Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program payments in the United States totaled $6.1 billion in 2016

Counties in the United States Receiving Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program payments, 2016

Rank County Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program
2016
Pct of
Total
Running
Percentage
1La Salle County, Illinois$31,905,3420.5%0.5%
2Livingston County, Illinois$28,171,5240.5%1.0%
3Iroquois County, Illinois$27,355,8160.5%1.4%
4Whitman County, Washington$26,752,5620.4%1.9%
5Bureau County, Illinois$26,163,3030.4%2.3%
6Brown County, South Dakota$24,576,8940.4%2.7%
7Henry County, Illinois$23,647,5250.4%3.1%
8McLean County, Illinois$23,363,1290.4%3.5%
9DeKalb County, Illinois$23,138,2050.4%3.9%
10Lee County, Illinois$21,811,4910.4%4.2%
11Hamilton County, Nebraska$21,678,6660.4%4.6%
12Ogle County, Illinois$21,534,5020.4%4.9%
13Logan County, Illinois$21,170,5710.3%5.3%
14Kossuth County, Iowa$19,773,8100.3%5.6%
15Christian County, Illinois$19,688,1350.3%5.9%
16Antelope County, Nebraska$19,464,1650.3%6.3%
17Cass County, North Dakota$19,310,1780.3%6.6%
18Phelps County, Nebraska$19,084,2440.3%6.9%
19Sangamon County, Illinois$19,073,5500.3%7.2%
20Edgar County, Illinois$18,985,2920.3%7.5%
21Clinton County, Iowa$18,945,4260.3%7.8%
22Whiteside County, Illinois$18,766,2450.3%8.1%
23Stutsman County, North Dakota$18,476,1570.3%8.4%
24Lincoln County, Washington$18,349,1580.3%8.7%
25LaMoure County, North Dakota$18,030,1840.3%9.0%
26Cedar County, Iowa$17,572,8410.3%9.3%
27Fillmore County, Nebraska$17,561,7490.3%9.6%
28Boone County, Nebraska$17,351,3970.3%9.9%
29Champaign County, Illinois$17,170,4680.3%10.2%
30York County, Nebraska$17,152,6070.3%10.5%
31Barnes County, North Dakota$17,095,5360.3%10.8%
32Kankakee County, Illinois$17,064,2090.3%11.0%
33Shelby County, Iowa$17,050,5120.3%11.3%
34Kearney County, Nebraska$16,821,6780.3%11.6%
35Hall County, Nebraska$16,611,2860.3%11.9%
36Benton County, Iowa$16,571,1000.3%12.1%
37Dane County, Wisconsin$16,563,7820.3%12.4%
38Fayette County, Iowa$16,326,2120.3%12.7%
39Thayer County, Nebraska$16,136,1640.3%13.0%
40Platte County, Nebraska$16,127,3660.3%13.2%
41Vermilion County, Illinois$15,888,8430.3%13.5%
42Stephenson County, Illinois$15,850,0150.3%13.7%
43Yuma County, Colorado$15,773,1030.3%14.0%
44Grundy County, Iowa$15,772,4810.3%14.3%
45Martin County, Minnesota$15,551,7980.3%14.5%
46Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota$15,181,7600.3%14.8%
47Chippewa County, Minnesota$15,029,8330.2%15.0%
48Buffalo County, Nebraska$15,014,4830.2%15.3%
49Richland County, North Dakota$14,972,0870.2%15.5%
50Woodford County, Illinois$14,936,9970.2%15.8%

Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.

 

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