Total Subsidies payments in the United States totaled $17.2 billion in 2016

Total Subsidies in the United States by county, 2016

Rank County Total Subsidies
2016
Pct of
Total
Running
Percentage
1Fresno County, California$64,518,2770.4%0.4%
2Gaines County, Texas$63,573,9190.4%0.7%
3Brown County, South Dakota$60,646,1710.4%1.1%
4Kern County, California$58,268,2780.3%1.4%
5Cavalier County, North Dakota$56,539,6690.3%1.8%
6Cass County, North Dakota$48,748,3380.3%2.0%
7Dawson County, Texas$48,206,7160.3%2.3%
8Stutsman County, North Dakota$47,453,9080.3%2.6%
9Whitman County, Washington$44,693,1110.3%2.9%
10Terry County, Texas$44,501,1680.3%3.1%
11Richland County, North Dakota$42,516,2850.2%3.4%
12Grand Forks County, North Dakota$42,003,9910.2%3.6%
13La Salle County, Illinois$40,717,0610.2%3.8%
14Iroquois County, Illinois$40,307,1000.2%4.1%
15Marshall County, Minnesota$39,943,4800.2%4.3%
16Hale County, Texas$39,367,9000.2%4.5%
17Livingston County, Illinois$38,682,2610.2%4.8%
18Barnes County, North Dakota$38,581,8940.2%5.0%
19LaMoure County, North Dakota$37,885,1690.2%5.2%
20Lubbock County, Texas$37,691,1250.2%5.4%
21Ramsey County, North Dakota$36,447,0800.2%5.6%
22Hockley County, Texas$36,216,5280.2%5.8%
23Lamb County, Texas$36,013,1030.2%6.1%
24Lynn County, Texas$35,389,8240.2%6.3%
25Wharton County, Texas$35,366,1240.2%6.5%
26Tulare County, California$34,297,7370.2%6.7%
27Walsh County, North Dakota$34,217,6160.2%6.9%
28Floyd County, Texas$34,046,2220.2%7.1%
29Kossuth County, Iowa$33,559,1640.2%7.3%
30Dickey County, North Dakota$33,501,3600.2%7.5%
31Bureau County, Illinois$33,288,9510.2%7.6%
32Houston County, Alabama$33,159,8160.2%7.8%
33Ward County, North Dakota$33,149,6630.2%8.0%
34McLean County, Illinois$32,706,0960.2%8.2%
35Stoddard County, Missouri$32,266,1310.2%8.4%
36Kit Carson County, Colorado$31,910,4080.2%8.6%
37Bolivar County, Mississippi$31,632,4250.2%8.8%
38Henry County, Illinois$31,606,9690.2%9.0%
39Bottineau County, North Dakota$31,450,2190.2%9.1%
40Lincoln County, Washington$31,438,0430.2%9.3%
41Yuma County, Colorado$31,424,3120.2%9.5%
42McLean County, North Dakota$31,236,3950.2%9.7%
43Sargent County, North Dakota$31,133,1590.2%9.9%
44Poinsett County, Arkansas$29,909,3970.2%10.0%
45Arkansas County, Arkansas$29,871,8650.2%10.2%
46Wells County, North Dakota$29,773,4570.2%10.4%
47Spink County, South Dakota$29,335,1950.2%10.6%
48Towner County, North Dakota$28,962,1050.2%10.7%
49New Madrid County, Missouri$28,885,0220.2%10.9%
50Grant County, Washington$28,778,9720.2%11.1%

Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.

 

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