	Fall River County, South Dakota	$35,735	0.1%	99.9%
63	Shannon County, South Dakota	$19,775	0.0%	100.0%
64	Todd County, South Dakota	$19,698	0.0%	100.0%
65	Custer County, South Dakota	$2,200	0.0%	100.0%
66	Lawrence County, South Dakota	$1,229	0.0%	100.0%