Total Counter Cyclical Payments in Texas totaled $2.7 billion from 1995-2011.
Counties in Texas Receiving Total Counter Cyclical Payments payments, 1995-2011
| Rank | County | Total Counter Cyclical Payments 1995-2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaines County, Texas | $157,230,333 | 5.7% | 5.7% |
| 2 | Hale County, Texas | $121,019,515 | 4.4% | 10.2% |
| 3 | Terry County, Texas | $101,070,059 | 3.7% | 13.8% |
| 4 | Dawson County, Texas | $99,751,038 | 3.6% | 17.5% |
| 5 | Lubbock County, Texas | $95,108,700 | 3.5% | 21.0% |
| 6 | Lamb County, Texas | $94,604,910 | 3.5% | 24.4% |
| 7 | Lynn County, Texas | $79,880,025 | 2.9% | 27.3% |
| 8 | Hockley County, Texas | $75,755,594 | 2.8% | 30.1% |
| 9 | Floyd County, Texas | $73,097,670 | 2.7% | 32.8% |
| 10 | Crosby County, Texas | $66,337,078 | 2.4% | 35.2% |
| 11 | Yoakum County, Texas | $56,542,590 | 2.1% | 37.2% |
| 12 | Parmer County, Texas | $56,271,322 | 2.1% | 39.3% |
| 13 | Nueces County, Texas | $55,991,832 | 2.0% | 41.3% |
| 14 | San Patricio County, Texas | $55,916,152 | 2.0% | 43.4% |
| 15 | Castro County, Texas | $53,284,837 | 1.9% | 45.3% |
| 16 | Wharton County, Texas | $48,926,405 | 1.8% | 47.1% |
| 17 | Cameron County, Texas | $47,451,234 | 1.7% | 48.8% |
| 18 | Swisher County, Texas | $47,099,286 | 1.7% | 50.6% |
| 19 | Martin County, Texas | $46,590,400 | 1.7% | 52.3% |
| 20 | Hidalgo County, Texas | $45,479,200 | 1.7% | 53.9% |
| 21 | Haskell County, Texas | $43,808,517 | 1.6% | 55.5% |
| 22 | Willacy County, Texas | $42,273,066 | 1.5% | 57.1% |
| 23 | Cochran County, Texas | $41,771,494 | 1.5% | 58.6% |
| 24 | Howard County, Texas | $39,496,150 | 1.4% | 60.0% |
| 25 | Collingsworth County, Texas | $38,736,458 | 1.4% | 61.4% |
| 26 | Jones County, Texas | $37,559,969 | 1.4% | 62.8% |
| 27 | Bailey County, Texas | $34,717,828 | 1.3% | 64.1% |
| 28 | Glasscock County, Texas | $31,940,274 | 1.2% | 65.2% |
| 29 | Hall County, Texas | $30,811,427 | 1.1% | 66.4% |
| 30 | Fisher County, Texas | $30,758,946 | 1.1% | 67.5% |
| 31 | Tom Green County, Texas | $29,881,313 | 1.1% | 68.6% |
| 32 | Scurry County, Texas | $24,336,439 | 0.9% | 69.5% |
| 33 | Matagorda County, Texas | $23,359,298 | 0.9% | 70.3% |
| 34 | Fort Bend County, Texas | $23,133,114 | 0.8% | 71.2% |
| 35 | Jackson County, Texas | $22,906,051 | 0.8% | 72.0% |
| 36 | Wilbarger County, Texas | $21,441,567 | 0.8% | 72.8% |
| 37 | Williamson County, Texas | $21,070,972 | 0.8% | 73.5% |
| 38 | Mitchell County, Texas | $20,340,491 | 0.7% | 74.3% |
| 39 | Deaf Smith County, Texas | $19,641,433 | 0.7% | 75.0% |
| 40 | Runnels County, Texas | $18,468,064 | 0.7% | 75.7% |
| 41 | Nolan County, Texas | $17,802,665 | 0.6% | 76.3% |
| 42 | Refugio County, Texas | $17,549,659 | 0.6% | 77.0% |
| 43 | Childress County, Texas | $17,471,788 | 0.6% | 77.6% |
| 44 | Knox County, Texas | $16,579,119 | 0.6% | 78.2% |
| 45 | Briscoe County, Texas | $15,202,451 | 0.6% | 78.8% |
| 46 | Frio County, Texas | $13,478,799 | 0.5% | 79.3% |
| 47 | Hartley County, Texas | $13,221,068 | 0.5% | 79.7% |
| 48 | Robertson County, Texas | $13,163,449 | 0.5% | 80.2% |
| 49 | Cottle County, Texas | $12,777,069 | 0.5% | 80.7% |
| 50 | Kleberg County, Texas | $12,537,817 | 0.5% | 81.1% |
| 51 | Garza County, Texas | $12,367,325 | 0.5% | 81.6% |
| 52 | Uvalde County, Texas | $12,222,011 | 0.4% | 82.0% |
| 53 | Reagan County, Texas | $11,988,233 | 0.4% | 82.5% |
| 54 | Ellis County, Texas | $11,792,931 | 0.4% | 82.9% |
| 55 | Andrews County, Texas | $11,685,223 | 0.4% | 83.3% |
| 56 | Midland County, Texas | $11,633,712 | 0.4% | 83.8% |
| 57 | Calhoun County, Texas | $11,408,495 | 0.4% | 84.2% |
| 58 | Dallam County, Texas | $11,068,017 | 0.4% | 84.6% |
| 59 | Victoria County, Texas | $11,009,473 | 0.4% | 85.0% |
| 60 | Dickens County, Texas | $10,827,036 | 0.4% | 85.4% |
| 61 | Hill County, Texas | $10,818,157 | 0.4% | 85.8% |
| 62 | Reeves County, Texas | $10,747,209 | 0.4% | 86.2% |
| 63 | Colorado County, Texas | $10,377,873 | 0.4% | 86.5% |
| 64 | Brazoria County, Texas | $10,275,563 | 0.4% | 86.9% |
| 65 | Motley County, Texas | $10,246,863 | 0.4% | 87.3% |
