Wheat Subsidies in Thomas County, Kansas totaled $184 million from 1995-2020‡.
Counties in Thomas County, Kansas Receiving wheat subsidies, 1995-2020‡
| Rank | County | Wheat Subsidies 1995-2020‡ | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sumner County, Kansas | $289,982,972 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| 2 | Thomas County, Kansas | $184,026,859 | 2.4% | 6.1% |
| 3 | Harper County, Kansas | $173,595,201 | 2.2% | 8.4% |
| 4 | Sherman County, Kansas | $167,168,781 | 2.2% | 10.5% |
| 5 | Reno County, Kansas | $161,028,929 | 2.1% | 12.6% |
| 6 | Finney County, Kansas | $154,097,766 | 2.0% | 14.6% |
| 7 | McPherson County, Kansas | $151,303,009 | 2.0% | 16.5% |
| 8 | Ford County, Kansas | $148,615,901 | 1.9% | 18.4% |
| 9 | Greeley County, Kansas | $143,931,079 | 1.9% | 20.3% |
| 10 | Mitchell County, Kansas | $141,776,773 | 1.8% | 22.1% |
| 11 | Rawlins County, Kansas | $138,773,399 | 1.8% | 23.9% |
| 12 | Kingman County, Kansas | $135,243,609 | 1.7% | 25.7% |
| 13 | Sedgwick County, Kansas | $131,948,154 | 1.7% | 27.4% |
| 14 | Scott County, Kansas | $130,242,030 | 1.7% | 29.0% |
| 15 | Barton County, Kansas | $125,048,059 | 1.6% | 30.6% |
| 16 | Cheyenne County, Kansas | $122,979,917 | 1.6% | 32.2% |
| 17 | Logan County, Kansas | $122,931,493 | 1.6% | 33.8% |
| 18 | Gray County, Kansas | $122,873,243 | 1.6% | 35.4% |
| 19 | Wichita County, Kansas | $120,022,016 | 1.5% | 37.0% |
| 20 | Dickinson County, Kansas | $119,068,308 | 1.5% | 38.5% |
| 21 | Rice County, Kansas | $117,760,825 | 1.5% | 40.0% |
| 22 | Hamilton County, Kansas | $115,775,461 | 1.5% | 41.5% |
| 23 | Pratt County, Kansas | $114,816,309 | 1.5% | 43.0% |
| 24 | Stanton County, Kansas | $111,258,291 | 1.4% | 44.4% |
| 25 | Ness County, Kansas | $110,104,489 | 1.4% | 45.8% |
| 26 | Gove County, Kansas | $109,025,394 | 1.4% | 47.2% |
| 27 | Smith County, Kansas | $105,875,834 | 1.4% | 48.6% |
| 28 | Jewell County, Kansas | $103,951,195 | 1.3% | 49.9% |
| 29 | Saline County, Kansas | $103,400,195 | 1.3% | 51.3% |
| 30 | Sheridan County, Kansas | $103,371,555 | 1.3% | 52.6% |
| 31 | Pawnee County, Kansas | $103,213,565 | 1.3% | 53.9% |
| 32 | Stafford County, Kansas | $100,529,028 | 1.3% | 55.2% |
| 33 | Decatur County, Kansas | $98,545,423 | 1.3% | 56.5% |
| 34 | Osborne County, Kansas | $96,544,353 | 1.2% | 57.8% |
| 35 | Lane County, Kansas | $95,721,648 | 1.2% | 59.0% |
| 36 | Cloud County, Kansas | $94,098,984 | 1.2% | 60.2% |
| 37 | Kearny County, Kansas | $93,505,913 | 1.2% | 61.4% |
| 38 | Norton County, Kansas | $92,807,296 | 1.2% | 62.6% |
| 39 | Ottawa County, Kansas | $92,356,391 | 1.2% | 63.8% |
| 40 | Haskell County, Kansas | $91,573,673 | 1.2% | 65.0% |
| 41 | Hodgeman County, Kansas | $91,452,250 | 1.2% | 66.2% |
| 42 | Rush County, Kansas | $91,322,706 | 1.2% | 67.3% |
| 43 | Marion County, Kansas | $87,437,554 | 1.1% | 68.5% |
| 44 | Barber County, Kansas | $86,924,694 | 1.1% | 69.6% |
| 45 | Rooks County, Kansas | $86,111,642 | 1.1% | 70.7% |
| 46 | Lincoln County, Kansas | $85,297,505 | 1.1% | 71.8% |
| 47 | Wallace County, Kansas | $84,247,087 | 1.1% | 72.9% |
| 48 | Phillips County, Kansas | $83,780,215 | 1.1% | 74.0% |
| 49 | Harvey County, Kansas | $82,324,060 | 1.1% | 75.0% |
| 50 | Graham County, Kansas | $82,134,078 | 1.1% | 76.1% |
| 51 | Ellis County, Kansas | $81,805,085 | 1.1% | 77.1% |
| 52 | Grant County, Kansas | $79,600,546 | 1.0% | 78.2% |
| 53 | Cowley County, Kansas | $79,232,673 | 1.0% | 79.2% |
| 54 | Ellsworth County, Kansas | $76,244,451 | 1.0% | 80.2% |
| 55 | Russell County, Kansas | $76,054,225 | 1.0% | 81.1% |
| 56 | Trego County, Kansas | $75,179,422 | 1.0% | 82.1% |
| 57 | Stevens County, Kansas | $72,527,871 | 0.9% | 83.1% |
| 58 | Edwards County, Kansas | $72,135,566 | 0.9% | 84.0% |
| 59 | Meade County, Kansas | $71,199,616 | 0.9% | 84.9% |
| 60 | Republic County, Kansas | $70,036,771 | 0.9% | 85.8% |
