Corn Subsidies in the United States totaled $5.2 billion in 2017
Counties in the United States Receiving corn subsidies, 2017
| Rank |
County |
Corn Subsidies
2017 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Spink County, South Dakota | $24,967,014 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| 2 | Bureau County, Illinois | $23,491,981 | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| 3 | Hamilton County, Nebraska | $22,282,014 | 0.4% | 1.4% |
| 4 | Yuma County, Colorado | $21,417,711 | 0.4% | 1.8% |
| 5 | Platte County, Nebraska | $20,967,039 | 0.4% | 2.2% |
| 6 | Phelps County, Nebraska | $20,959,105 | 0.4% | 2.6% |
| 7 | York County, Nebraska | $20,432,004 | 0.4% | 3.0% |
| 8 | Dawson County, Nebraska | $19,971,361 | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| 9 | La Salle County, Illinois | $19,702,449 | 0.4% | 3.7% |
| 10 | Hutchinson County, South Dakota | $18,918,892 | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| 11 | Beadle County, South Dakota | $18,735,308 | 0.4% | 4.5% |
| 12 | Lincoln County, Nebraska | $18,517,372 | 0.4% | 4.8% |
| 13 | Hall County, Nebraska | $18,499,323 | 0.4% | 5.2% |
| 14 | Adams County, Nebraska | $17,948,920 | 0.3% | 5.5% |
| 15 | Brown County, South Dakota | $17,727,159 | 0.3% | 5.9% |
| 16 | Fillmore County, Nebraska | $17,634,203 | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| 17 | Custer County, Nebraska | $17,597,450 | 0.3% | 6.6% |
| 18 | Blue Earth County, Minnesota | $17,437,870 | 0.3% | 6.9% |
| 19 | Henry County, Illinois | $17,201,578 | 0.3% | 7.2% |
| 20 | Kearney County, Nebraska | $17,177,416 | 0.3% | 7.6% |
| 21 | Cedar County, Nebraska | $16,075,290 | 0.3% | 7.9% |
| 22 | Saunders County, Nebraska | $15,910,206 | 0.3% | 8.2% |
| 23 | Turner County, South Dakota | $15,657,717 | 0.3% | 8.5% |
| 24 | Antelope County, Nebraska | $15,504,578 | 0.3% | 8.8% |
| 25 | Holt County, Nebraska | $15,079,737 | 0.3% | 9.1% |
| 26 | Whiteside County, Illinois | $14,788,936 | 0.3% | 9.3% |
| 27 | Clay County, Nebraska | $14,514,879 | 0.3% | 9.6% |
| 28 | Christian County, Illinois | $14,480,678 | 0.3% | 9.9% |
| 29 | Knox County, Nebraska | $14,409,466 | 0.3% | 10.2% |
| 30 | Buffalo County, Nebraska | $14,311,736 | 0.3% | 10.5% |
| 31 | Perkins County, Nebraska | $13,927,511 | 0.3% | 10.7% |
| 32 | Cass County, North Dakota | $13,884,805 | 0.3% | 11.0% |
| 33 | Freeborn County, Minnesota | $13,870,466 | 0.3% | 11.3% |
| 34 | Dodge County, Nebraska | $13,854,063 | 0.3% | 11.5% |
| 35 | Richland County, North Dakota | $13,715,666 | 0.3% | 11.8% |
| 36 | Chase County, Nebraska | $13,674,442 | 0.3% | 12.1% |
| 37 | Butler County, Nebraska | $13,626,565 | 0.3% | 12.3% |
| 38 | Charles Mix County, South Dakota | $13,505,902 | 0.3% | 12.6% |
| 39 | Goodhue County, Minnesota | $13,316,959 | 0.3% | 12.8% |
| 40 | Hand County, South Dakota | $13,313,884 | 0.3% | 13.1% |
| 41 | Pierce County, Nebraska | $13,280,199 | 0.3% | 13.3% |
| 42 | Merrick County, Nebraska | $13,274,172 | 0.3% | 13.6% |
| 43 | Thomas County, Kansas | $13,074,191 | 0.3% | 13.9% |
| 44 | Shelby County, Illinois | $13,006,371 | 0.3% | 14.1% |
| 45 | Thayer County, Nebraska | $12,990,414 | 0.3% | 14.4% |
| 46 | Boone County, Nebraska | $12,954,155 | 0.2% | 14.6% |
| 47 | Lee County, Illinois | $12,885,611 | 0.2% | 14.9% |
| 48 | Cuming County, Nebraska | $12,624,141 | 0.2% | 15.1% |
| 49 | Knox County, Indiana | $12,503,786 | 0.2% | 15.3% |
| 50 | Grundy County, Iowa | $12,503,498 | 0.2% | 15.6% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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