USDA ERS · DISASTER-HEAVY · HEAVY · ND

North Dakota farm subsidy data

Disaster-weighted ERS profile for FY2023; county NASS tables below are a separate 2022 Census population.

By ·Data year 2023·USDA ERS → ·USDA NASS Census →

Total payments
$313M
Conservation
$120M
Disaster aid
$190M
Net farm income (2023)
$4.2B
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Disaster share inside North Dakota's $313M ERS total

Exclusive partition of this state's fiscal-year 2023 USDA ERS total (DISASTER-HEAVY). Conservation and disaster are published line items; the residual is commodity / ARC-PLC / MFP and other program families in the same extract.

North Dakota: disaster aid dominates a heavy ERS book

North Dakota stamps DISASTER-HEAVY · HEAVY on USDA ERS FY2023: disaster aid $190M of $313M total (#13 of 50 by total).

Crop-insurance loss ratio 156% ($781M indemnities on $500M premiums) sits beside the disaster line; read them together, not as substitutes. A ratio above 100% means claims exceeded premiums in this reporting period; it is not, by itself, a measure of a state’s agricultural risk.

County farm-count and sales tables below are the separate 2022 NASS Census population and do not sum to this ERS state total. Figures follow USDA Economic Research Service Farm Income and Wealth Statistics.

Payment history behind North Dakota's disaster stamp

Latest release change: -6.1% · North Dakota's total government payments moved from $313M in FY2023 to $294M in FY2024, the change between the two most recent finalized USDA ERS years. USDA publishes each release on its own; the movement between them is computed here.

Year Total
2024 $294M
2023 $313M
2022 $1.5B
2021 $1.5B
2020 $1.8B
2019 $1.1B
2018 $739M
2017 $588M
2016 $622M
2015 $363M

Crop insurance beside North Dakota's disaster stamp

Premiums Paid
$500M
Indemnities
$781M
Loss Ratio
156%

Loss ratio = indemnities ÷ premiums. A ratio above 100% means claims exceeded premiums in this reporting period; it is not, by itself, a measure of a state’s agricultural risk.

North Dakota vs. every rankable state: what goes into crop insurance isn't what comes out

Each dot is a state that clears the $1M premiums floor, placed by what it pays IN (premiums, left to right) against what its indemnities return relative to that (loss ratio, bottom to top). Paying more into the program is not the same as getting more out of it, a state can sit in the small-payer / outsized-payout quadrant just as easily as the reverse.

