Conservation payments in Benton County, Indiana totaled $19.2 million from 1995-2021.

From 1995 to 2021, 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 1995-2021 Payment per Recipient
Top 1%15%11$2,887,860$262,533
Top 2%23%23$4,411,587$191,808
Top 3%29%35$5,529,405$157,983
Top 4%34%47$6,454,192$137,323
Top 5%38%58$7,261,179$125,193
Top 6%42%70$8,085,882$115,513
Top 7%46%82$8,862,396$108,078
Top 8%50%94$9,553,681$101,635
Top 9%53%105$10,116,822$96,351
Top 10%56%117$10,671,354$91,208
Top 11%58%129$11,168,399$86,577
Top 12%61%141$11,630,624$82,487
Top 13%63%153$12,051,559$78,768
Top 14%65%164$12,414,639$75,699
Top 15%67%176$12,791,538$72,679
Top 16%68%188$13,134,770$69,866
Top 17%70%200$13,451,703$67,259
Top 18%72%211$13,727,636$65,060
Top 19%73%223$14,014,165$62,844
Top 20%74%235$14,286,386$60,793
Remaining 80% of recips.26%942$4,893,014$5,194
 

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