Deficiency Payments in Gonzales County, Texas totaled $32,272 from 1995-2011.
Counties in Gonzales County, Texas Receiving Deficiency Payments payments, 1995-2011
| Rank | County | Deficiency Payments 1995-2011 | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wharton County, Texas | $28,917,946 | 12.7% | 12.7% |
| 2 | Colorado County, Texas | $16,511,583 | 7.2% | 19.9% |
| 3 | Matagorda County, Texas | $15,160,722 | 6.7% | 26.6% |
| 4 | Jackson County, Texas | $13,661,123 | 6.0% | 32.6% |
| 5 | Brazoria County, Texas | $12,155,818 | 5.3% | 37.9% |
| 6 | Chambers County, Texas | $11,859,971 | 5.2% | 43.1% |
| 7 | Jefferson County, Texas | $11,023,774 | 4.8% | 47.9% |
| 8 | Liberty County, Texas | $9,831,479 | 4.3% | 52.3% |
| 9 | Parmer County, Texas | $6,891,343 | 3.0% | 55.3% |
| 10 | Deaf Smith County, Texas | $6,226,470 | 2.7% | 58.0% |
| 11 | Castro County, Texas | $5,723,382 | 2.5% | 60.5% |
| 12 | Fort Bend County, Texas | $4,744,118 | 2.1% | 62.6% |
| 13 | Harris County, Texas | $4,691,240 | 2.1% | 64.7% |
| 14 | Waller County, Texas | $3,942,817 | 1.7% | 66.4% |
| 15 | Calhoun County, Texas | $3,623,053 | 1.6% | 68.0% |
| 16 | Hale County, Texas | $3,543,499 | 1.6% | 69.5% |
| 17 | Moore County, Texas | $3,334,305 | 1.5% | 71.0% |
| 18 | Swisher County, Texas | $3,116,351 | 1.4% | 72.4% |
| 19 | Dallam County, Texas | $3,009,540 | 1.3% | 73.7% |
| 20 | Sherman County, Texas | $2,967,289 | 1.3% | 75.0% |
| 21 | Hansford County, Texas | $2,965,500 | 1.3% | 76.3% |
| 22 | Nueces County, Texas | $2,908,840 | 1.3% | 77.6% |
| 23 | Victoria County, Texas | $2,790,518 | 1.2% | 78.8% |
| 24 | Hartley County, Texas | $2,140,644 | 0.9% | 79.7% |
| 25 | Carson County, Texas | $2,030,454 | 0.9% | 80.6% |
| 26 | Lamb County, Texas | $1,950,886 | 0.9% | 81.5% |
| 27 | Lavaca County, Texas | $1,940,882 | 0.9% | 82.3% |
| 28 | Galveston County, Texas | $1,695,928 | 0.7% | 83.1% |
| 29 | Ochiltree County, Texas | $1,664,533 | 0.7% | 83.8% |
| 30 | Randall County, Texas | $1,584,702 | 0.7% | 84.5% |
| 31 | Austin County, Texas | $1,329,917 | 0.6% | 85.1% |
| 32 | Bailey County, Texas | $1,323,937 | 0.6% | 85.7% |
| 33 | San Patricio County, Texas | $1,223,834 | 0.5% | 86.2% |
| 34 | Hill County, Texas | $1,175,671 | 0.5% | 86.7% |
| 35 | Williamson County, Texas | $1,152,564 | 0.5% | 87.2% |
| 36 | Fannin County, Texas | $1,085,916 | 0.5% | 87.7% |
| 37 | Hutchinson County, Texas | $976,633 | 0.4% | 88.1% |
| 38 | Bee County, Texas | $970,915 | 0.4% | 88.5% |
| 39 | Ellis County, Texas | $874,843 | 0.4% | 88.9% |
| 40 | Oldham County, Texas | $859,042 | 0.4% | 89.3% |
| 41 | Falls County, Texas | $846,971 | 0.4% | 89.7% |
| 42 | Refugio County, Texas | $839,406 | 0.4% | 90.0% |
| 43 | Lynn County, Texas | $817,277 | 0.4% | 90.4% |
| 44 | Floyd County, Texas | $716,757 | 0.3% | 90.7% |
| 45 | Collin County, Texas | $686,859 | 0.3% | 91.0% |
| 46 | Armstrong County, Texas | $653,403 | 0.3% | 91.3% |
| 47 | Medina County, Texas | $647,098 | 0.3% | 91.6% |
| 48 | Bowie County, Texas | $640,453 | 0.3% | 91.9% |
| 49 | Grayson County, Texas | $634,940 | 0.3% | 92.1% |
| 50 | McLennan County, Texas | $624,288 | 0.3% | 92.4% |
| 51 | Milam County, Texas | $621,721 | 0.3% | 92.7% |
| 52 | Jim Wells County, Texas | $593,959 | 0.3% | 93.0% |
| 53 | Bell County, Texas | $590,253 | 0.3% | 93.2% |
