Emergency Conservation Program payments in Georgia totaled $93.7 million from 1995-2023.
Counties in Georgia Receiving Emergency Conservation Program payments, 1995-2023
| Rank |
County |
Emergency Conservation Program
1995-2023 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Mitchell County, Georgia | $7,890,426 | 8.4% | 8.4% |
| 2 | Decatur County, Georgia | $5,776,977 | 6.2% | 14.6% |
| 3 | Miller County, Georgia | $4,307,888 | 4.6% | 19.2% |
| 4 | Peach County, Georgia | $4,198,155 | 4.5% | 23.7% |
| 5 | Grady County, Georgia | $3,631,126 | 3.9% | 27.5% |
| 6 | Dougherty County, Georgia | $3,590,732 | 3.8% | 31.4% |
| 7 | Seminole County, Georgia | $3,479,946 | 3.7% | 35.1% |
| 8 | Lee County, Georgia | $3,118,363 | 3.3% | 38.4% |
| 9 | Early County, Georgia | $3,094,093 | 3.3% | 41.7% |
| 10 | Worth County, Georgia | $2,870,234 | 3.1% | 44.8% |
| 11 | Calhoun County, Georgia | $2,783,401 | 3.0% | 47.8% |
| 12 | Sumter County, Georgia | $1,833,185 | 2.0% | 49.7% |
| 13 | Dooly County, Georgia | $1,687,433 | 1.8% | 51.5% |
| 14 | Bartow County, Georgia | $1,514,171 | 1.6% | 53.1% |
| 15 | Wilcox County, Georgia | $1,497,429 | 1.6% | 54.7% |
| 16 | Houston County, Georgia | $1,382,951 | 1.5% | 56.2% |
| 17 | Macon County, Georgia | $1,334,916 | 1.4% | 57.6% |
| 18 | Crisp County, Georgia | $1,283,792 | 1.4% | 59.0% |
| 19 | Baker County, Georgia | $1,183,880 | 1.3% | 60.3% |
| 20 | Gordon County, Georgia | $1,159,516 | 1.2% | 61.5% |
| 21 | Turner County, Georgia | $1,049,223 | 1.1% | 62.6% |
| 22 | Thomas County, Georgia | $1,018,815 | 1.1% | 63.7% |
| 23 | Madison County, Georgia | $997,965 | 1.1% | 64.8% |
| 24 | Brooks County, Georgia | $957,420 | 1.0% | 65.8% |
| 25 | Crawford County, Georgia | $952,963 | 1.0% | 66.8% |
| 26 | Berrien County, Georgia | $892,363 | 1.0% | 67.8% |
| 27 | Carroll County, Georgia | $886,844 | 0.9% | 68.7% |
| 28 | Randolph County, Georgia | $836,770 | 0.9% | 69.6% |
| 29 | Tattnall County, Georgia | $799,462 | 0.9% | 70.5% |
| 30 | Screven County, Georgia | $780,956 | 0.8% | 71.3% |
| 31 | Colquitt County, Georgia | $741,611 | 0.8% | 72.1% |
| 32 | Emanuel County, Georgia | $735,286 | 0.8% | 72.9% |
| 33 | Hall County, Georgia | $714,552 | 0.8% | 73.6% |
| 34 | Terrell County, Georgia | $689,599 | 0.7% | 74.4% |
| 35 | Jefferson County, Georgia | $639,414 | 0.7% | 75.0% |
| 36 | Gilmer County, Georgia | $617,305 | 0.7% | 75.7% |
| 37 | Floyd County, Georgia | $617,131 | 0.7% | 76.4% |
| 38 | Webster County, Georgia | $583,578 | 0.6% | 77.0% |
| 39 | Tift County, Georgia | $568,268 | 0.6% | 77.6% |
| 40 | Toombs County, Georgia | $536,387 | 0.6% | 78.2% |
| 41 | Bulloch County, Georgia | $514,138 | 0.5% | 78.7% |
| 42 | Jackson County, Georgia | $504,425 | 0.5% | 79.3% |
| 43 | Franklin County, Georgia | $503,436 | 0.5% | 79.8% |
| 44 | Hart County, Georgia | $495,288 | 0.5% | 80.3% |
| 45 | Polk County, Georgia | $469,421 | 0.5% | 80.8% |
| 46 | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | $457,529 | 0.5% | 81.3% |
| 47 | Dodge County, Georgia | $451,701 | 0.5% | 81.8% |
| 48 | Jenkins County, Georgia | $442,386 | 0.5% | 82.3% |
| 49 | Lamar County, Georgia | $435,600 | 0.5% | 82.7% |
| 50 | Irwin County, Georgia | $429,340 | 0.5% | 83.2% |
| 51 | Spalding County, Georgia | $425,452 | 0.5% | 83.6% |
| 52 | Elbert County, Georgia | $418,690 | 0.4% | 84.1% |
| 53 | Montgomery County, Georgia | $411,672 | 0.4% | 84.5% |
| 54 | Pierce County, Georgia | $405,276 | 0.4% | 85.0% |
| 55 | Ben Hill County, Georgia | $391,819 | 0.4% | 85.4% |
