Conservation payments in San Luis Obispo County, California totaled $60.6 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of conservation payment recipients were paid 62 percent of conservation payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%15%5$8,794,261$1,758,852
Top 2%25%11$15,123,345$1,374,850
Top 3%32%17$19,320,202$1,136,482
Top 4%38%23$22,894,583$995,417
Top 5%43%29$25,959,380$895,151
Top 6%47%35$28,751,161$821,462
Top 7%52%41$31,292,952$763,243
Top 8%55%47$33,596,758$714,825
Top 9%59%53$35,624,885$672,168
Top 10%62%59$37,479,754$635,250
Top 11%65%65$39,197,570$603,040
Top 12%67%71$40,699,361$573,230
Top 13%69%77$42,086,550$546,579
Top 14%72%83$43,392,885$522,806
Top 15%74%89$44,552,184$500,586
Top 16%75%95$45,596,767$479,966
Top 17%77%101$46,576,547$461,154
Top 18%78%107$47,487,218$443,806
Top 19%80%113$48,361,554$427,978
Top 20%81%119$49,199,475$413,441
Remaining 80% of recips.19%477$11,370,667$23,838

‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.

 

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