Commodity subsidies in the United States totaled $8.8 billion in 2016

Counties in the United States Receiving Commodity Payments, 2016

Rank County Total Commodity Programs
2016
Pct of
Total
Running
Percentage
1Gaines County, Texas$37,761,6990.4%0.4%
2La Salle County, Illinois$31,934,6590.4%0.8%
3Cavalier County, North Dakota$29,682,5860.3%1.1%
4Livingston County, Illinois$28,201,4920.3%1.5%
5Whitman County, Washington$27,474,3810.3%1.8%
6Iroquois County, Illinois$27,419,3220.3%2.1%
7Arkansas County, Arkansas$27,267,7120.3%2.4%
8Bureau County, Illinois$26,193,9990.3%2.7%
9Wharton County, Texas$26,059,3870.3%3.0%
10Terry County, Texas$25,823,2440.3%3.3%
11Poinsett County, Arkansas$24,940,8310.3%3.6%
12Dawson County, Texas$24,825,4830.3%3.8%
13Stoddard County, Missouri$24,723,7540.3%4.1%
14Brown County, South Dakota$24,624,8210.3%4.4%
15New Madrid County, Missouri$24,139,6960.3%4.7%
16Henry County, Illinois$23,661,9100.3%4.9%
17McLean County, Illinois$23,414,0570.3%5.2%
18Bolivar County, Mississippi$23,191,2910.3%5.5%
19DeKalb County, Illinois$23,153,8440.3%5.7%
20Lubbock County, Texas$23,125,1200.3%6.0%
21Hale County, Texas$22,274,2790.3%6.3%
22Hamilton County, Nebraska$21,869,0870.2%6.5%
23Lee County, Illinois$21,831,5500.2%6.8%
24Cross County, Arkansas$21,789,9620.2%7.0%
25Clay County, Arkansas$21,601,0330.2%7.3%
26Ogle County, Illinois$21,560,2520.2%7.5%
27Logan County, Illinois$21,194,4500.2%7.7%
28Lonoke County, Arkansas$20,885,1590.2%8.0%
29Jackson County, Arkansas$20,256,7420.2%8.2%
30Washington County, Mississippi$20,219,9910.2%8.4%
31Mitchell County, Georgia$19,931,9870.2%8.7%
32Antelope County, Nebraska$19,779,1820.2%8.9%
33Kossuth County, Iowa$19,768,9720.2%9.1%
34Christian County, Illinois$19,747,2180.2%9.3%
35Craighead County, Arkansas$19,735,0400.2%9.6%
36Stutsman County, North Dakota$19,730,1790.2%9.8%
37Lamb County, Texas$19,728,4300.2%10.0%
38Lawrence County, Arkansas$19,710,7300.2%10.2%
39Cass County, North Dakota$19,465,1640.2%10.5%
40Hockley County, Texas$19,309,4160.2%10.7%
41Phelps County, Nebraska$19,227,9520.2%10.9%
42Sangamon County, Illinois$19,153,5150.2%11.1%
43Acadia Parish, Louisiana$19,123,7960.2%11.3%
44Coahoma County, Mississippi$19,012,7830.2%11.5%
45Edgar County, Illinois$18,988,0370.2%11.8%
46Clinton County, Iowa$18,965,3970.2%12.0%
47Worth County, Georgia$18,825,4140.2%12.2%
48Whiteside County, Illinois$18,813,8270.2%12.4%
49Lincoln County, Washington$18,573,5180.2%12.6%
50Yuma County, Colorado$18,414,7510.2%12.8%

Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.

 

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