| 66 | Milam County, Texas | $9,919,536 | 0.4% | 87.7% |
| 67 | Concho County, Texas | $9,601,127 | 0.4% | 88.0% |
| 68 | Donley County, Texas | $9,534,955 | 0.3% | 88.3% |
| 69 | Falls County, Texas | $8,945,314 | 0.3% | 88.7% |
| 70 | Sherman County, Texas | $8,796,150 | 0.3% | 89.0% |
| 71 | Atascosa County, Texas | $8,775,809 | 0.3% | 89.3% |
| 72 | Burleson County, Texas | $8,756,085 | 0.3% | 89.6% |
| 73 | Moore County, Texas | $8,663,343 | 0.3% | 90.0% |
| 74 | Brazos County, Texas | $7,398,975 | 0.3% | 90.2% |
| 75 | Foard County, Texas | $7,168,714 | 0.3% | 90.5% |
| 76 | Hudspeth County, Texas | $7,090,126 | 0.3% | 90.7% |
| 77 | Jim Wells County, Texas | $6,977,431 | 0.3% | 91.0% |
| 78 | Comanche County, Texas | $6,747,513 | 0.2% | 91.2% |
| 79 | Chambers County, Texas | $6,629,330 | 0.2% | 91.5% |
| 80 | Hardeman County, Texas | $6,611,390 | 0.2% | 91.7% |
| 81 | Zavala County, Texas | $6,608,748 | 0.2% | 92.0% |
| 82 | Medina County, Texas | $6,574,296 | 0.2% | 92.2% |
| 83 | Jefferson County, Texas | $6,516,747 | 0.2% | 92.4% |
| 84 | Taylor County, Texas | $6,421,522 | 0.2% | 92.7% |
| 85 | El Paso County, Texas | $6,398,128 | 0.2% | 92.9% |
| 86 | McLennan County, Texas | $6,359,835 | 0.2% | 93.1% |
| 87 | Liberty County, Texas | $6,341,837 | 0.2% | 93.4% |
| 88 | Navarro County, Texas | $6,335,561 | 0.2% | 93.6% |
| 89 | Pecos County, Texas | $6,198,706 | 0.2% | 93.8% |
| 90 | Starr County, Texas | $6,037,440 | 0.2% | 94.1% |
| 91 | Eastland County, Texas | $5,954,659 | 0.2% | 94.3% |
| 92 | Wheeler County, Texas | $5,370,486 | 0.2% | 94.5% |
| 93 | Upton County, Texas | $5,305,778 | 0.2% | 94.7% |
| 94 | Bell County, Texas | $5,127,434 | 0.2% | 94.8% |
| 95 | Wichita County, Texas | $5,064,671 | 0.2% | 95.0% |
| 96 | Bee County, Texas | $5,048,376 | 0.2% | 95.2% |
| 97 | Borden County, Texas | $4,922,871 | 0.2% | 95.4% |
| 98 | Hansford County, Texas | $4,660,758 | 0.2% | 95.6% |
| 99 | Stonewall County, Texas | $4,636,071 | 0.2% | 95.7% |
| 100 | Wilson County, Texas | $4,488,973 | 0.2% | 95.9% |
| 101 | Carson County, Texas | $3,933,688 | 0.1% | 96.0% |
| 102 | Waller County, Texas | $3,735,950 | 0.1% | 96.2% |
| 103 | Kent County, Texas | $3,486,389 | 0.1% | 96.3% |
| 104 | Travis County, Texas | $3,323,557 | 0.1% | 96.4% |
| 105 | Baylor County, Texas | $3,268,095 | 0.1% | 96.5% |
| 106 | Collin County, Texas | $3,265,345 | 0.1% | 96.7% |
| 107 | Harris County, Texas | $3,152,779 | 0.1% | 96.8% |
| 108 | Lamar County, Texas | $3,078,482 | 0.1% | 96.9% |
| 109 | Austin County, Texas | $2,888,854 | 0.1% | 97.0% |
| 110 | Ochiltree County, Texas | $2,824,346 | 0.1% | 97.1% |
| 111 | Red River County, Texas | $2,591,142 | 0.1% | 97.2% |
| 112 | Randall County, Texas | $2,572,238 | 0.1% | 97.3% |
| 113 | Houston County, Texas | $2,557,765 | 0.1% | 97.4% |
| 114 | Throckmorton County, Texas | $2,544,219 | 0.1% | 97.5% |
| 115 | Caldwell County, Texas | $2,511,132 | 0.1% | 97.6% |
| 116 | Live Oak County, Texas | $2,454,565 | 0.1% | 97.7% |
| 117 | King County, Texas | $2,379,284 | 0.1% | 97.7% |
| 118 | Coleman County, Texas | $2,378,207 | 0.1% | 97.8% |
| 119 | Fannin County, Texas | $2,358,028 | 0.1% | 97.9% |
| 120 | Hunt County, Texas | $2,322,385 | 0.1% | 98.0% |
| 121 | Mason County, Texas | $2,206,284 | 0.1% | 98.1% |
| 122 | Schleicher County, Texas | $2,165,694 | 0.1% | 98.2% |
| 123 | Hutchinson County, Texas | $2,024,864 | 0.1% | 98.2% |
| 124 | Duval County, Texas | $1,979,221 | 0.1% | 98.3% |
| 125 | Young County, Texas | $1,865,651 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 126 | Limestone County, Texas | $1,818,745 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 127 | McCulloch County, Texas | $1,770,988 | 0.1% | 98.5% |
| 128 | La Salle County, Texas | $1,749,514 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 129 | Culberson County, Texas | $1,682,063 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 130 | Denton County, Texas | $1,602,282 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 131 | Guadalupe County, Texas | $1,551,758 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 132 | Bowie County, Texas | $1,520,327 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 133 | Lavaca County, Texas | $1,504,839 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 134 | Grayson County, Texas | $1,335,192 | 0.0% | 98.9% |
