Cotton Ginning Program payments in Alabama totaled $23.0 million from 1995-2021.
Counties in Alabama Receiving Cotton Ginning Program payments, 1995-2021
| Rank |
County |
Cotton Ginning Program
1995-2021 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Geneva County, Alabama | $1,800,092 | 7.8% | 7.8% |
| 2 | Houston County, Alabama | $1,461,207 | 6.4% | 14.2% |
| 3 | Henry County, Alabama | $1,401,704 | 6.1% | 20.3% |
| 4 | Cherokee County, Alabama | $1,394,702 | 6.1% | 26.4% |
| 5 | Madison County, Alabama | $1,328,740 | 5.8% | 32.2% |
| 6 | Escambia County, Alabama | $1,266,952 | 5.5% | 37.7% |
| 7 | Monroe County, Alabama | $1,211,259 | 5.3% | 42.9% |
| 8 | Covington County, Alabama | $1,204,309 | 5.2% | 48.2% |
| 9 | Coffee County, Alabama | $986,767 | 4.3% | 52.5% |
| 10 | Dale County, Alabama | $935,154 | 4.1% | 56.6% |
| 11 | Dallas County, Alabama | $860,892 | 3.7% | 60.3% |
| 12 | Baldwin County, Alabama | $812,633 | 3.5% | 63.8% |
| 13 | Lauderdale County, Alabama | $736,661 | 3.2% | 67.0% |
| 14 | Elmore County, Alabama | $689,060 | 3.0% | 70.0% |
| 15 | Limestone County, Alabama | $623,007 | 2.7% | 72.8% |
| 16 | Mobile County, Alabama | $610,321 | 2.7% | 75.4% |
| 17 | Barbour County, Alabama | $507,636 | 2.2% | 77.6% |
| 18 | Autauga County, Alabama | $465,106 | 2.0% | 79.7% |
| 19 | Conecuh County, Alabama | $405,928 | 1.8% | 81.4% |
| 20 | Lawrence County, Alabama | $363,474 | 1.6% | 83.0% |
| 21 | Talladega County, Alabama | $337,418 | 1.5% | 84.5% |
| 22 | Shelby County, Alabama | $295,606 | 1.3% | 85.8% |
| 23 | Pike County, Alabama | $287,024 | 1.2% | 87.0% |
| 24 | Fayette County, Alabama | $276,259 | 1.2% | 88.2% |
| 25 | Calhoun County, Alabama | $234,733 | 1.0% | 89.2% |
| 26 | Russell County, Alabama | $221,881 | 1.0% | 90.2% |
| 27 | Marengo County, Alabama | $215,439 | 0.9% | 91.1% |
| 28 | Montgomery County, Alabama | $177,777 | 0.8% | 91.9% |
| 29 | Etowah County, Alabama | $172,718 | 0.8% | 92.7% |
| 30 | Marion County, Alabama | $172,048 | 0.7% | 93.4% |
| 31 | Macon County, Alabama | $169,344 | 0.7% | 94.1% |
| 32 | Lowndes County, Alabama | $166,357 | 0.7% | 94.9% |
| 33 | Jackson County, Alabama | $141,531 | 0.6% | 95.5% |
| 34 | Blount County, Alabama | $125,983 | 0.5% | 96.0% |
| 35 | Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | $120,191 | 0.5% | 96.6% |
| 36 | Perry County, Alabama | $96,871 | 0.4% | 97.0% |
| 37 | Morgan County, Alabama | $80,123 | 0.3% | 97.3% |
| 38 | Wilcox County, Alabama | $75,328 | 0.3% | 97.7% |
| 39 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama | $70,592 | 0.3% | 98.0% |
| 40 | Lamar County, Alabama | $68,327 | 0.3% | 98.3% |
| 41 | Colbert County, Alabama | $65,105 | 0.3% | 98.5% |
| 42 | Washington County, Alabama | $62,414 | 0.3% | 98.8% |
| 43 | Lee County, Alabama | $58,308 | 0.3% | 99.1% |
| 44 | Chambers County, Alabama | $45,209 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 45 | Chilton County, Alabama | $36,456 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 46 | Franklin County, Alabama | $35,323 | 0.2% | 99.6% |
| 47 | Clarke County, Alabama | $34,992 | 0.2% | 99.7% |
| 48 | Cullman County, Alabama | $22,289 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 49 | DeKalb County, Alabama | $18,053 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 50 | Crenshaw County, Alabama | $10,405 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 51 | Walker County, Alabama | $8,237 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 52 | Marshall County, Alabama | $2,042 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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