| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q8. For what percent of the highly erodible acres in your county are alternative conservation systems approved? |
| Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 58.5 | 0 | 100 | 66 | 48 |
| Arkansas | 40.7 | 0 | 100 | 30 | 35 |
| California | 50.4 | 0 | 100 | 65 | 21 |
| Colorado | 49.4 | 0 | 100 | 50 | 39 |
| Florida | 48.3 | 0 | 100 | 50 | 17 |
| Georgia | 47.2 | 0 | 100 | 50 | 54 |
| Idaho | 73.6 | 0 | 100 | 97 | 24 |
| Illinois | 55.5 | 0 | 100 | 60 | 75 |
| Indiana | 67.1 | 0 | 100 | 80 | 58 |
| Iowa | 48.7 | 0 | 100 | 50 | 81 |
| Kansas | 10.9 | 0 | 100 | 1 | 91 |
| Kentucky | 47.6 | 0 | 100 | 50 | 70 |
| Louisiana | 55.4 | 0 | 100 | 73 | 28 |
| Maryland | 24.8 | 0 | 100 | 13 | 12 |
| Michigan | 14.5 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 40 |
| Minnesota | 61.3 | 0 | 100 | 60 | 63 |
| Mississippi | 40.2 | 0 | 100 | 30 | 62 |
| Missouri | 54.4 | 0 | 100 | 66 | 76 |
| Montana | 9.5 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 43 |
| Nebraska | 52.6 | 0 | 100 | 65 | 72 |
| New Mexico | 55.3 | 0 | 100 | 65 | 20 |
| New York | 46.7 | 0 | 100 | 40 | 38 |
| North Carolina | 57.6 | 0 | 100 | 63 | 60 |
| North Dakota | 50.4 | 0 | 100 | 50 | 47 |
| Ohio | 55.4 | 0 | 100 | 60 | 56 |
| Oklahoma | 26.2 | 0 | 100 | 10 | 60 |
| Oregon | 39.4 | 0 | 100 | 20 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 24.1 | 0 | 100 | 20 | 39 |
| South Carolina | 23.8 | 0 | 100 | 10 | 23 |
| South Dakota | 57.8 | 0 | 100 | 70 | 52 |
| Tennessee | 55.7 | 0 | 100 | 60 | 53 |
| Texas | 39.2 | 0 | 100 | 20 | 139 |
| Utah | 17.3 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 11 |
| Virginia | 49.4 | 0 | 100 | 40 | 37 |
| Washington | 85.2 | 0 | 100 | 99 | 19 |
| West Virginia | 28.2 | 0 | 100 | 13 | 22 |
| Wisconsin | 23.4 | 0 | 80 | 15 | 52 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 34.4 | 0 | 100 | 25 | 63 |
| All States | 44.2 | 0 | 100 | 40 | 1,817 |