Small payer, outsized payoutHeavy payer, heavy claimsLight footprintHeavy payer, net subsidizer$0M$206.8M$413.5M$620.3M$827.0M16.1%140.3%264.5%388.7%512.9%Premiums paid ($M) →← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums)Texas, Premiums paid ($M) →: $787.7M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 421.3%Oklahoma, Premiums paid ($M) →: $149.3M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 469.4%Kansas, Premiums paid ($M) →: $504.7M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 486.3%Iowa, Premiums paid ($M) →: $701.7M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 147.1%California, Premiums paid ($M) →: $363.6M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 342.3%Nebraska, Premiums paid ($M) →: $447.4M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 318.2%South Dakota, Premiums paid ($M) →: $410.7M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 212.5%Arkansas, Premiums paid ($M) →: $86.3M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 324.6%Minnesota, Premiums paid ($M) →: $445.7M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 193.9%Missouri, Premiums paid ($M) →: $212.2M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 200.2%Wisconsin, Premiums paid ($M) →: $163M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 180.8%Illinois, Premiums paid ($M) →: $467.9M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 54.7%Montana, Premiums paid ($M) →: $140.4M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 221.6%Mississippi, Premiums paid ($M) →: $56.3M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 374.1%Colorado, Premiums paid ($M) →: $149.1M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 283.8%Louisiana, Premiums paid ($M) →: $60.8M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 313.4%Ohio, Premiums paid ($M) →: $169.2M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 51.4%Washington, Premiums paid ($M) →: $184.5M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 341.8%Georgia, Premiums paid ($M) →: $108.8M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 364.7%Oregon, Premiums paid ($M) →: $83.6M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 257.3%Pennsylvania, Premiums paid ($M) →: $29.7M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 218.7%Florida, Premiums paid ($M) →: $133.8M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 432.8%New Mexico, Premiums paid ($M) →: $91.2M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 271.5%New York, Premiums paid ($M) →: $39.9M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 185.8%Kentucky, Premiums paid ($M) →: $84.4M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 172.7%North Carolina, Premiums paid ($M) →: $147.9M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 168%Michigan, Premiums paid ($M) →: $114.9M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 120.5%Indiana, Premiums paid ($M) →: $261.4M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 38.7%Tennessee, Premiums paid ($M) →: $48.3M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 222.4%Idaho, Premiums paid ($M) →: $98.5M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 200.8%Utah, Premiums paid ($M) →: $28.7M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 128.7%Wyoming, Premiums paid ($M) →: $27.9M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 119.1%Virginia, Premiums paid ($M) →: $38.2M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 190.6%Alabama, Premiums paid ($M) →: $39.9M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 271%South Carolina, Premiums paid ($M) →: $49.4M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 251.7%Arizona, Premiums paid ($M) →: $72.9M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 237.1%Vermont, Premiums paid ($M) →: $2.2M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 369.3%Maryland, Premiums paid ($M) →: $16.5M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 133.2%Nevada, Premiums paid ($M) →: $63M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 98.4%Hawaii, Premiums paid ($M) →: $1M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 402.8%West Virginia, Premiums paid ($M) →: $2.1M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 178.3%Maine, Premiums paid ($M) →: $5M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 169.5%Massachusetts, Premiums paid ($M) →: $2.6M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 486.5%New Jersey, Premiums paid ($M) →: $3.3M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 490.3%Connecticut, Premiums paid ($M) →: $3.7M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 481.9%Delaware, Premiums paid ($M) →: $5.6M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 78%North Dakota, Premiums paid ($M) →: $500M · ← Loss ratio (indemnities ÷ premiums): 156.2%
North Dakota pays $500M in crop-insurance premiums (#4 of 47 rankable states) against a 156% loss ratio (#37 by claims relative to premiums): a heavy payer, net subsidizer of the program state, not simply "pays a lot" or "pays a little."

47-state rankable cohort, national medians at the crosshair

Source: USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics As of 2026-05-15

Top counties in North Dakota by commodity sales

Top 5 North Dakota counties, commodity sales Horizontal bar chart of the top 5 items by value (USD). Top 5 North Dakota counties, commodity sales 1. Cass $613M 2. Richland $473M 3. Walsh $469M 4. Pembina $447M 5. Grand Forks $440M Top 5 counties in North Dakota ranked by total commoditysales (USDA NASS Census of Agriculture). Source: USDA NASSCensus of Agriculture + USDA ERS Farm Income.

Counties in North Dakota (53)

County Farms
Cass 801
Richland 894
Walsh 850
Pembina 482
Grand Forks 956
Stutsman 829
Cavalier 527
Bottineau 719
Traill 465
Ward 634
Mclean 742
Barnes 739
Wells 438
LA Moure 543
Dickey 423
Williams 539
Emmons 510
Mchenry 664
Morton 688
Ramsey 512
Mountrail 512
Benson 369
Towner 377
Sargent 470
Kidder 356

Showing 1-25 of 53 counties, ranked by commodity sales.

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Farm Income and Wealth Statistics (1995-2024) County data: USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture

Income beside disaster stamp

Gross cash $13.8B · net cash $4.2B · net farm $4.2B · ARC $1M / PLC $0M

USDA ERS Farm Income · FY2023 · County: 2022 NASS Census

Nearest ERS payment peer (DISASTER-HEAVY · HEAVY): Montana · DISASTER-HEAVY · How disaster and program payments stack · Cass County NASS table

What to do with North Dakota's numbers

North Dakota ranks #13 of 50 states by total ERS farm payments. Three places to take that further:

  • See how North Dakota compares against the 4 closest Midwest states by payment volume. Compare states
  • Drill into Cass County, North Dakota's top county by commodity sales in the 2022 NASS Census. County detail
  • How disaster and program payments stack for the program-level context behind these totals. Learn more

State payment totals (USDA ERS) and county figures (2022 NASS Census of Agriculture) are separate populations and must not be summed together.

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