Conservation payments in Georgia totaled $610 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of conservation payment recipients were paid 56 percent of conservation payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%16%365$99,613,120$272,913
Top 2%25%731$151,494,671$207,243
Top 3%31%1,097$190,334,379$173,504
Top 4%36%1,463$221,713,787$151,547
Top 5%41%1,829$248,144,523$135,672
Top 6%44%2,195$271,034,700$123,478
Top 7%48%2,561$291,424,242$113,793
Top 8%51%2,926$309,774,738$105,870
Top 9%54%3,292$326,476,649$99,173
Top 10%56%3,658$341,552,890$93,371
Top 11%58%4,024$355,467,343$88,337
Top 12%60%4,390$368,401,759$83,918
Top 13%62%4,756$380,468,966$79,998
Top 14%64%5,122$391,714,111$76,477
Top 15%66%5,487$402,242,068$73,308
Top 16%68%5,853$412,142,744$70,416
Top 17%69%6,219$421,465,965$67,771
Top 18%71%6,585$430,270,661$65,341
Top 19%72%6,951$438,610,256$63,100
Top 20%73%7,317$446,527,543$61,026
Remaining 80% of recips.27%29,269$163,583,899$5,589

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

 

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