Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program payments in the United States totaled $17.5 billion from 1995-2021.

Counties in the United States Receiving Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program payments, 1995-2021

Rank County Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program
1995-2021
Pct of
Total
Running
Percentage
1Whitman County, Washington$84,727,9730.5%0.5%
2La Salle County, Illinois$71,914,5740.4%0.9%
3Bureau County, Illinois$68,130,9620.4%1.3%
4Brown County, South Dakota$67,620,7440.4%1.7%
5Martin County, Minnesota$66,652,9860.4%2.1%
6Hamilton County, Nebraska$61,797,5230.4%2.4%
7Kossuth County, Iowa$59,196,3010.3%2.7%
8Henry County, Illinois$58,482,2670.3%3.1%
9Platte County, Nebraska$56,710,3760.3%3.4%
10Lee County, Illinois$56,329,0320.3%3.7%
11Nobles County, Minnesota$56,171,6890.3%4.0%
12Phelps County, Nebraska$56,109,7530.3%4.4%
13York County, Nebraska$55,797,1400.3%4.7%
14DeKalb County, Illinois$55,777,5810.3%5.0%
15Lincoln County, Washington$53,133,2720.3%5.3%
16Iroquois County, Illinois$52,942,1640.3%5.6%
17Blue Earth County, Minnesota$51,579,8470.3%5.9%
18Custer County, Nebraska$51,298,0200.3%6.2%
19Whiteside County, Illinois$50,872,2610.3%6.5%
20Jackson County, Minnesota$49,797,7520.3%6.8%
21Renville County, Minnesota$49,059,3600.3%7.1%
22Kearney County, Nebraska$49,009,9410.3%7.3%
23Antelope County, Nebraska$48,770,4900.3%7.6%
24Cass County, North Dakota$48,598,9720.3%7.9%
25Fillmore County, Nebraska$48,313,2200.3%8.2%
26Adams County, Nebraska$46,556,4870.3%8.4%
27Yuma County, Colorado$46,057,2920.3%8.7%
28Clinton County, Iowa$45,856,9480.3%9.0%
29Faribault County, Minnesota$45,667,3360.3%9.2%
30Dawson County, Nebraska$45,621,6110.3%9.5%
31Cedar County, Nebraska$45,033,3880.3%9.7%
32Buffalo County, Nebraska$44,810,3370.3%10.0%
33Hall County, Nebraska$44,515,5590.3%10.2%
34Watonwan County, Minnesota$44,192,4810.3%10.5%
35Stutsman County, North Dakota$44,137,1220.3%10.8%
36Lincoln County, Nebraska$43,021,4810.2%11.0%
37Ogle County, Illinois$42,889,2820.2%11.2%
38Grundy County, Iowa$42,824,1960.2%11.5%
39Beadle County, South Dakota$42,340,7520.2%11.7%
40Holt County, Nebraska$42,102,3130.2%12.0%
41Thayer County, Nebraska$41,740,0700.2%12.2%
42Wood County, Ohio$41,465,7280.2%12.4%
43Murray County, Minnesota$41,309,8640.2%12.7%
44Plymouth County, Iowa$41,151,6980.2%12.9%
45Fayette County, Iowa$41,096,8820.2%13.2%
46Palo Alto County, Iowa$40,550,8270.2%13.4%
47Marshall County, Minnesota$39,732,7530.2%13.6%
48Cottonwood County, Minnesota$39,460,1420.2%13.8%
49Barnes County, North Dakota$38,978,0010.2%14.1%
50Dane County, Wisconsin$38,975,4510.2%14.3%

Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.

 

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