Rice Subsidies in the United States totaled $86.0 million in 2019
USDA has not provided recipient detail for rice cooperatives.
Counties in the United States Receiving rice subsidies, 2019
| Rank |
County |
Rice Subsidies
2019 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Jackson County, Arkansas | $7,439,077 | 8.6% | 8.6% |
| 2 | Greene County, Arkansas | $4,107,937 | 4.8% | 13.4% |
| 3 | Poinsett County, Arkansas | $4,046,891 | 4.7% | 18.1% |
| 4 | Lawrence County, Arkansas | $3,992,167 | 4.6% | 22.8% |
| 5 | Cross County, Arkansas | $3,439,404 | 4.0% | 26.8% |
| 6 | Chambers County, Texas | $3,180,215 | 3.7% | 30.5% |
| 7 | Sutter County, California | $3,155,039 | 3.7% | 34.1% |
| 8 | Clay County, Arkansas | $2,871,263 | 3.3% | 37.5% |
| 9 | Butte County, California | $2,555,618 | 3.0% | 40.4% |
| 10 | Craighead County, Arkansas | $2,513,270 | 2.9% | 43.4% |
| 11 | Colusa County, California | $2,343,558 | 2.7% | 46.1% |
| 12 | Monroe County, Arkansas | $2,109,372 | 2.5% | 48.5% |
| 13 | Woodruff County, Arkansas | $1,981,246 | 2.3% | 50.8% |
| 14 | Yolo County, California | $1,840,993 | 2.1% | 53.0% |
| 15 | Mississippi County, Arkansas | $1,672,557 | 1.9% | 54.9% |
| 16 | Jefferson County, Arkansas | $1,648,759 | 1.9% | 56.8% |
| 17 | Butler County, Missouri | $1,504,020 | 1.7% | 58.6% |
| 18 | Lonoke County, Arkansas | $1,478,034 | 1.7% | 60.3% |
| 19 | Randolph County, Arkansas | $1,443,501 | 1.7% | 62.0% |
| 20 | Pemiscot County, Missouri | $1,374,095 | 1.6% | 63.6% |
| 21 | Stoddard County, Missouri | $1,364,101 | 1.6% | 65.2% |
| 22 | Jefferson County, Texas | $1,338,327 | 1.6% | 66.7% |
| 23 | Morehouse Parish, Louisiana | $1,281,222 | 1.5% | 68.2% |
| 24 | Crittenden County, Arkansas | $1,246,136 | 1.4% | 69.7% |
| 25 | Wharton County, Texas | $1,210,765 | 1.4% | 71.1% |
| 26 | Saint Francis County, Arkansas | $1,048,641 | 1.2% | 72.3% |
| 27 | Tunica County, Mississippi | $1,033,725 | 1.2% | 73.5% |
| 28 | New Madrid County, Missouri | $967,655 | 1.1% | 74.6% |
| 29 | Matagorda County, Texas | $945,756 | 1.1% | 75.7% |
| 30 | White County, Arkansas | $934,082 | 1.1% | 76.8% |
| 31 | Glenn County, California | $907,591 | 1.1% | 77.9% |
| 32 | Jefferson Davis, Louisiana | $824,617 | 1.0% | 78.8% |
| 33 | Phillips County, Arkansas | $733,661 | 0.9% | 79.7% |
| 34 | Quitman County, Mississippi | $714,389 | 0.8% | 80.5% |
| 35 | Lee County, Arkansas | $713,900 | 0.8% | 81.3% |
| 36 | Prairie County, Arkansas | $675,522 | 0.8% | 82.1% |
| 37 | Colorado County, Texas | $663,960 | 0.8% | 82.9% |
| 38 | Independence County, Arkansas | $617,750 | 0.7% | 83.6% |
| 39 | Liberty County, Texas | $581,150 | 0.7% | 84.3% |
| 40 | Arkansas County, Arkansas | $576,549 | 0.7% | 84.9% |
| 41 | Acadia Parish, Louisiana | $569,042 | 0.7% | 85.6% |
| 42 | Sunflower County, Mississippi | $536,082 | 0.6% | 86.2% |
| 43 | Bolivar County, Mississippi | $526,478 | 0.6% | 86.8% |
| 44 | Vermilion Parish, Louisiana | $524,279 | 0.6% | 87.5% |
| 45 | Ripley County, Missouri | $491,730 | 0.6% | 88.0% |
| 46 | Desha County, Arkansas | $487,596 | 0.6% | 88.6% |
| 47 | Chicot County, Arkansas | $480,761 | 0.6% | 89.2% |
| 48 | Richland Parish, Louisiana | $474,258 | 0.6% | 89.7% |
| 49 | Dunklin County, Missouri | $463,836 | 0.5% | 90.2% |
| 50 | Placer County, California | $443,402 | 0.5% | 90.8% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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