| 54 | Uvalde County, Texas | $578,869 | 0.3% | 93.5% |
| 55 | Lamar County, Texas | $568,888 | 0.2% | 93.7% |
| 56 | Hidalgo County, Texas | $554,187 | 0.2% | 94.0% |
| 57 | Denton County, Texas | $551,543 | 0.2% | 94.2% |
| 58 | Gray County, Texas | $551,499 | 0.2% | 94.4% |
| 59 | Cameron County, Texas | $509,259 | 0.2% | 94.7% |
| 60 | Navarro County, Texas | $506,629 | 0.2% | 94.9% |
| 61 | Travis County, Texas | $493,498 | 0.2% | 95.1% |
| 62 | Zavala County, Texas | $459,531 | 0.2% | 95.3% |
| 63 | Willacy County, Texas | $448,413 | 0.2% | 95.5% |
| 64 | Lipscomb County, Texas | $415,814 | 0.2% | 95.7% |
| 65 | Guadalupe County, Texas | $414,329 | 0.2% | 95.9% |
| 66 | Baylor County, Texas | $406,592 | 0.2% | 96.0% |
| 67 | Hunt County, Texas | $404,510 | 0.2% | 96.2% |
| 68 | Live Oak County, Texas | $401,392 | 0.2% | 96.4% |
| 69 | Howard County, Texas | $393,899 | 0.2% | 96.6% |
| 70 | Knox County, Texas | $393,072 | 0.2% | 96.7% |
| 71 | Jones County, Texas | $369,616 | 0.2% | 96.9% |
| 72 | Duval County, Texas | $367,999 | 0.2% | 97.1% |
| 73 | Starr County, Texas | $365,290 | 0.2% | 97.2% |
| 74 | Wilson County, Texas | $359,544 | 0.2% | 97.4% |
| 75 | Red River County, Texas | $353,063 | 0.2% | 97.5% |
| 76 | Orange County, Texas | $343,239 | 0.2% | 97.7% |
| 77 | La Salle County, Texas | $315,550 | 0.1% | 97.8% |
| 78 | Potter County, Texas | $309,635 | 0.1% | 98.0% |
| 79 | Frio County, Texas | $297,520 | 0.1% | 98.1% |
| 80 | Cooke County, Texas | $293,254 | 0.1% | 98.2% |
| 81 | Martin County, Texas | $274,631 | 0.1% | 98.3% |
| 82 | Tom Green County, Texas | $274,104 | 0.1% | 98.5% |
| 83 | Goliad County, Texas | $269,295 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 84 | Briscoe County, Texas | $268,582 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 85 | Clay County, Texas | $263,825 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 86 | Archer County, Texas | $263,284 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 87 | Johnson County, Texas | $254,472 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 88 | Atascosa County, Texas | $253,059 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 89 | Bexar County, Texas | $251,615 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 90 | Runnels County, Texas | $237,202 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 91 | Delta County, Texas | $232,038 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 92 | Fayette County, Texas | $231,933 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 93 | Kaufman County, Texas | $220,857 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 94 | Coryell County, Texas | $218,057 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 95 | Limestone County, Texas | $216,182 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 96 | Karnes County, Texas | $200,710 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 97 | Hardin County, Texas | $198,837 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 98 | Dallas County, Texas | $193,418 | 0.1% | 100.1% |
| 99 | Caldwell County, Texas | $190,958 | 0.1% | 100.2% |
| 100 | Hopkins County, Texas | $188,389 | 0.1% | 100.3% |
| 101 | Taylor County, Texas | $167,917 | 0.1% | 100.4% |
| 102 | Young County, Texas | $167,050 | 0.1% | 100.4% |
| 103 | Roberts County, Texas | $152,145 | 0.1% | 100.5% |
