Conservation payments in Washington totaled $2.0 billion from 1995-2020‡.

Counties in Washington Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 1995-2020‡

Rank County Subtotal, Conservation Programs
1995-2020‡		Pct of
Total		Running
Percentage
1Whitman County, Washington$266,130,27013.2%13.2%
2Adams County, Washington$259,359,63412.9%26.1%
3Douglas County, Washington$235,539,55211.7%37.8%
4Walla Walla County, Washington$211,971,14810.5%48.3%
5Lincoln County, Washington$177,039,8588.8%57.1%
6Franklin County, Washington$140,437,5567.0%64.0%
7Benton County, Washington$101,463,7165.0%69.1%
8Grant County, Washington$95,881,4454.8%73.8%
9Washington NRCS$79,344,9323.9%77.8%
10Garfield County, Washington$73,628,8733.7%81.4%
11Columbia County, Washington$71,902,7133.6%85.0%
12Klickitat County, Washington$65,137,9963.2%88.2%
13Yakima County, Washington$58,660,7402.9%91.1%
14Spokane County, Washington$47,766,8132.4%93.5%
15Asotin County, Washington$41,315,8192.1%95.5%
16Whatcom County, Washington$26,664,1131.3%96.9%
17Okanogan County, Washington$11,684,2320.6%97.5%
18Stevens County, Washington$7,484,9350.4%97.8%
19Lewis County, Washington$7,311,3880.4%98.2%
20Skagit County, Washington$6,721,7540.3%98.5%
21Kittitas County, Washington$5,962,2260.3%98.8%
22Snohomish County, Washington$4,662,1040.2%99.0%
23Pacific County, Washington$2,856,7400.1%99.2%
24Thurston County, Washington$2,153,9520.1%99.3%
25Grays Harbor County, Washington$1,839,6040.1%99.4%
26Ferry County, Washington$1,723,5060.1%99.5%
27Wahkiakum County, Washington$1,660,1000.1%99.6%
28Clark County, Washington$1,641,8860.1%99.6%
29Jefferson County, Washington$1,477,8320.1%99.7%
30Chelan County, Washington$1,223,1450.1%99.8%
31King County, Washington$894,8020.0%99.8%
32Mason County, Washington$890,7570.0%99.9%
33Clallam County, Washington$784,9300.0%99.9%
34Cowlitz County, Washington$569,8560.0%99.9%
35Pierce County, Washington$534,0640.0%100.0%
36Pend Oreille County, Washington$409,0340.0%100.0%
37Kitsap County, Washington$283,3340.0%100.0%
38Island County, Washington$128,7710.0%100.0%
39San Juan County, Washington$88,2430.0%100.0%
40Skamania County, Washington$35,7790.0%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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