USDA subsidies in Washington totaled $6.4 billion from 1995-2020‡.

Total USDA - Subsidies in Washington by county, 1995-2020‡

Rank County Total USDA - Subsidies
1995-2020‡		Pct of
Total		Running
Percentage
1Whitman County, Washington$979,713,63015.2%15.2%
2Lincoln County, Washington$653,409,02110.2%25.4%
3Grant County, Washington$611,437,7209.5%34.9%
4Adams County, Washington$591,953,2729.2%44.1%
5Walla Walla County, Washington$546,068,9248.5%52.6%
6Douglas County, Washington$445,383,3026.9%59.5%
7Yakima County, Washington$441,931,9376.9%66.4%
8Franklin County, Washington$376,778,3995.9%72.3%
9Benton County, Washington$329,289,8495.1%77.4%
10Spokane County, Washington$220,033,8503.4%80.8%
11Columbia County, Washington$204,364,7793.2%84.0%
12Garfield County, Washington$186,042,3552.9%86.9%
13Okanogan County, Washington$156,506,5542.4%89.3%
14Klickitat County, Washington$151,551,4772.4%91.7%
15Whatcom County, Washington$100,068,9811.6%93.2%
16Washington NRCS$79,344,9321.2%94.5%
17Asotin County, Washington$79,152,9671.2%95.7%
18Chelan County, Washington$76,357,0051.2%96.9%
19Skagit County, Washington$48,098,3180.7%97.6%
20Snohomish County, Washington$24,756,1800.4%98.0%
21Kittitas County, Washington$23,301,8880.4%98.4%
22Stevens County, Washington$22,820,9300.4%98.7%
23Lewis County, Washington$19,051,4700.3%99.0%
24King County, Washington$10,774,5330.2%99.2%
25Thurston County, Washington$7,285,0710.1%99.3%
26Pacific County, Washington$7,053,8070.1%99.4%
27Grays Harbor County, Washington$5,500,9970.1%99.5%
28Clark County, Washington$5,278,7040.1%99.6%
29Pierce County, Washington$4,206,7180.1%99.6%
30Ferry County, Washington$4,088,6580.1%99.7%
31Island County, Washington$3,813,0440.1%99.8%
32Wahkiakum County, Washington$2,504,6860.0%99.8%
33Jefferson County, Washington$2,021,9840.0%99.8%
34Clallam County, Washington$1,993,5000.0%99.9%
35Cowlitz County, Washington$1,895,8000.0%99.9%
36Pend Oreille County, Washington$1,426,6350.0%99.9%
37Mason County, Washington$909,9880.0%99.9%
38$645,7150.0%99.9%
39Kitsap County, Washington$364,4850.0%99.9%
40San Juan County, Washington$248,3300.0%100.0%
41Skamania County, Washington$239,3890.0%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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