Farms getting government payments, by state, according to the 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture
State | Number of Farms | Number of Farms Receiving Government Subsidies | Percent Receiving Government Subsidies |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 2,042,220 | 643,145 | 31.5% |
Alabama | 40,592 | 15,144 | 37.3% |
Alaska | 990 | 225 | 22.7% |
Arizona | 19,086 | 751 | 3.9% |
Arkansas | 42,625 | 8,330 | 19.5% |
California | 70,521 | 5,306 | 7.5% |
Colorado | 38,893 | 8,948 | 23.0% |
Connecticut | 5,521 | 245 | 4.4% |
Delaware | 2,302 | 815 | 35.4% |
Florida | 47,590 | 3,996 | 8.4% |
Georgia | 42,439 | 13,513 | 31.8% |
Hawaii | 7,328 | 662 | 9.0% |
Idaho | 24,996 | 6,083 | 24.3% |
Illinois | 72,651 | 48,589 | 66.9% |
Indiana | 56,649 | 27,156 | 47.9% |
Iowa | 86,104 | 61,277 | 71.2% |
Kansas | 58,569 | 36,143 | 61.7% |
Kentucky | 75,966 | 16,889 | 22.2% |
Louisiana | 27,386 | 7,773 | 28.4% |
Maine | 7,600 | 828 | 10.9% |
Maryland | 12,429 | 3,561 | 28.7% |
Massachusetts | 7,241 | 528 | 7.3% |
Michigan | 47,641 | 15,350 | 32.2% |
Minnesota | 68,822 | 41,230 | 59.9% |
Mississippi | 34,988 | 14,266 | 40.8% |
Missouri | 95,320 | 31,236 | 32.8% |
Montana | 27,048 | 10,522 | 38.9% |
Nebraska | 46,332 | 30,849 | 66.6% |
Nevada | 3,423 | 312 | 9.1% |
New Hampshire | 4,123 | 308 | 7.5% |
New Jersey | 9,883 | 745 | 7.5% |
New Mexico | 25,044 | 3,453 | 13.8% |
New York | 33,438 | 6,451 | 19.3% |
North Carolina | 46,418 | 10,010 | 21.6% |
North Dakota | 26,364 | 20,511 | 77.8% |
Ohio | 77,805 | 28,545 | 36.7% |
Oklahoma | 78,531 | 20,627 | 26.3% |
Oregon | 37,616 | 4,032 | 10.7% |
Pennsylvania | 53,157 | 10,872 | 20.5% |
Rhode Island | 1,043 | 73 | 7.0% |
South Carolina | 24,791 | 5,307 | 21.4% |
South Dakota | 29,968 | 21,606 | 72.1% |
Tennessee | 69,983 | 18,539 | 26.5% |
Texas | 248,416 | 35,705 | 14.4% |
Utah | 18,409 | 2,206 | 12.0% |
Vermont | 6,808 | 682 | 10.0% |
Virginia | 43,225 | 6,007 | 13.9% |
Washington | 35,793 | 5,506 | 15.4% |
West Virginia | 23,622 | 1,874 | 7.9% |
Wisconsin | 64,793 | 27,462 | 42.4% |
Wyoming | 11,938 | 2,097 | 17.6% |
Source: EWG. Compiled from 2007 Census of Agriculture.
Updated April 2010