USDA ERS · state ranking · fiscal year 2023

Crop Insurance Loss Ratios

State crop-insurance loss ratios. Rankings require at least $1M in reported premiums so very small denominators cannot lead.

USDA ERS · FY2023 · Loss Ratio

New Jersey has the highest qualifying crop-insurance loss ratio at 490%, ahead of Massachusetts at 487%.

According to the USDA Economic Research Service Farm Income and Wealth Statistics.

490%
#1 New Jersey
487%
#2 Massachusetts
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states on this ranking

Loss ratio is indemnities relative to premiums in this ERS period, not a state's underlying agricultural risk. Premium floor $1M.

#1 New Jersey · 490%

New Jersey leads this USDA ERS ranking of loss ratio at 490%, ahead of Massachusetts (487%) and Kansas (486%). According to USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics for fiscal year 2023, PlainFarmData ranks all listed states on the same published series used for state detail pages.

  • 47 states ranked on Loss Ratio
  • #2 Massachusetts at 487%
  • ERS fiscal year 2023 snapshot
New Jersey490%Massachusetts487%Kansas486%Connecticut482%Oklahoma469%Florida433%Texas421%Hawaii403%Mississippi374%Vermont369%
Top 10 states by loss ratio
#StateLoss Ratio
1New JerseyNJ490%
2MassachusettsMA487%
3KansasKS486%
4ConnecticutCT482%
5OklahomaOK469%
6FloridaFL433%
7TexasTX421%
8HawaiiHI403%
9MississippiMS374%
10VermontVT369%
11GeorgiaGA365%
12CaliforniaCA342%
13WashingtonWA342%
14ArkansasAR325%
15NebraskaNE318%
16LouisianaLA313%
17ColoradoCO284%
18New MexicoNM272%
19AlabamaAL271%
20OregonOR257%
21South CarolinaSC252%
22ArizonaAZ237%
23TennesseeTN222%
24MontanaMT222%
25PennsylvaniaPA219%
26South DakotaSD213%
27IdahoID201%
28MissouriMO200%
29MinnesotaMN194%
30VirginiaVA191%
31New YorkNY186%
32WisconsinWI181%
33West VirginiaWV178%
34KentuckyKY173%
35MaineME170%
36North CarolinaNC168%
37North DakotaND156%
38IowaIA147%
39MarylandMD133%
40UtahUT129%
41MichiganMI121%
42WyomingWY119%
43NevadaNV98%
44DelawareDE78%
45IllinoisIL55%
46OhioOH51%
47IndianaIN39%
Data: USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics, FY2023 ERS state snapshot (latest available). Values in $1,000 units at source. Loss-ratio rankings require at least $1M in reported premiums; the cohort median is 222%.

Source: USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics Fiscal year 2023 government payments by state

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Crop Insurance Loss Ratios leads with New Jersey at 490%. Three places to take it further:

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Figures are the USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics state snapshot for fiscal year 2023, a separate population from the 2022 NASS county Census.

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Every figure on this ranking is rendered from USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics, no number is typed in by an editor. Rankings are a live sort of ERS state rows for fiscal year 2023; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.