| 135 | Gray County, Texas | $1,306,280 | 0.0% | 99.0% |
| 136 | Bexar County, Texas | $1,211,608 | 0.0% | 99.0% |
| 137 | Clay County, Texas | $1,197,829 | 0.0% | 99.0% |
| 138 | Delta County, Texas | $1,112,761 | 0.0% | 99.1% |
| 139 | Galveston County, Texas | $1,096,538 | 0.0% | 99.1% |
| 140 | Dimmit County, Texas | $1,093,620 | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| 141 | Karnes County, Texas | $1,080,947 | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| 142 | Brown County, Texas | $1,080,027 | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| 143 | Shackelford County, Texas | $977,695 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 144 | Erath County, Texas | $941,562 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 145 | Kaufman County, Texas | $927,882 | 0.0% | 99.3% |
| 146 | Goliad County, Texas | $925,313 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 147 | Brooks County, Texas | $893,167 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 148 | Armstrong County, Texas | $839,241 | 0.0% | 99.4% |
| 149 | Oldham County, Texas | $790,816 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 150 | DeWitt County, Texas | $766,594 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 151 | Fayette County, Texas | $697,661 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 152 | Lee County, Texas | $694,701 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 153 | Lipscomb County, Texas | $645,038 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 154 | Washington County, Texas | $639,523 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 155 | Cooke County, Texas | $618,840 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 156 | Kinney County, Texas | $573,357 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 157 | Bastrop County, Texas | $543,320 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 158 | Johnson County, Texas | $535,979 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 159 | Coryell County, Texas | $535,739 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 160 | Hays County, Texas | $497,659 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 161 | Bosque County, Texas | $454,182 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 162 | Gonzales County, Texas | $435,810 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 163 | Archer County, Texas | $430,729 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 164 | Callahan County, Texas | $336,759 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 165 | Aransas County, Texas | $324,107 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 166 | Coke County, Texas | $318,637 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 167 | Dallas County, Texas | $308,763 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 168 | Wise County, Texas | $301,339 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 169 | Ward County, Texas | $292,843 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 170 | Stephens County, Texas | $292,039 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 171 | Hood County, Texas | $279,585 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 172 | Anderson County, Texas | $272,359 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 173 | Potter County, Texas | $246,286 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 174 | San Saba County, Texas | $244,678 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 175 | Hardin County, Texas | $236,854 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 176 | Rockwall County, Texas | $232,794 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 177 | Roberts County, Texas | $229,357 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 178 | Webb County, Texas | $206,672 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 