| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q87--1997:. In your county, about how many total acres of wetlands were granted minimal effects exemptions for agricultural purposes in 1997? |
| Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Arkansas | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| California | 10.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Colorado | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Florida | 40.0 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 1 |
| Georgia | 4.7 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Idaho | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Illinois | 3.8 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| Indiana | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Iowa | 1.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Kansas | 16.8 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 4 |
| Kentucky | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Louisiana | 15.0 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 |
| Maryland | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Michigan | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 5.0 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 14 |
| Mississippi | 3.0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Missouri | 38.0 | 1 | 200 | 7 | 6 |
| Montana | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Nebraska | 8.6 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 17 |
| New Mexico | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| New York | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 1.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| North Dakota | 31.8 | 1 | 100 | 20 | 9 |
| Ohio | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Oregon | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| South Carolina | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| South Dakota | 19.4 | 1 | 100 | 11 | 24 |
| Tennessee | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Texas | 12.5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
| Utah | 22.5 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 2 |
| Virginia | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Washington | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| West Virginia | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 2.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| All States | 11.2 | 1 | 200 | 3 | 135 |