Commodity subsidies in the United States totaled $8.9 billion in 2018

Counties in the United States Receiving Commodity Payments, 2018

Rank County Total Commodity Programs
2018
Pct of
Total
Running
Percentage
1Bolivar County, Mississippi$37,092,0440.4%0.4%
2Brown County, South Dakota$36,828,2280.4%0.8%
3Arkansas County, Arkansas$33,872,7750.4%1.2%
4Washington County, Mississippi$28,161,2260.3%1.5%
5Cavalier County, North Dakota$27,542,6880.3%1.8%
6Sunflower County, Mississippi$27,487,4830.3%2.1%
7Poinsett County, Arkansas$27,476,2040.3%2.4%
8Spink County, South Dakota$26,381,2210.3%2.7%
9Ward County, North Dakota$25,831,9440.3%3.0%
10Wharton County, Texas$25,625,7800.3%3.3%
11McLean County, Illinois$24,455,4310.3%3.6%
12Clay County, Arkansas$24,270,4580.3%3.9%
13Whitman County, Washington$23,353,4200.3%4.1%
14Bottineau County, North Dakota$22,751,7940.3%4.4%
15McLean County, North Dakota$22,525,1920.3%4.6%
16Craighead County, Arkansas$22,443,4820.3%4.9%
17Jackson County, Arkansas$21,906,0530.2%5.1%
18Champaign County, Illinois$21,644,8980.2%5.4%
19Gaines County, Texas$21,635,0960.2%5.6%
20Chicot County, Arkansas$21,592,7160.2%5.9%
21Marshall County, Minnesota$21,467,9510.2%6.1%
22Livingston County, Illinois$21,340,7490.2%6.3%
23Sioux County, Iowa$21,034,1540.2%6.6%
24Hand County, South Dakota$20,800,1820.2%6.8%
25La Salle County, Illinois$20,730,1310.2%7.0%
26Lonoke County, Arkansas$20,680,3880.2%7.3%
27Richland County, North Dakota$20,308,6300.2%7.5%
28Desha County, Arkansas$20,177,1190.2%7.7%
29Cass County, North Dakota$20,156,4710.2%8.0%
30Phillips County, Arkansas$20,090,3830.2%8.2%
31Stoddard County, Missouri$20,082,6450.2%8.4%
32Gray County, Kansas$19,985,5520.2%8.6%
33Plymouth County, Iowa$19,662,3860.2%8.8%
34Stutsman County, North Dakota$19,609,8960.2%9.1%
35Chouteau County, Montana$19,557,4430.2%9.3%
36Beadle County, South Dakota$19,361,8570.2%9.5%
37Cedar County, Nebraska$19,223,2490.2%9.7%
38Prairie County, Arkansas$18,994,8110.2%9.9%
39Colusa County, California$18,578,7040.2%10.1%
40Crittenden County, Arkansas$18,383,7350.2%10.3%
41Cross County, Arkansas$18,267,7290.2%10.6%
42Mississippi County, Arkansas$18,257,2590.2%10.8%
43LaMoure County, North Dakota$18,151,0500.2%11.0%
44Renville County, North Dakota$17,969,2310.2%11.2%
45Charles Mix County, South Dakota$17,770,7030.2%11.4%
46Renville County, Minnesota$17,311,5690.2%11.6%
47Iroquois County, Illinois$17,167,1160.2%11.7%
48Edmunds County, South Dakota$17,138,7030.2%11.9%
49Lawrence County, Arkansas$17,103,0390.2%12.1%
50Marshall County, Kansas$16,970,4390.2%12.3%

Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.

 

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