Conservation payments in New York totaled $3.3 million in 2019
Counties in New York Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 2019
| Rank |
County |
Subtotal, Conservation Programs
2019 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Delaware County, New York | $579,492 | 17.7% | 17.7% |
| 2 | Orange County, New York | $409,681 | 12.5% | 30.2% |
| 3 | Cortland County, New York | $374,002 | 11.4% | 41.7% |
| 4 | Chenango County, New York | $336,625 | 10.3% | 52.0% |
| 5 | Broome County, New York | $298,902 | 9.1% | 61.1% |
| 6 | Livingston County, New York | $133,948 | 4.1% | 65.2% |
| 7 | Steuben County, New York | $89,382 | 2.7% | 67.9% |
| 8 | Onondaga County, New York | $83,854 | 2.6% | 70.5% |
| 9 | Cattaraugus County, New York | $76,705 | 2.3% | 72.8% |
| 10 | Jefferson County, New York | $71,374 | 2.2% | 75.0% |
| 11 | Ontario County, New York | $70,344 | 2.2% | 77.2% |
| 12 | Wyoming County, New York | $57,570 | 1.8% | 78.9% |
| 13 | Cayuga County, New York | $51,977 | 1.6% | 80.5% |
| 14 | Tioga County, New York | $48,010 | 1.5% | 82.0% |
| 15 | Saint Lawrence County, New York | $45,379 | 1.4% | 83.4% |
| 16 | Madison County, New York | $41,899 | 1.3% | 84.6% |
| 17 | Albany County, New York | $37,360 | 1.1% | 85.8% |
| 18 | Tompkins County, New York | $36,652 | 1.1% | 86.9% |
| 19 | Oneida County, New York | $35,940 | 1.1% | 88.0% |
| 20 | Genesee County, New York | $35,784 | 1.1% | 89.1% |
| 21 | Herkimer County, New York | $35,424 | 1.1% | 90.2% |
| 22 | Chemung County, New York | $31,828 | 1.0% | 91.2% |
| 23 | Allegany County, New York | $31,322 | 1.0% | 92.1% |
| 24 | Montgomery County, New York | $21,218 | 0.6% | 92.8% |
| 25 | Essex County, New York | $20,611 | 0.6% | 93.4% |
| 26 | Rensselaer County, New York | $20,212 | 0.6% | 94.0% |
| 27 | Chautauqua County, New York | $19,860 | 0.6% | 94.6% |
| 28 | Yates County, New York | $19,097 | 0.6% | 95.2% |
| 29 | Clinton County, New York | $17,309 | 0.5% | 95.7% |
| 30 | Otsego County, New York | $16,668 | 0.5% | 96.2% |
| 31 | Franklin County, New York | $15,057 | 0.5% | 96.7% |
| 32 | Greene County, New York | $14,973 | 0.5% | 97.2% |
| 33 | Orleans County, New York | $14,111 | 0.4% | 97.6% |
| 34 | Wayne County, New York | $11,990 | 0.4% | 98.0% |
| 35 | Monroe County, New York | $11,343 | 0.3% | 98.3% |
| 36 | Schoharie County, New York | $10,197 | 0.3% | 98.6% |
| 37 | Washington County, New York | $8,316 | 0.3% | 98.9% |
| 38 | Columbia County, New York | $7,900 | 0.2% | 99.1% |
| 39 | Lewis County, New York | $6,943 | 0.2% | 99.3% |
| 40 | Erie County, New York | $6,058 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 41 | Sullivan County, New York | $4,916 | 0.2% | 99.7% |
| 42 | Schuyler County, New York | $4,779 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 43 | Niagara County, New York | $2,501 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 44 | Oswego County, New York | $1,208 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 45 | Saratoga County, New York | $1,053 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 46 | Seneca County, New York | $845 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 47 | Ulster County, New York | $678 | 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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