Conservation payments in Kansas totaled $86.2 million in 2019
Counties in Kansas Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 2019
| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Conservation Programs
2019 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Hamilton County, Kansas | $3,896,908 | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| 2 | Kearny County, Kansas | $3,279,965 | 3.8% | 8.3% |
| 3 | Reno County, Kansas | $3,036,187 | 3.5% | 11.9% |
| 4 | Ness County, Kansas | $3,006,057 | 3.5% | 15.3% |
| 5 | Gray County, Kansas | $2,611,943 | 3.0% | 18.4% |
| 6 | Morton County, Kansas | $2,437,218 | 2.8% | 21.2% |
| 7 | Lane County, Kansas | $2,410,142 | 2.8% | 24.0% |
| 8 | Stanton County, Kansas | $2,317,196 | 2.7% | 26.7% |
| 9 | Hodgeman County, Kansas | $2,142,662 | 2.5% | 29.2% |
| 10 | Finney County, Kansas | $2,093,547 | 2.4% | 31.6% |
| 11 | Graham County, Kansas | $1,895,868 | 2.2% | 33.8% |
| 12 | Meade County, Kansas | $1,873,147 | 2.2% | 36.0% |
| 13 | Clark County, Kansas | $1,795,958 | 2.1% | 38.1% |
| 14 | Russell County, Kansas | $1,766,079 | 2.0% | 40.1% |
| 15 | Kiowa County, Kansas | $1,722,543 | 2.0% | 42.1% |
| 16 | Stevens County, Kansas | $1,721,359 | 2.0% | 44.1% |
| 17 | Seward County, Kansas | $1,699,469 | 2.0% | 46.1% |
| 18 | Rush County, Kansas | $1,555,974 | 1.8% | 47.9% |
| 19 | Stafford County, Kansas | $1,418,921 | 1.6% | 49.5% |
| 20 | Wallace County, Kansas | $1,406,702 | 1.6% | 51.2% |
| 21 | Cheyenne County, Kansas | $1,329,724 | 1.5% | 52.7% |
| 22 | Trego County, Kansas | $1,320,514 | 1.5% | 54.2% |
| 23 | Dickinson County, Kansas | $1,288,749 | 1.5% | 55.7% |
| 24 | Grant County, Kansas | $1,261,233 | 1.5% | 57.2% |
| 25 | Ford County, Kansas | $1,242,842 | 1.4% | 58.6% |
| 26 | Sherman County, Kansas | $1,202,617 | 1.4% | 60.0% |
| 27 | Rooks County, Kansas | $1,144,856 | 1.3% | 61.4% |
| 28 | Ellis County, Kansas | $1,063,606 | 1.2% | 62.6% |
| 29 | Logan County, Kansas | $1,050,644 | 1.2% | 63.8% |
| 30 | Coffey County, Kansas | $1,045,561 | 1.2% | 65.0% |
| 31 | Greeley County, Kansas | $1,000,311 | 1.2% | 66.2% |
| 32 | Wichita County, Kansas | $967,791 | 1.1% | 67.3% |
| 33 | Washington County, Kansas | $967,110 | 1.1% | 68.4% |
| 34 | Ellsworth County, Kansas | $942,704 | 1.1% | 69.5% |
| 35 | Pawnee County, Kansas | $938,069 | 1.1% | 70.6% |
| 36 | Kingman County, Kansas | $916,725 | 1.1% | 71.7% |
| 37 | Nemaha County, Kansas | $905,032 | 1.1% | 72.7% |
| 38 | Pratt County, Kansas | $835,783 | 1.0% | 73.7% |
| 39 | Scott County, Kansas | $802,097 | 0.9% | 74.6% |
| 40 | Clay County, Kansas | $786,280 | 0.9% | 75.6% |
| 41 | Jackson County, Kansas | $757,516 | 0.9% | 76.4% |
| 42 | Lincoln County, Kansas | $734,391 | 0.9% | 77.3% |
| 43 | Haskell County, Kansas | $726,548 | 0.8% | 78.1% |
| 44 | Doniphan County, Kansas | $722,221 | 0.8% | 79.0% |
| 45 | Pottawatomie County, Kansas | $720,719 | 0.8% | 79.8% |
| 46 | Edwards County, Kansas | $676,208 | 0.8% | 80.6% |
| 47 | Marshall County, Kansas | $673,445 | 0.8% | 81.4% |
| 48 | Lyon County, Kansas | $649,873 | 0.8% | 82.1% |
| 49 | Harper County, Kansas | $617,033 | 0.7% | 82.8% |
| 50 | Thomas County, Kansas | $606,155 | 0.7% | 83.5% |
| 51 | Phillips County, Kansas | $574,045 | 0.7% | 84.2% |
| 52 | Osborne County, Kansas | $556,984 | 0.6% | 84.9% |
| 53 | Linn County, Kansas | $547,982 | 0.6% | 85.5% |
| 54 | Rice County, Kansas | $523,034 | 0.6% | 86.1% |
| 55 | Brown County, Kansas | $510,807 | 0.6% | 86.7% |
| 56 | Norton County, Kansas | $484,369 | 0.6% | 87.3% |
