Conservation payments in Quay County, New Mexico totaled $84.1 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of conservation payment recipients were paid 57 percent of conservation payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%11%8$9,567,786$1,195,973
Top 2%22%17$18,257,511$1,073,971
Top 3%29%26$24,651,069$948,118
Top 4%35%34$29,183,664$858,343
Top 5%40%43$33,447,425$777,847
Top 6%44%52$37,137,117$714,175
Top 7%48%60$40,031,750$667,196
Top 8%51%69$43,067,342$624,164
Top 9%54%78$45,796,655$587,137
Top 10%57%86$48,045,591$558,670
Top 11%60%95$50,369,509$530,205
Top 12%62%104$52,512,658$504,929
Top 13%64%112$54,245,125$484,331
Top 14%67%121$55,997,064$462,786
Top 15%68%130$57,604,212$443,109
Top 16%70%138$58,944,234$427,132
Top 17%72%147$60,318,441$410,330
Top 18%73%156$61,607,728$394,921
Top 19%75%164$62,672,522$382,150
Top 20%76%173$63,818,593$368,894
Remaining 80% of recips.24%695$20,300,678$29,210

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

 

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