Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) payments in Alabama totaled $63.4 million in 2021
Counties in Alabama Receiving Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) payments, 2021
| Rank |
County |
Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC)
2021 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Houston County, Alabama | $8,117,531 | 12.8% | 12.8% |
| 2 | Geneva County, Alabama | $6,516,920 | 10.3% | 23.1% |
| 3 | Henry County, Alabama | $5,521,705 | 8.7% | 31.8% |
| 4 | Coffee County, Alabama | $4,635,263 | 7.3% | 39.1% |
| 5 | Baldwin County, Alabama | $4,376,391 | 6.9% | 46.0% |
| 6 | Dale County, Alabama | $3,267,681 | 5.2% | 51.1% |
| 7 | Escambia County, Alabama | $3,082,064 | 4.9% | 56.0% |
| 8 | Covington County, Alabama | $2,834,148 | 4.5% | 60.5% |
| 9 | Barbour County, Alabama | $2,660,593 | 4.2% | 64.7% |
| 10 | Monroe County, Alabama | $2,445,107 | 3.9% | 68.5% |
| 11 | Limestone County, Alabama | $1,894,165 | 3.0% | 71.5% |
| 12 | Madison County, Alabama | $1,838,534 | 2.9% | 74.4% |
| 13 | Lawrence County, Alabama | $1,776,086 | 2.8% | 77.2% |
| 14 | Mobile County, Alabama | $1,714,396 | 2.7% | 79.9% |
| 15 | Dallas County, Alabama | $1,608,144 | 2.5% | 82.5% |
| 16 | Pike County, Alabama | $1,342,735 | 2.1% | 84.6% |
| 17 | Colbert County, Alabama | $1,159,258 | 1.8% | 86.4% |
| 18 | Lauderdale County, Alabama | $1,115,618 | 1.8% | 88.2% |
| 19 | Cherokee County, Alabama | $844,109 | 1.3% | 89.5% |
| 20 | Russell County, Alabama | $736,853 | 1.2% | 90.7% |
| 21 | Autauga County, Alabama | $558,635 | 0.9% | 91.5% |
| 22 | Crenshaw County, Alabama | $501,344 | 0.8% | 92.3% |
| 23 | Elmore County, Alabama | $477,501 | 0.8% | 93.1% |
| 24 | Conecuh County, Alabama | $300,993 | 0.5% | 93.6% |
| 25 | Talladega County, Alabama | $278,945 | 0.4% | 94.0% |
| 26 | Butler County, Alabama | $249,347 | 0.4% | 94.4% |
| 27 | Hale County, Alabama | $226,899 | 0.4% | 94.7% |
| 28 | Lowndes County, Alabama | $221,919 | 0.3% | 95.1% |
| 29 | Washington County, Alabama | $214,765 | 0.3% | 95.4% |
| 30 | Bullock County, Alabama | $211,879 | 0.3% | 95.8% |
| 31 | Fayette County, Alabama | $197,230 | 0.3% | 96.1% |
| 32 | Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | $194,046 | 0.3% | 96.4% |
| 33 | Lamar County, Alabama | $158,667 | 0.3% | 96.6% |
| 34 | Blount County, Alabama | $158,094 | 0.2% | 96.9% |
| 35 | Marengo County, Alabama | $155,675 | 0.2% | 97.1% |
| 36 | Perry County, Alabama | $153,749 | 0.2% | 97.4% |
| 37 | Montgomery County, Alabama | $152,236 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 38 | Lee County, Alabama | $146,610 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 39 | Shelby County, Alabama | $145,092 | 0.2% | 98.1% |
| 40 | Macon County, Alabama | $137,161 | 0.2% | 98.3% |
| 41 | Calhoun County, Alabama | $109,735 | 0.2% | 98.5% |
| 42 | Franklin County, Alabama | $109,492 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 43 | Jackson County, Alabama | $108,791 | 0.2% | 98.8% |
| 44 | Wilcox County, Alabama | $95,802 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 45 | Etowah County, Alabama | $95,336 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 46 | Morgan County, Alabama | $92,261 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 47 | Marion County, Alabama | $80,820 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 48 | Pickens County, Alabama | $73,344 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 49 | Clarke County, Alabama | $47,516 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 50 | DeKalb County, Alabama | $46,927 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 51 | Greene County, Alabama | $45,582 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 52 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama | $43,323 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 53 | Cullman County, Alabama | $31,407 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 54 | Chilton County, Alabama | $28,712 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 55 | Chambers County, Alabama | $25,806 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 56 | Marshall County, Alabama | $18,645 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 57 | Choctaw County, Alabama | $17,745 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 58 | Sumter County, Alabama | $12,675 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 59 | Bibb County, Alabama | $1,035 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 60 | Clay County, Alabama | $628 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 61 | Randolph County, Alabama | $506 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 62 | Cleburne County, Alabama | $480 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 63 | Saint Clair County, Alabama | $399 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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