Disaster payments in the United States totaled $865 million in 2012
Counties in the United States Receiving Total Disaster Programs payments, 2012
| Rank |
County |
Total Disaster Programs
2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Brown County, South Dakota | $8,912,430 | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| 2 | Terry County, Texas | $6,742,563 | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| 3 | Whitman County, Washington | $6,732,563 | 0.8% | 2.6% |
| 4 | Northampton County, North Carolina | $6,582,859 | 0.8% | 3.3% |
| 5 | Dade County, Florida | $5,282,314 | 0.6% | 4.0% |
| 6 | Southampton County, Virginia | $5,026,936 | 0.6% | 4.5% |
| 7 | Iroquois County, Illinois | $4,534,544 | 0.5% | 5.1% |
| 8 | Martin County, North Carolina | $4,214,556 | 0.5% | 5.6% |
| 9 | Baca County, Colorado | $4,111,929 | 0.5% | 6.0% |
| 10 | Spink County, South Dakota | $4,074,037 | 0.5% | 6.5% |
| 11 | Madison County, Alabama | $3,976,706 | 0.5% | 7.0% |
| 12 | Tom Green County, Texas | $3,782,288 | 0.4% | 7.4% |
| 13 | Hawaii County, Hawaii | $3,757,396 | 0.4% | 7.8% |
| 14 | Chaves County, New Mexico | $3,705,893 | 0.4% | 8.3% |
| 15 | Washington County, Iowa | $3,532,752 | 0.4% | 8.7% |
| 16 | Keokuk County, Iowa | $3,441,325 | 0.4% | 9.1% |
| 17 | Dooly County, Georgia | $3,430,573 | 0.4% | 9.5% |
| 18 | Lynn County, Texas | $3,387,594 | 0.4% | 9.9% |
| 19 | Mahaska County, Iowa | $3,375,481 | 0.4% | 10.2% |
| 20 | McDonough County, Illinois | $3,340,021 | 0.4% | 10.6% |
| 21 | Dawson County, Texas | $3,339,926 | 0.4% | 11.0% |
| 22 | Lincoln County, Washington | $3,195,496 | 0.4% | 11.4% |
| 23 | Macon County, Tennessee | $3,174,466 | 0.4% | 11.7% |
| 24 | Glasscock County, Texas | $3,111,765 | 0.4% | 12.1% |
| 25 | Wharton County, Texas | $2,847,691 | 0.3% | 12.4% |
| 26 | Hancock County, Illinois | $2,790,791 | 0.3% | 12.8% |
| 27 | Lea County, New Mexico | $2,738,987 | 0.3% | 13.1% |
| 28 | Geneva County, Alabama | $2,714,483 | 0.3% | 13.4% |
| 29 | Umatilla County, Oregon | $2,712,903 | 0.3% | 13.7% |
| 30 | Henry County, Alabama | $2,709,553 | 0.3% | 14.0% |
| 31 | Milam County, Texas | $2,578,942 | 0.3% | 14.3% |
| 32 | Early County, Georgia | $2,562,858 | 0.3% | 14.6% |
| 33 | Edmunds County, South Dakota | $2,557,323 | 0.3% | 14.9% |
| 34 | Gibson County, Tennessee | $2,528,076 | 0.3% | 15.2% |
| 35 | DeBaca County, New Mexico | $2,513,629 | 0.3% | 15.5% |
| 36 | Collingsworth County, Texas | $2,492,524 | 0.3% | 15.8% |
| 37 | Carroll County, Tennessee | $2,405,649 | 0.3% | 16.1% |
| 38 | Mitchell County, Texas | $2,403,466 | 0.3% | 16.3% |
| 39 | Halifax County, North Carolina | $2,389,057 | 0.3% | 16.6% |
| 40 | Leelanau County, Michigan | $2,295,472 | 0.3% | 16.9% |
| 41 | Dewey County, Oklahoma | $2,290,354 | 0.3% | 17.1% |
| 42 | Pike County, Illinois | $2,269,655 | 0.3% | 17.4% |
| 43 | Wapello County, Iowa | $2,259,135 | 0.3% | 17.7% |
| 44 | Las Animas County, Colorado | $2,223,963 | 0.3% | 17.9% |
| 45 | Lamar County, Texas | $2,211,611 | 0.3% | 18.2% |
| 46 | Kiowa County, Oklahoma | $2,177,553 | 0.3% | 18.4% |
| 47 | Houston County, Alabama | $2,149,766 | 0.2% | 18.7% |
| 48 | Coffee County, Alabama | $2,140,109 | 0.2% | 18.9% |
| 49 | Howard County, Texas | $2,104,816 | 0.2% | 19.2% |
| 50 | Wright County, Iowa | $2,103,962 | 0.2% | 19.4% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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