| 104 | Wheeler County, Texas | $144,388 | 0.1% | 100.6% |
| 105 | Montague County, Texas | $141,459 | 0.1% | 100.6% |
| 106 | Collingsworth County, Texas | $135,894 | 0.1% | 100.7% |
| 107 | Tarrant County, Texas | $135,662 | 0.1% | 100.7% |
| 108 | Hemphill County, Texas | $132,053 | 0.1% | 100.8% |
| 109 | Foard County, Texas | $131,403 | 0.1% | 100.9% |
| 110 | Coleman County, Texas | $128,902 | 0.1% | 100.9% |
| 111 | Burleson County, Texas | $128,139 | 0.1% | 101.0% |
| 112 | Kleberg County, Texas | $125,742 | 0.1% | 101.0% |
| 113 | Bastrop County, Texas | $121,952 | 0.1% | 101.1% |
| 114 | Hall County, Texas | $114,055 | 0.1% | 101.1% |
| 115 | Brown County, Texas | $111,528 | 0.0% | 101.2% |
| 116 | Callahan County, Texas | $105,177 | 0.0% | 101.2% |
| 117 | Hays County, Texas | $95,489 | 0.0% | 101.3% |
| 118 | DeWitt County, Texas | $92,625 | 0.0% | 101.3% |
| 119 | Bosque County, Texas | $91,808 | 0.0% | 101.4% |
| 120 | Hamilton County, Texas | $87,708 | 0.0% | 101.4% |
| 121 | Dickens County, Texas | $85,231 | 0.0% | 101.4% |
| 122 | Throckmorton County, Texas | $78,879 | 0.0% | 101.5% |
| 123 | Culberson County, Texas | $76,836 | 0.0% | 101.5% |
| 124 | Motley County, Texas | $72,113 | 0.0% | 101.5% |
| 125 | Dimmit County, Texas | $70,713 | 0.0% | 101.6% |
| 126 | Robertson County, Texas | $70,191 | 0.0% | 101.6% |
| 127 | Hardeman County, Texas | $68,073 | 0.0% | 101.6% |
| 128 | Concho County, Texas | $67,224 | 0.0% | 101.6% |
| 129 | Wise County, Texas | $60,979 | 0.0% | 101.7% |
| 130 | Stonewall County, Texas | $60,547 | 0.0% | 101.7% |
| 131 | McCulloch County, Texas | $54,524 | 0.0% | 101.7% |
| 132 | Rains County, Texas | $54,220 | 0.0% | 101.8% |
| 133 | Wichita County, Texas | $50,967 | 0.0% | 101.8% |
| 134 | Dawson County, Texas | $50,154 | 0.0% | 101.8% |
| 135 | Shackelford County, Texas | $49,852 | 0.0% | 101.8% |
| 136 | Jack County, Texas | $49,389 | 0.0% | 101.8% |
| 137 | Rockwall County, Texas | $47,885 | 0.0% | 101.9% |
| 138 | Gillespie County, Texas | $41,201 | 0.0% | 101.9% |
| 139 | Franklin County, Texas | $38,021 | 0.0% | 101.9% |
| 140 | King County, Texas | $34,999 | 0.0% | 101.9% |
| 141 | Gonzales County, Texas | $32,272 | 0.0% | 101.9% |
| 142 | Comal County, Texas | $31,232 | 0.0% | 101.9% |
| 143 | Lee County, Texas | $29,537 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 144 | Henderson County, Texas | $28,497 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 145 | Coke County, Texas | $26,530 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 146 | Webb County, Texas | $25,742 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 147 | Brazos County, Texas | $22,026 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 148 | Childress County, Texas | $21,186 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 149 | Burnet County, Texas | $20,295 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 150 | San Saba County, Texas | $19,021 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 151 | Palo Pinto County, Texas | $18,148 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 152 | Mills County, Texas | $16,359 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 153 | Aransas County, Texas | $15,788 | 0.0% | 102.0% |