| 56 | Walker County, Georgia | $391,074 | 0.4% | 85.8% |
| 57 | Pickens County, Georgia | $388,092 | 0.4% | 86.2% |
| 58 | Banks County, Georgia | $385,569 | 0.4% | 86.6% |
| 59 | Telfair County, Georgia | $378,637 | 0.4% | 87.0% |
| 60 | Lowndes County, Georgia | $377,988 | 0.4% | 87.4% |
| 61 | Laurens County, Georgia | $373,942 | 0.4% | 87.8% |
| 62 | White County, Georgia | $359,699 | 0.4% | 88.2% |
| 63 | Marion County, Georgia | $358,085 | 0.4% | 88.6% |
| 64 | Appling County, Georgia | $338,105 | 0.4% | 89.0% |
| 65 | Clay County, Georgia | $316,630 | 0.3% | 89.3% |
| 66 | Butts County, Georgia | $311,173 | 0.3% | 89.6% |
| 67 | Johnson County, Georgia | $306,047 | 0.3% | 90.0% |
| 68 | Upson County, Georgia | $305,658 | 0.3% | 90.3% |
| 69 | Oconee County, Georgia | $305,303 | 0.3% | 90.6% |
| 70 | Douglas County, Georgia | $299,594 | 0.3% | 90.9% |
| 71 | Monroe County, Georgia | $290,810 | 0.3% | 91.2% |
| 72 | Taylor County, Georgia | $288,430 | 0.3% | 91.5% |
| 73 | Pulaski County, Georgia | $283,278 | 0.3% | 91.8% |
| 74 | Wilkes County, Georgia | $281,514 | 0.3% | 92.1% |
| 75 | Heard County, Georgia | $273,201 | 0.3% | 92.4% |
| 76 | Murray County, Georgia | $265,043 | 0.3% | 92.7% |
| 77 | Bibb County, Georgia | $255,563 | 0.3% | 93.0% |
| 78 | Candler County, Georgia | $251,298 | 0.3% | 93.3% |
| 79 | Habersham County, Georgia | $243,460 | 0.3% | 93.5% |
| 80 | Pike County, Georgia | $238,811 | 0.3% | 93.8% |
| 81 | Coffee County, Georgia | $227,415 | 0.2% | 94.0% |
| 82 | Walton County, Georgia | $224,898 | 0.2% | 94.3% |
| 83 | Meriwether County, Georgia | $224,862 | 0.2% | 94.5% |
| 84 | Catoosa County, Georgia | $220,562 | 0.2% | 94.7% |
| 85 | Wayne County, Georgia | $219,478 | 0.2% | 95.0% |
| 86 | Morgan County, Georgia | $210,740 | 0.2% | 95.2% |
| 87 | Lumpkin County, Georgia | $208,360 | 0.2% | 95.4% |
| 88 | Stewart County, Georgia | $192,135 | 0.2% | 95.6% |
| 89 | Coweta County, Georgia | $190,094 | 0.2% | 95.8% |
| 90 | Washington County, Georgia | $178,230 | 0.2% | 96.0% |
| 91 | Evans County, Georgia | $172,487 | 0.2% | 96.2% |
| 92 | Lanier County, Georgia | $158,949 | 0.2% | 96.4% |
| 93 | Fannin County, Georgia | $152,346 | 0.2% | 96.5% |
| 94 | Henry County, Georgia | $139,238 | 0.1% | 96.7% |
| 95 | Rabun County, Georgia | $135,118 | 0.1% | 96.8% |
| 96 | Barrow County, Georgia | $130,784 | 0.1% | 97.0% |
| 97 | Chattooga County, Georgia | $125,686 | 0.1% | 97.1% |
| 98 | Cherokee County, Georgia | $118,962 | 0.1% | 97.2% |
| 99 | Schley County, Georgia | $117,926 | 0.1% | 97.3% |
| 100 | Cook County, Georgia | $115,074 | 0.1% | 97.5% |
| 101 | Burke County, Georgia | $113,700 | 0.1% | 97.6% |
| 102 | Jeff Davis County, Georgia | $113,407 | 0.1% | 97.7% |
| 103 | Paulding County, Georgia | $107,749 | 0.1% | 97.8% |
| 104 | Bleckley County, Georgia | $106,174 | 0.1% | 97.9% |
| 105 | Talbot County, Georgia | $105,331 | 0.1% | 98.1% |
| 106 | Putnam County, Georgia | $90,861 | 0.1% | 98.2% |
| 107 | Bacon County, Georgia | $85,382 | 0.1% | 98.2% |
| 108 | Stephens County, Georgia | $82,845 | 0.1% | 98.3% |
| 109 | Effingham County, Georgia | $80,275 | 0.1% | 98.4% |
| 110 | Dade County, Georgia | $76,280 | 0.1% | 98.5% |
| 111 | Harris County, Georgia | $75,707 | 0.1% | 98.6% |
