Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) payments in the United States totaled $17.3 billion from 1995-2023.

Counties in the United States Receiving Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) payments, 1995-2023

Rank County Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC)
1995-2023
Pct of
Total
Running
Percentage
1Gaines County, Texas$167,896,1751.0%1.0%
2Poinsett County, Arkansas$147,469,4460.9%1.8%
3Cavalier County, North Dakota$145,926,5730.8%2.7%
4Wharton County, Texas$144,385,3070.8%3.5%
5Arkansas County, Arkansas$140,765,5110.8%4.3%
6Acadia Parish, Louisiana$114,416,5870.7%5.0%
7Lawrence County, Arkansas$113,394,4730.7%5.6%
8Craighead County, Arkansas$113,237,4830.7%6.3%
9Jackson County, Arkansas$111,641,9130.6%6.9%
10Cross County, Arkansas$111,192,7930.6%7.6%
11Bolivar County, Mississippi$109,745,7790.6%8.2%
12Lonoke County, Arkansas$109,482,4260.6%8.8%
13Clay County, Arkansas$101,816,0650.6%9.4%
14Jefferson Davis, Louisiana$100,965,8290.6%10.0%
15Terry County, Texas$94,497,7990.5%10.6%
16Mississippi County, Arkansas$94,071,3720.5%11.1%
17Greene County, Arkansas$91,550,4010.5%11.6%
18Chouteau County, Montana$87,514,7310.5%12.1%
19Stoddard County, Missouri$87,315,0300.5%12.6%
20Prairie County, Arkansas$84,775,0830.5%13.1%
21Vermilion Parish, Louisiana$84,189,8600.5%13.6%
22Butler County, Missouri$83,345,5490.5%14.1%
23Jefferson County, Arkansas$78,852,7620.5%14.6%
24Matagorda County, Texas$78,740,3640.5%15.0%
25Mitchell County, Georgia$76,676,5180.4%15.5%
26Crittenden County, Arkansas$75,346,8250.4%15.9%
27Worth County, Georgia$74,147,6160.4%16.3%
28Washington County, Mississippi$73,646,9530.4%16.7%
29Sunflower County, Mississippi$73,160,9480.4%17.2%
30Ward County, North Dakota$72,685,6000.4%17.6%
31Monroe County, Arkansas$71,321,2020.4%18.0%
32Decatur County, Georgia$70,105,7360.4%18.4%
33Desha County, Arkansas$69,265,5830.4%18.8%
34Dawson County, Texas$68,393,8680.4%19.2%
35Yoakum County, Texas$68,369,4570.4%19.6%
36Woodruff County, Arkansas$66,895,8510.4%20.0%
37Miller County, Georgia$64,502,6030.4%20.4%
38Early County, Georgia$64,173,1120.4%20.7%
39Colorado County, Texas$62,893,7060.4%21.1%
40Chicot County, Arkansas$62,763,9400.4%21.5%
41Houston County, Alabama$62,466,0940.4%21.8%
42Deaf Smith County, Texas$61,753,2690.4%22.2%
43Morehouse Parish, Louisiana$60,540,1240.3%22.5%
44Phillips County, Arkansas$59,886,5900.3%22.9%
45New Madrid County, Missouri$59,786,5000.3%23.2%
46Colquitt County, Georgia$58,903,9140.3%23.6%
47Coahoma County, Mississippi$58,259,4000.3%23.9%
48Evangeline Parish, Louisiana$57,980,0600.3%24.2%
49Saint Francis County, Arkansas$57,966,1270.3%24.6%
50Caddo County, Oklahoma$57,905,4060.3%24.9%

Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.

 

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