Conservation payments in Colorado totaled $63.9 million in 2019
Counties in Colorado Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 2019
| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Conservation Programs
2019 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Baca County, Colorado | $8,826,219 | 13.8% | 13.8% |
| 2 | Weld County, Colorado | $6,872,016 | 10.8% | 24.6% |
| 3 | Kiowa County, Colorado | $6,397,091 | 10.0% | 34.6% |
| 4 | Prowers County, Colorado | $5,246,041 | 8.2% | 42.8% |
| 5 | Yuma County, Colorado | $4,772,826 | 7.5% | 50.3% |
| 6 | Kit Carson County, Colorado | $4,244,304 | 6.6% | 56.9% |
| 7 | Washington County, Colorado | $3,501,437 | 5.5% | 62.4% |
| 8 | Cheyenne County, Colorado | $3,367,738 | 5.3% | 67.7% |
| 9 | Lincoln County, Colorado | $2,956,296 | 4.6% | 72.3% |
| 10 | Logan County, Colorado | $2,537,578 | 4.0% | 76.3% |
| 11 | Morgan County, Colorado | $2,113,784 | 3.3% | 79.6% |
| 12 | Phillips County, Colorado | $1,561,202 | 2.4% | 82.0% |
| 13 | Pueblo County, Colorado | $1,206,404 | 1.9% | 83.9% |
| 14 | Elbert County, Colorado | $1,070,705 | 1.7% | 85.6% |
| 15 | Sedgwick County, Colorado | $982,919 | 1.5% | 87.1% |
| 16 | Bent County, Colorado | $887,772 | 1.4% | 88.5% |
| 17 | Dolores County, Colorado | $817,182 | 1.3% | 89.8% |
| 18 | Adams County, Colorado | $797,139 | 1.2% | 91.0% |
| 19 | Crowley County, Colorado | $796,323 | 1.2% | 92.3% |
| 20 | Saguache County, Colorado | $684,795 | 1.1% | 93.3% |
| 21 | Las Animas County, Colorado | $681,106 | 1.1% | 94.4% |
| 22 | Alamosa County, Colorado | $641,792 | 1.0% | 95.4% |
| 23 | Moffat County, Colorado | $590,006 | 0.9% | 96.3% |
| 24 | Routt County, Colorado | $498,494 | 0.8% | 97.1% |
| 25 | El Paso County, Colorado | $415,362 | 0.7% | 97.8% |
| 26 | La Plata County, Colorado | $408,633 | 0.6% | 98.4% |
| 27 | Montezuma County, Colorado | $378,038 | 0.6% | 99.0% |
| 28 | Rio Grande County, Colorado | $240,471 | 0.4% | 99.4% |
| 29 | Arapahoe County, Colorado | $140,595 | 0.2% | 99.6% |
| 30 | Otero County, Colorado | $132,268 | 0.2% | 99.8% |
| 31 | San Miguel County, Colorado | $59,589 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 32 | Huerfano County, Colorado | $37,190 | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| 33 | Larimer County, Colorado | $16,695 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 34 | Jackson County, Colorado | $5,168 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 35 | Douglas County, Colorado | $2,763 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 36 | Garfield County, Colorado | $2,202 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 37 | Boulder County, Colorado | $1,336 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 38 | Archuleta County, Colorado | $730 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 39 | Conejos County, Colorado | $688 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 40 | Costilla County, Colorado | $392 | 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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