| 112 | Wheeler County, Georgia | $75,348 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 113 | Dawson County, Georgia | $74,742 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 114 | Forsyth County, Georgia | $71,815 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 115 | Hancock County, Georgia | $68,723 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 116 | Troup County, Georgia | $67,975 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 117 | Whitfield County, Georgia | $61,151 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 118 | Jones County, Georgia | $59,991 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 119 | Lincoln County, Georgia | $59,525 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 120 | Haralson County, Georgia | $56,875 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 121 | Cobb County, Georgia | $52,870 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 122 | Union County, Georgia | $52,074 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 123 | Clarke County, Georgia | $51,388 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 124 | Atkinson County, Georgia | $50,153 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 125 | Greene County, Georgia | $47,581 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 126 | Towns County, Georgia | $46,331 | 0.0% | 99.5% |
| 127 | Treutlen County, Georgia | $45,930 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 128 | Quitman County, Georgia | $41,824 | 0.0% | 99.6% |
| 129 | Fulton County, Georgia | $32,583 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 130 | Glascock County, Georgia | $30,857 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 131 | Twiggs County, Georgia | $28,030 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 132 | Warren County, Georgia | $26,690 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 133 | Jasper County, Georgia | $26,429 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 134 | Gwinnett County, Georgia | $24,813 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 135 | Taliaferro County, Georgia | $22,091 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 136 | Ware County, Georgia | $18,512 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 137 | Long County, Georgia | $15,471 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 138 | Brantley County, Georgia | $14,862 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 139 | Charlton County, Georgia | $14,596 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 140 | Baldwin County, Georgia | $14,263 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 141 | Richmond County, Georgia | $13,870 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 142 | Chatham County, Georgia | $11,706 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 143 | Echols County, Georgia | $9,971 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 144 | Bryan County, Georgia | $9,857 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 145 | Fayette County, Georgia | $7,351 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 146 | Wilkinson County, Georgia | $6,772 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 147 | McDuffie County, Georgia | $4,948 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 148 | Chattahoochee County, Georgia | $3,462 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 149 | Clinch County, Georgia | $3,233 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 150 | Muscogee County, Georgia | $2,647 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 151 | Rockdale County, Georgia | $2,201 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 152 | Liberty County, Georgia | $1,739 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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