| 57 | Mitchell County, Kansas | $448,566 | 0.5% | 87.8% |
| 58 | Jewell County, Kansas | $432,964 | 0.5% | 88.3% |
| 59 | Sheridan County, Kansas | $431,565 | 0.5% | 88.8% |
| 60 | Ottawa County, Kansas | $428,434 | 0.5% | 89.3% |
| 61 | Smith County, Kansas | $426,270 | 0.5% | 89.8% |
| 62 | Wabaunsee County, Kansas | $425,918 | 0.5% | 90.3% |
| 63 | Gove County, Kansas | $423,347 | 0.5% | 90.8% |
| 64 | Saline County, Kansas | $423,054 | 0.5% | 91.3% |
| 65 | Barton County, Kansas | $422,893 | 0.5% | 91.7% |
| 66 | Marion County, Kansas | $415,399 | 0.5% | 92.2% |
| 67 | Anderson County, Kansas | $384,958 | 0.4% | 92.7% |
| 68 | Osage County, Kansas | $373,122 | 0.4% | 93.1% |
| 69 | Jefferson County, Kansas | $343,319 | 0.4% | 93.5% |
| 70 | Bourbon County, Kansas | $340,911 | 0.4% | 93.9% |
| 71 | Republic County, Kansas | $332,218 | 0.4% | 94.3% |
| 72 | Shawnee County, Kansas | $305,228 | 0.4% | 94.6% |
| 73 | McPherson County, Kansas | $295,200 | 0.3% | 95.0% |
| 74 | Cloud County, Kansas | $274,246 | 0.3% | 95.3% |
| 75 | Franklin County, Kansas | $273,071 | 0.3% | 95.6% |
| 76 | Atchison County, Kansas | $266,756 | 0.3% | 95.9% |
| 77 | Crawford County, Kansas | $240,584 | 0.3% | 96.2% |
| 78 | Allen County, Kansas | $237,371 | 0.3% | 96.5% |
| 79 | Sumner County, Kansas | $234,314 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 80 | Barber County, Kansas | $222,748 | 0.3% | 97.0% |
| 81 | Morris County, Kansas | $222,563 | 0.3% | 97.3% |
| 82 | Miami County, Kansas | $199,474 | 0.2% | 97.5% |
| 83 | Cowley County, Kansas | $195,509 | 0.2% | 97.7% |
| 84 | Decatur County, Kansas | $194,096 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 85 | Greenwood County, Kansas | $183,501 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 86 | Douglas County, Kansas | $172,063 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 87 | Neosho County, Kansas | $161,075 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 88 | Riley County, Kansas | $148,916 | 0.2% | 98.7% |
| 89 | Harvey County, Kansas | $127,929 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 90 | Leavenworth County, Kansas | $127,648 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 91 | Rawlins County, Kansas | $126,439 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 92 | Labette County, Kansas | $100,056 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 93 | Wilson County, Kansas | $94,840 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 94 | Elk County, Kansas | $87,098 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 95 | Woodson County, Kansas | $79,749 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 96 | Geary County, Kansas | $76,586 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 97 | Montgomery County, Kansas | $65,433 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 98 | Sedgwick County, Kansas | $53,131 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 99 | Chase County, Kansas | $51,466 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 100 | Cherokee County, Kansas | $25,579 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 101 | Comanche County, Kansas | $21,705 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 102 | Butler County, Kansas | $21,269 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 103 | Chautauqua County, Kansas | $18,987 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 104 | Johnson County, Kansas | $18,869 | 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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