Emergency Conservation payments in Alabama totaled $51.0 million from 1995-2020‡.
Counties in Alabama Receiving Emergency Conservation payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
County |
Emergency Conservation
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Baldwin County, Alabama | $4,996,287 | 9.8% | 9.8% |
| 2 | Geneva County, Alabama | $3,684,046 | 7.2% | 17.0% |
| 3 | Mobile County, Alabama | $3,092,419 | 6.1% | 23.1% |
| 4 | Coffee County, Alabama | $3,073,727 | 6.0% | 29.1% |
| 5 | Covington County, Alabama | $2,160,194 | 4.2% | 33.3% |
| 6 | Barbour County, Alabama | $2,123,926 | 4.2% | 37.5% |
| 7 | Henry County, Alabama | $1,849,166 | 3.6% | 41.1% |
| 8 | Hale County, Alabama | $1,681,994 | 3.3% | 44.4% |
| 9 | Marshall County, Alabama | $1,654,510 | 3.2% | 47.7% |
| 10 | DeKalb County, Alabama | $1,648,469 | 3.2% | 50.9% |
| 11 | Escambia County, Alabama | $1,631,413 | 3.2% | 54.1% |
| 12 | Dale County, Alabama | $1,613,935 | 3.2% | 57.3% |
| 13 | Houston County, Alabama | $1,605,145 | 3.1% | 60.4% |
| 14 | Monroe County, Alabama | $1,576,811 | 3.1% | 63.5% |
| 15 | Pike County, Alabama | $1,139,184 | 2.2% | 65.7% |
| 16 | Blount County, Alabama | $930,411 | 1.8% | 67.6% |
| 17 | Perry County, Alabama | $923,870 | 1.8% | 69.4% |
| 18 | Marengo County, Alabama | $772,945 | 1.5% | 70.9% |
| 19 | Washington County, Alabama | $750,815 | 1.5% | 72.4% |
| 20 | Crenshaw County, Alabama | $745,484 | 1.5% | 73.8% |
| 21 | Clarke County, Alabama | $694,458 | 1.4% | 75.2% |
| 22 | Madison County, Alabama | $669,181 | 1.3% | 76.5% |
| 23 | Cullman County, Alabama | $661,200 | 1.3% | 77.8% |
| 24 | Butler County, Alabama | $602,193 | 1.2% | 79.0% |
| 25 | Jackson County, Alabama | $588,705 | 1.2% | 80.1% |
| 26 | Conecuh County, Alabama | $575,798 | 1.1% | 81.3% |
| 27 | Greene County, Alabama | $544,399 | 1.1% | 82.3% |
| 28 | Lawrence County, Alabama | $544,003 | 1.1% | 83.4% |
| 29 | Calhoun County, Alabama | $532,825 | 1.0% | 84.4% |
| 30 | Limestone County, Alabama | $494,898 | 1.0% | 85.4% |
| 31 | Wilcox County, Alabama | $491,321 | 1.0% | 86.4% |
| 32 | Dallas County, Alabama | $489,564 | 1.0% | 87.3% |
| 33 | Marion County, Alabama | $471,740 | 0.9% | 88.3% |
| 34 | Lowndes County, Alabama | $463,976 | 0.9% | 89.2% |
| 35 | Etowah County, Alabama | $393,711 | 0.8% | 89.9% |
| 36 | Choctaw County, Alabama | $326,203 | 0.6% | 90.6% |
| 37 | Pickens County, Alabama | $323,893 | 0.6% | 91.2% |
| 38 | Franklin County, Alabama | $321,073 | 0.6% | 91.8% |
| 39 | Russell County, Alabama | $289,543 | 0.6% | 92.4% |
| 40 | Lee County, Alabama | $267,922 | 0.5% | 92.9% |
| 41 | Autauga County, Alabama | $264,777 | 0.5% | 93.5% |
| 42 | Sumter County, Alabama | $256,784 | 0.5% | 94.0% |
| 43 | Cherokee County, Alabama | $256,462 | 0.5% | 94.5% |
| 44 | Walker County, Alabama | $251,778 | 0.5% | 95.0% |
| 45 | Chambers County, Alabama | $215,680 | 0.4% | 95.4% |
| 46 | Montgomery County, Alabama | $215,358 | 0.4% | 95.8% |
| 47 | Bullock County, Alabama | $214,804 | 0.4% | 96.2% |
| 48 | Randolph County, Alabama | $209,129 | 0.4% | 96.6% |
| 49 | Lamar County, Alabama | $156,579 | 0.3% | 96.9% |
| 50 | Talladega County, Alabama | $147,238 | 0.3% | 97.2% |
| 51 | Fayette County, Alabama | $145,955 | 0.3% | 97.5% |
| 52 | Saint Clair County, Alabama | $143,869 | 0.3% | 97.8% |
| 53 | Chilton County, Alabama | $129,268 | 0.3% | 98.0% |
| 54 | Winston County, Alabama | $127,420 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 55 | Elmore County, Alabama | $122,986 | 0.2% | 98.5% |
| 56 | Macon County, Alabama | $118,923 | 0.2% | 98.8% |
| 57 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama | $96,431 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 58 | Jefferson County, Alabama | $94,876 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 59 | Morgan County, Alabama | $80,713 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 60 | Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | $76,808 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 61 | Lauderdale County, Alabama | $68,907 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 62 | Cleburne County, Alabama | $53,644 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 63 | Colbert County, Alabama | $47,015 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 64 | Clay County, Alabama | $46,102 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 65 | Shelby County, Alabama | $33,444 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 66 | Bibb County, Alabama | $26,144 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 67 | Coosa County, Alabama | $4,060 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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