| 154 | Borden County, Texas | $15,235 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 155 | Brooks County, Texas | $14,827 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 156 | Comanche County, Texas | $14,150 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 157 | Houston County, Texas | $12,949 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 158 | Parker County, Texas | $12,752 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 159 | Washington County, Texas | $12,489 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 160 | Lampasas County, Texas | $11,673 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 161 | Cottle County, Texas | $9,632 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 162 | Stephens County, Texas | $9,259 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 163 | Bandera County, Texas | $8,008 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 164 | Mason County, Texas | $7,945 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 165 | Eastland County, Texas | $7,079 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 166 | Hood County, Texas | $5,114 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 167 | Sterling County, Texas | $3,948 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 168 | Madison County, Texas | $3,942 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 169 | Erath County, Texas | $3,656 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 170 | Van Zandt County, Texas | $2,738 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 171 | Blanco County, Texas | $1,274 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 172 | Irion County, Texas | $889 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 173 | Panola County, Texas | $66 | 0.0% | 102.1% |
| 174 | Donley County, Texas | $-126 | -0.0% | 102.1% |
| 175 | Kinney County, Texas | $-2,966 | -0.0% | 102.1% |
| 176 | Ward County, Texas | $-9,704 | -0.0% | 102.1% |
| 177 | Andrews County, Texas | $-11,270 | -0.0% | 102.1% |
| 178 | Schleicher County, Texas | $-14,561 | -0.0% | 102.1% |
| 179 | Wilbarger County, Texas | $-26,505 | -0.0% | 102.1% |
| 180 | Midland County, Texas | $-38,753 | -0.0% | 102.1% |
| 181 | Glasscock County, Texas | $-38,848 | -0.0% | 102.1% |
| 182 | Pecos County, Texas | $-43,474 | -0.0% | 102.0% |
| 183 | Upton County, Texas | $-45,871 | -0.0% | 102.0% |
| 184 | Garza County, Texas | $-48,462 | -0.0% | 102.0% |
| 185 | Kent County, Texas | $-48,530 | -0.0% | 102.0% |
| 186 | Hudspeth County, Texas | $-52,650 | -0.0% | 101.9% |
| 187 | Haskell County, Texas | $-55,769 | -0.0% | 101.9% |
| 188 | Reeves County, Texas | $-63,552 | -0.0% | 101.9% |
| 189 | Nolan County, Texas | $-64,828 | -0.0% | 101.9% |
| 190 | Reagan County, Texas | $-74,255 | -0.0% | 101.8% |
| 191 | Mitchell County, Texas | $-92,832 | -0.0% | 101.8% |
| 192 | Fisher County, Texas | $-115,943 | -0.1% | 101.7% |
| 193 | Scurry County, Texas | $-202,177 | -0.1% | 101.7% |
| 194 | Cochran County, Texas | $-260,847 | -0.1% | 101.5% |
| 195 | Lubbock County, Texas | $-269,072 | -0.1% | 101.4% |
| 196 | Yoakum County, Texas | $-269,888 | -0.1% | 101.3% |
| 197 | Terry County, Texas | $-376,096 | -0.2% | 101.1% |
| 198 | Crosby County, Texas | $-437,663 | -0.2% | 100.9% |
| 199 | Hockley County, Texas | $-556,850 | -0.2% | 100.7% |
| 200 | El Paso County, Texas | $-695,086 | -0.3% | 100.4% |
| 201 | Gaines County, Texas | $-993,542 | -0.4% | 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.
