Sorghum Subsidies in the United States totaled $106 million in 2019
Counties in the United States Receiving sorghum subsidies, 2019
| Rank |
County |
Sorghum Subsidies
2019 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Nueces County, Texas | $3,115,318 | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| 2 | Ford County, Kansas | $2,766,071 | 2.6% | 5.5% |
| 3 | Cimarron County, Oklahoma | $2,624,969 | 2.5% | 8.0% |
| 4 | Finney County, Kansas | $2,277,890 | 2.1% | 10.1% |
| 5 | Kiowa County, Colorado | $2,013,021 | 1.9% | 12.0% |
| 6 | Texas County, Oklahoma | $2,005,951 | 1.9% | 13.9% |
| 7 | Greeley County, Kansas | $1,945,501 | 1.8% | 15.7% |
| 8 | Lyman County, South Dakota | $1,839,320 | 1.7% | 17.5% |
| 9 | Gray County, Kansas | $1,779,021 | 1.7% | 19.1% |
| 10 | San Patricio County, Texas | $1,770,983 | 1.7% | 20.8% |
| 11 | Lane County, Kansas | $1,741,291 | 1.6% | 22.4% |
| 12 | Scott County, Kansas | $1,641,613 | 1.5% | 24.0% |
| 13 | Baca County, Colorado | $1,609,374 | 1.5% | 25.5% |
| 14 | Hamilton County, Kansas | $1,474,214 | 1.4% | 26.9% |
| 15 | Trego County, Kansas | $1,461,902 | 1.4% | 28.2% |
| 16 | Pawnee County, Kansas | $1,422,999 | 1.3% | 29.6% |
| 17 | Barton County, Kansas | $1,391,238 | 1.3% | 30.9% |
| 18 | Ness County, Kansas | $1,390,266 | 1.3% | 32.2% |
| 19 | Osborne County, Kansas | $1,241,473 | 1.2% | 33.3% |
| 20 | Kleberg County, Texas | $1,233,972 | 1.2% | 34.5% |
| 21 | Stanton County, Kansas | $1,230,392 | 1.2% | 35.7% |
| 22 | Cheyenne County, Colorado | $1,229,466 | 1.2% | 36.8% |
| 23 | Rooks County, Kansas | $1,227,424 | 1.2% | 38.0% |
| 24 | Kearny County, Kansas | $1,200,510 | 1.1% | 39.1% |
| 25 | Morton County, Kansas | $1,191,959 | 1.1% | 40.2% |
| 26 | Mitchell County, Kansas | $1,181,590 | 1.1% | 41.3% |
| 27 | Grant County, Kansas | $1,180,017 | 1.1% | 42.4% |
| 28 | Ochiltree County, Texas | $1,171,405 | 1.1% | 43.5% |
| 29 | Haskell County, Kansas | $1,130,835 | 1.1% | 44.6% |
| 30 | Rush County, Kansas | $1,118,169 | 1.1% | 45.6% |
| 31 | Ellis County, Kansas | $1,093,038 | 1.0% | 46.7% |
| 32 | Hodgeman County, Kansas | $1,056,205 | 1.0% | 47.7% |
| 33 | Willacy County, Texas | $944,695 | 0.9% | 48.6% |
| 34 | Hidalgo County, Texas | $944,072 | 0.9% | 49.4% |
| 35 | Graham County, Kansas | $933,881 | 0.9% | 50.3% |
| 36 | Deaf Smith County, Texas | $930,630 | 0.9% | 51.2% |
| 37 | Prowers County, Colorado | $915,116 | 0.9% | 52.0% |
| 38 | Stanley County, South Dakota | $879,455 | 0.8% | 52.9% |
| 39 | Rice County, Kansas | $858,085 | 0.8% | 53.7% |
| 40 | Cameron County, Texas | $838,854 | 0.8% | 54.5% |
| 41 | Lincoln County, Kansas | $829,294 | 0.8% | 55.2% |
| 42 | Wallace County, Kansas | $822,809 | 0.8% | 56.0% |
| 43 | Wichita County, Kansas | $767,057 | 0.7% | 56.7% |
| 44 | Russell County, Kansas | $752,732 | 0.7% | 57.4% |
| 45 | Dickinson County, Kansas | $727,333 | 0.7% | 58.1% |
| 46 | Matagorda County, Texas | $720,187 | 0.7% | 58.8% |
| 47 | Ottawa County, Kansas | $694,984 | 0.7% | 59.5% |
| 48 | Beaver County, Oklahoma | $687,381 | 0.6% | 60.1% |
| 49 | Sherman County, Texas | $683,956 | 0.6% | 60.7% |
| 50 | Sherman County, Kansas | $679,217 | 0.6% | 61.4% |
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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