Crop Insurance
West Virginia
Premium Subsidies by County in West Virginia
| Premium Subsidies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| County | Premium Subsidies 1995-2018 | Policies | |
| Jefferson County, West Virginia | $8,470,969 | 3,903 | |
| Berkeley County, West Virginia | $5,403,899 | 2,106 | |
| Hampshire County, West Virginia | $2,854,740 | 1,232 | |
| Hardy County, West Virginia | $2,481,140 | 1,356 | |
| Mason County, West Virginia | $2,366,465 | 2,771 | |
| Pendleton County, West Virginia | $950,397 | 757 | |
| Monroe County, West Virginia | $855,471 | 815 | |
| Lincoln County, West Virginia | $775,472 | 1,520 | |
| Putnam County, West Virginia | $516,608 | 1,014 | |
| Morgan County, West Virginia | $383,793 | 291 | |
| Grant County, West Virginia | $345,422 | 342 | |
| Preston County, West Virginia | $334,239 | 358 | |
| Greenbrier County, West Virginia | $246,446 | 631 | |
| Unknown county in West Virginia | $230,393 | 441 | |
| Jackson County, West Virginia | $213,351 | 626 | |
| Cabell County, West Virginia | $208,591 | 1,091 | |
| Mineral County, West Virginia | $208,098 | 445 | |
| Wood County, West Virginia | $161,930 | 174 | |
| Pocahontas County, West Virginia | $126,308 | 454 | |
| Randolph County, West Virginia | $80,967 | 47 | |
| Wayne County, West Virginia | $46,815 | 194 | |
| Summers County, West Virginia | $34,792 | 78 | |
| Ohio County, West Virginia | $22,384 | 98 | |
| Marshall County, West Virginia | $10,204 | 68 | |
| Wirt County, West Virginia | $10,084 | 19 | |
| Raleigh County, West Virginia | $4,174 | 32 | |
| Nicholas County, West Virginia | $3,447 | 20 | |
| Mercer County, West Virginia | $3,180 | 82 | |
| Braxton County, West Virginia | $985 | 15 | |
| Brooke County, West Virginia | $667 | 5 | |
| Ritchie County, West Virginia | $494 | 4 | |
| Harrison County, West Virginia | $479 | 4 | |
| Lewis County, West Virginia | $439 | 6 | |
| Tyler County, West Virginia | $302 | 4 | |
| 1995-2018 | $27,353,145 | 21,003 | |
METHODOLOGY: EWG obtained county level crop insurance information from USDA Risk Management Agency which shows premium subsidies, indemnities and farmer premiums at the county/crop level by crop year. Administrative and Operating Expense Reimbursements to crop insurance companies (A+O), Other program fund costs, Other administrative and operating fund costs expenses, and Government earned interest were allocated to the crop/county level by using the national expenditures/revenue of the Crop Insurance program (available here for 2008-2017 and from RMA previous to 2008) in each category and attributing them the crop/county level by total premiums. EWG was unable to attribute underwriting gains to the county/crop level. Underwriting gains (or losses) are paid to insurance companies when the insurance companies collect more in total subsidies than are paid out in indemnities. Since underwriting gains are paid by company on the basis of all of their policies, EWG was unable to allocate underwriting gains by crop or by region. The total underwriting gains for 1995-2018 is $14.6 billion.
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