Rank in Nation |
Recipient of Subsidies |
Location |
Payments in $$ 1995-2003 |
5 |
Parker, AZ 85344 |
$9,818,466 |
|
18 |
Sacaton, AZ 85247 |
$6,611,667 |
|
19 |
Buckeye, AZ 85326 |
$6,482,573 |
|
25 |
Eloy, AZ 85231 |
$6,081,673 |
|
31 |
Buckeye, AZ 85326 |
$5,703,905 |
|
48 |
Maricopa, AZ 85239 |
$5,057,658 |
|
54 |
Laveen, AZ 85339 |
$4,713,605 |
|
55 |
Tempe, AZ 85284 |
$4,632,110 |
|
70 |
Queen Creek, AZ 85242 |
$4,255,895 |
|
72 |
Maricopa, AZ 85239 |
$4,237,140 |
|
73 |
Casa Grande, AZ 85230 |
$4,231,177 |
|
81 |
Buckeye, AZ 85326 |
$4,081,251 |
|
86 |
Buckeye, AZ 85326 |
$3,929,556 |
|
89 |
Stanfield, AZ 85272 |
$3,881,728 |
|
91 |
Goodyear, AZ 85338 |
$3,850,631 |
|
94 |
Marana, AZ 85653 |
$3,796,333 |
|
97 |
Tolleson, AZ 85353 |
$3,744,182 |
|
102 |
Tonopah, AZ 85354 |
$3,720,360 |
|
108 |
Buckeye, AZ 85326 |
$3,688,090 |
|
113 |
Mohave Valley , AZ 86446 |
$3,623,911 |
|
141 |
Parker, AZ 85344 |
$3,364,735 |
|
142 |
Goodyear , AZ 85338 |
$3,363,864 |
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* USDA data are not "transparent" for many payments made to recipients through most cooperatives.
Recipients of payments made through most cooperatives, and the amounts, have not been made public.
Further, these records were compiled from database last year, so they are not up to date with current figures
on website.
Note from Environmental Working Group: Two of the three states receiving the highest per-acre subsidies-- Florida ($349 per acre) and Arizona ($346 per acre)--are dominated by cotton production alone. In Florida, cotton represents 74 percent of total income from program crops, and in Arizona, 80 percent of total income is derived from cotton. Furthermore, the low total cultivated acreage found in both states indicates that these high payments are being distributed among a relatively small number of farms.