179 | Hopkins County, Texas | $189,252 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 180 | Jim Hogg County, Texas | $179,269 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 181 | Montague County, Texas | $171,842 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 182 | Hemphill County, Texas | $152,411 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 183 | Hamilton County, Texas | $146,548 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 184 | Gillespie County, Texas | $140,672 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 185 | Orange County, Texas | $134,880 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 186 | Parker County, Texas | $124,196 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 187 | Llano County, Texas | $109,626 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 188 | Comal County, Texas | $83,631 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 189 | Grimes County, Texas | $78,955 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 190 | Leon County, Texas | $72,921 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 191 | Palo Pinto County, Texas | $69,426 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 192 | Lampasas County, Texas | $59,795 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 193 | Tarrant County, Texas | $52,751 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 194 | Van Zandt County, Texas | $49,388 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 195 | Zapata County, Texas | $47,631 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 196 | McMullen County, Texas | $46,768 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 197 | Morris County, Texas | $44,109 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 198 | Cherokee County, Texas | $41,257 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 199 | Mills County, Texas | $39,885 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 200 | Irion County, Texas | $33,465 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 201 | Rains County, Texas | $25,631 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 202 | Somervell County, Texas | $22,059 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 203 | Jeff Davis County, Texas | $16,275 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 204 | Burnet County, Texas | $15,240 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 205 | Angelina County, Texas | $12,693 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 206 | Kendall County, Texas | $12,191 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 207 | Presidio County, Texas | $9,205 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 208 | Panola County, Texas | $8,270 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 209 | Bandera County, Texas | $6,933 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 210 | Franklin County, Texas | $6,812 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 211 | Madison County, Texas | $4,406 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 212 | Blanco County, Texas | $3,969 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 213 | Sutton County, Texas | $3,736 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 214 | Kerr County, Texas | $3,071 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 215 | Sterling County, Texas | $1,759 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 216 | Nacogdoches County, Texas | $1,675 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 217 | Rusk County, Texas | $1,403 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 218 | Jack County, Texas | $1,222 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 219 | Titus County, Texas | $956 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 220 | Menard County, Texas | $927 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 221 | Smith County, Texas | $848 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 222 | Camp County, Texas | $694 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 223 | Kimble County, Texas | $498 | 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.
