Conservation payments in Alabama totaled $9.6 million in 2019
Counties in Alabama Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 2019
| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Conservation Programs
2019 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Geneva County, Alabama | $717,963 | 7.5% | 7.5% |
| 2 | Lawrence County, Alabama | $622,504 | 6.5% | 14.0% |
| 3 | Covington County, Alabama | $565,509 | 5.9% | 19.9% |
| 4 | Escambia County, Alabama | $546,147 | 5.7% | 25.7% |
| 5 | Barbour County, Alabama | $492,554 | 5.2% | 30.8% |
| 6 | Dallas County, Alabama | $405,366 | 4.2% | 35.0% |
| 7 | Coffee County, Alabama | $363,765 | 3.8% | 38.9% |
| 8 | Sumter County, Alabama | $359,427 | 3.8% | 42.6% |
| 9 | Houston County, Alabama | $320,845 | 3.4% | 46.0% |
| 10 | Crenshaw County, Alabama | $308,002 | 3.2% | 49.2% |
| 11 | Montgomery County, Alabama | $293,447 | 3.1% | 52.3% |
| 12 | Pike County, Alabama | $264,419 | 2.8% | 55.0% |
| 13 | Henry County, Alabama | $245,978 | 2.6% | 57.6% |
| 14 | Morgan County, Alabama | $224,229 | 2.3% | 59.9% |
| 15 | Lauderdale County, Alabama | $221,388 | 2.3% | 62.3% |
| 16 | Baldwin County, Alabama | $205,712 | 2.2% | 64.4% |
| 17 | Marengo County, Alabama | $201,484 | 2.1% | 66.5% |
| 18 | Lowndes County, Alabama | $197,016 | 2.1% | 68.6% |
| 19 | Autauga County, Alabama | $183,192 | 1.9% | 70.5% |
| 20 | Conecuh County, Alabama | $179,214 | 1.9% | 72.4% |
| 21 | Dale County, Alabama | $176,735 | 1.8% | 74.2% |
| 22 | Perry County, Alabama | $171,474 | 1.8% | 76.0% |
| 23 | Wilcox County, Alabama | $171,247 | 1.8% | 77.8% |
| 24 | Monroe County, Alabama | $165,114 | 1.7% | 79.5% |
| 25 | Greene County, Alabama | $151,383 | 1.6% | 81.1% |
| 26 | Russell County, Alabama | $132,997 | 1.4% | 82.5% |
| 27 | Bullock County, Alabama | $106,566 | 1.1% | 83.6% |
| 28 | Jackson County, Alabama | $102,986 | 1.1% | 84.7% |
| 29 | Limestone County, Alabama | $96,445 | 1.0% | 85.7% |
| 30 | Fayette County, Alabama | $94,649 | 1.0% | 86.7% |
| 31 | Pickens County, Alabama | $89,222 | 0.9% | 87.6% |
| 32 | Franklin County, Alabama | $88,382 | 0.9% | 88.6% |
| 33 | Marion County, Alabama | $81,987 | 0.9% | 89.4% |
| 34 | Colbert County, Alabama | $78,185 | 0.8% | 90.2% |
| 35 | Macon County, Alabama | $77,949 | 0.8% | 91.1% |
| 36 | Butler County, Alabama | $73,204 | 0.8% | 91.8% |
| 37 | Cherokee County, Alabama | $65,509 | 0.7% | 92.5% |
| 38 | Hale County, Alabama | $53,985 | 0.6% | 93.1% |
| 39 | DeKalb County, Alabama | $47,232 | 0.5% | 93.6% |
| 40 | Lee County, Alabama | $47,031 | 0.5% | 94.1% |
| 41 | Walker County, Alabama | $43,202 | 0.5% | 94.5% |
| 42 | Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | $41,938 | 0.4% | 94.9% |
| 43 | Choctaw County, Alabama | $41,904 | 0.4% | 95.4% |
| 44 | Madison County, Alabama | $41,514 | 0.4% | 95.8% |
| 45 | Lamar County, Alabama | $41,057 | 0.4% | 96.2% |
| 46 | Chambers County, Alabama | $38,620 | 0.4% | 96.7% |
| 47 | Marshall County, Alabama | $35,488 | 0.4% | 97.0% |
| 48 | Elmore County, Alabama | $34,662 | 0.4% | 97.4% |
| 49 | Blount County, Alabama | $32,067 | 0.3% | 97.7% |
| 50 | Talladega County, Alabama | $28,428 | 0.3% | 98.0% |
| 51 | Cullman County, Alabama | $27,675 | 0.3% | 98.3% |
| 52 | Etowah County, Alabama | $26,539 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 53 | Saint Clair County, Alabama | $25,921 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 54 | Mobile County, Alabama | $24,111 | 0.3% | 99.1% |
| 55 | Chilton County, Alabama | $21,764 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 56 | Bibb County, Alabama | $21,713 | 0.2% | 99.6% |
| 57 | Washington County, Alabama | $10,491 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 58 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama | $7,354 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 59 | Winston County, Alabama | $7,184 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 60 | Cleburne County, Alabama | $6,756 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 61 | Clarke County, Alabama | $4,468 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 62 | Randolph County, Alabama | $3,754 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 63 | Coosa County, Alabama | $1,037 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 64 | Clay County, Alabama | $584 | 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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