Emergency Conservation Program payments in the United States totaled $1.5 billion from 1995-2023.
Counties in the United States Receiving Emergency Conservation Program payments, 1995-2023
| Rank |
County |
Emergency Conservation Program
1995-2023 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Dade County, Florida | $23,704,891 | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| 2 | Hawaii County, Hawaii | $17,032,932 | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| 3 | Duplin County, North Carolina | $16,297,806 | 1.1% | 3.7% |
| 4 | Meade County, South Dakota | $10,756,570 | 0.7% | 4.4% |
| 5 | Okanogan County, Washington | $9,692,585 | 0.6% | 5.0% |
| 6 | Sampson County, North Carolina | $8,963,450 | 0.6% | 5.6% |
| 7 | Dewey County, Oklahoma | $8,958,015 | 0.6% | 6.2% |
| 8 | Ventura County, California | $8,527,915 | 0.6% | 6.7% |
| 9 | Jackson County, Florida | $8,386,701 | 0.5% | 7.3% |
| 10 | Mitchell County, Georgia | $7,890,426 | 0.5% | 7.8% |
| 11 | Monterey County, California | $7,709,653 | 0.5% | 8.3% |
| 12 | Clarendon County, South Carolina | $7,702,869 | 0.5% | 8.8% |
| 13 | Clark County, Kansas | $7,138,378 | 0.5% | 9.3% |
| 14 | Baldwin County, Alabama | $7,069,942 | 0.5% | 9.7% |
| 15 | Jones County, North Carolina | $6,935,100 | 0.4% | 10.2% |
| 16 | Palm Beach County, Florida | $6,619,687 | 0.4% | 10.6% |
| 17 | Polk County, Florida | $6,481,845 | 0.4% | 11.0% |
| 18 | Atchison County, Missouri | $6,337,240 | 0.4% | 11.4% |
| 19 | Wayne County, North Carolina | $6,319,177 | 0.4% | 11.8% |
| 20 | Russell County, Kansas | $6,264,220 | 0.4% | 12.2% |
| 21 | Hardee County, Florida | $6,262,191 | 0.4% | 12.6% |
| 22 | Butte County, South Dakota | $6,128,048 | 0.4% | 13.0% |
| 23 | Pearl River County, Mississippi | $5,988,756 | 0.4% | 13.4% |
| 24 | Dodge County, Nebraska | $5,978,155 | 0.4% | 13.8% |
| 25 | Chambers County, Texas | $5,952,839 | 0.4% | 14.2% |
| 26 | Fremont County, Iowa | $5,825,052 | 0.4% | 14.6% |
| 27 | Decatur County, Georgia | $5,776,977 | 0.4% | 14.9% |
| 28 | Wasco County, Oregon | $5,742,449 | 0.4% | 15.3% |
| 29 | Washington Parish, Louisiana | $5,727,127 | 0.4% | 15.7% |
| 30 | Volusia County, Florida | $5,432,185 | 0.4% | 16.0% |
| 31 | Pennington County, South Dakota | $5,263,871 | 0.3% | 16.4% |
| 32 | Jefferson County, Texas | $5,252,839 | 0.3% | 16.7% |
| 33 | Pender County, North Carolina | $5,208,228 | 0.3% | 17.1% |
| 34 | Graves County, Kentucky | $5,177,602 | 0.3% | 17.4% |
| 35 | Fergus County, Montana | $5,176,314 | 0.3% | 17.7% |
| 36 | Sumter County, Florida | $5,096,801 | 0.3% | 18.1% |
| 37 | Douglas County, Oregon | $4,926,539 | 0.3% | 18.4% |
| 38 | Woodward County, Oklahoma | $4,641,527 | 0.3% | 18.7% |
| 39 | Holt County, Missouri | $4,616,435 | 0.3% | 19.0% |
| 40 | Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana | $4,539,197 | 0.3% | 19.3% |
| 41 | Tripp County, South Dakota | $4,398,787 | 0.3% | 19.6% |
| 42 | Santa Rosa County, Florida | $4,395,270 | 0.3% | 19.8% |
| 43 | Garfield County, Montana | $4,332,832 | 0.3% | 20.1% |
| 44 | Miller County, Georgia | $4,307,888 | 0.3% | 20.4% |
| 45 | Dewey County, South Dakota | $4,291,797 | 0.3% | 20.7% |
| 46 | McCurtain County, Oklahoma | $4,280,073 | 0.3% | 21.0% |
| 47 | Saline County, Missouri | $4,255,055 | 0.3% | 21.2% |
| 48 | Peach County, Georgia | $4,198,155 | 0.3% | 21.5% |
| 49 | Custer County, Montana | $4,072,512 | 0.3% | 21.8% |
| 50 | Geneva County, Alabama | $4,060,498 | 0.3% | 22.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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