Conservation payments in Washington totaled $2.0 billion from 1995-2020‡.
From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of conservation payment recipients were paid 66 percent of conservation payments.
Pct. of Recipients | Pct. of Payments | Number of Recipients | Total Payments 1995-2020‡ | Payment per Recipient |
---|---|---|---|---|
Top 1% | 18% | 212 | $363,767,464 | $1,715,884 |
Top 2% | 28% | 424 | $554,896,485 | $1,308,718 |
Top 3% | 35% | 636 | $708,687,292 | $1,114,288 |
Top 4% | 42% | 848 | $837,308,171 | $987,392 |
Top 5% | 47% | 1,060 | $947,218,955 | $893,603 |
Top 6% | 52% | 1,273 | $1,041,537,167 | $818,175 |
Top 7% | 56% | 1,485 | $1,123,279,374 | $756,417 |
Top 8% | 59% | 1,697 | $1,196,712,868 | $705,193 |
Top 9% | 63% | 1,909 | $1,262,122,303 | $661,143 |
Top 10% | 66% | 2,121 | $1,320,216,326 | $622,450 |
Top 11% | 68% | 2,333 | $1,372,154,723 | $588,150 |
Top 12% | 70% | 2,546 | $1,419,027,587 | $557,356 |
Top 13% | 72% | 2,758 | $1,460,893,247 | $529,693 |
Top 14% | 74% | 2,970 | $1,499,045,143 | $504,729 |
Top 15% | 76% | 3,182 | $1,534,006,512 | $482,089 |
Top 16% | 78% | 3,394 | $1,566,137,910 | $461,443 |
Top 17% | 79% | 3,606 | $1,595,861,712 | $442,557 |
Top 18% | 81% | 3,819 | $1,623,349,630 | $425,072 |
Top 19% | 82% | 4,031 | $1,648,562,565 | $408,971 |
Top 20% | 83% | 4,243 | $1,671,772,303 | $394,007 |
Remaining 80% of recips. | 17% | 16,974 | $343,495,851 | $20,237 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.