| 61 | Clay County, Kansas | $67,054,985 | 0.9% | 86.7% |
| 62 | Morton County, Kansas | $66,837,591 | 0.9% | 87.5% |
| 63 | Washington County, Kansas | $64,832,418 | 0.8% | 88.4% |
| 64 | Clark County, Kansas | $60,492,212 | 0.8% | 89.1% |
| 65 | Marshall County, Kansas | $55,514,718 | 0.7% | 89.9% |
| 66 | Seward County, Kansas | $54,448,166 | 0.7% | 90.6% |
| 67 | Cherokee County, Kansas | $53,584,788 | 0.7% | 91.3% |
| 68 | Kiowa County, Kansas | $52,676,604 | 0.7% | 91.9% |
| 69 | Labette County, Kansas | $46,724,080 | 0.6% | 92.5% |
| 70 | Butler County, Kansas | $43,786,522 | 0.6% | 93.1% |
| 71 | Montgomery County, Kansas | $37,610,703 | 0.5% | 93.6% |
| 72 | Wilson County, Kansas | $35,534,451 | 0.5% | 94.0% |
| 73 | Comanche County, Kansas | $35,484,908 | 0.5% | 94.5% |
| 74 | Neosho County, Kansas | $31,321,956 | 0.4% | 94.9% |
| 75 | Crawford County, Kansas | $29,626,881 | 0.4% | 95.3% |
| 76 | Morris County, Kansas | $29,592,939 | 0.4% | 95.7% |
| 77 | Allen County, Kansas | $25,373,767 | 0.3% | 96.0% |
| 78 | Nemaha County, Kansas | $24,190,849 | 0.3% | 96.3% |
| 79 | Coffey County, Kansas | $20,632,323 | 0.3% | 96.6% |
| 80 | Brown County, Kansas | $19,585,634 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 81 | Anderson County, Kansas | $18,601,389 | 0.2% | 97.1% |
| 82 | Lyon County, Kansas | $18,567,039 | 0.2% | 97.3% |
| 83 | Woodson County, Kansas | $14,888,763 | 0.2% | 97.5% |
| 84 | Riley County, Kansas | $14,595,104 | 0.2% | 97.7% |
| 85 | Linn County, Kansas | $14,493,732 | 0.2% | 97.9% |
| 86 | Osage County, Kansas | $13,261,518 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 87 | Franklin County, Kansas | $12,522,670 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 88 | Pottawatomie County, Kansas | $12,240,915 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 89 | Bourbon County, Kansas | $11,796,257 | 0.2% | 98.5% |
| 90 | Geary County, Kansas | $11,604,693 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 91 | Jackson County, Kansas | $10,160,806 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 92 | Chase County, Kansas | $9,656,705 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 93 | Wabaunsee County, Kansas | $8,371,324 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 94 | Greenwood County, Kansas | $8,088,934 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 95 | Miami County, Kansas | $7,939,515 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 96 | Atchison County, Kansas | $7,846,754 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 97 | Douglas County, Kansas | $7,537,200 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 98 | Shawnee County, Kansas | $7,391,901 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 99 | Jefferson County, Kansas | $6,535,825 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 100 | Elk County, Kansas | $6,369,223 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 101 | Doniphan County, Kansas | $5,738,907 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 102 | Johnson County, Kansas | $5,558,360 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 103 | Chautauqua County, Kansas | $5,499,841 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 104 | Leavenworth County, Kansas | $3,819,570 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 105 | $1,143,382 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 106 | $938,212 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 107 | Wyandotte County, Kansas | $274,162 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 108 | $248,918 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 109 | $189,554 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 110 | $113,299 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 111 | $46,652 | 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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