Conservation payments in Christian County, Illinois totaled $34.5 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of conservation payment recipients were paid 61 percent of conservation payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%15%14$5,234,531$373,895
Top 2%25%29$8,551,486$294,879
Top 3%32%44$11,128,062$252,911
Top 4%38%59$13,249,782$224,573
Top 5%44%74$15,030,692$203,117
Top 6%48%89$16,538,658$185,828
Top 7%52%104$17,850,424$171,639
Top 8%55%119$19,011,075$159,757
Top 9%58%134$20,040,987$149,560
Top 10%61%149$20,980,856$140,811
Top 11%63%164$21,825,311$133,081
Top 12%66%179$22,597,339$126,242
Top 13%68%194$23,325,784$120,236
Top 14%70%209$23,991,192$114,790
Top 15%71%224$24,585,113$109,755
Top 16%73%239$25,126,123$105,130
Top 17%74%253$25,610,475$101,227
Top 18%76%268$26,105,596$97,409
Top 19%77%283$26,557,885$93,844
Top 20%78%298$26,970,973$90,507
Remaining 80% of recips.22%1,196$7,486,503$6,260

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

 

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