| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q87--2001:. In your county, about how many total acres of wetlands were granted minimal effects exemptions for agricultural purposes in 2001? |
| Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Arkansas | 5.0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| California | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Colorado | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Florida | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Georgia | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Idaho | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Illinois | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Indiana | 3.6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Iowa | 5.8 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 5 |
| Kansas | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Kentucky | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Louisiana | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Maryland | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Michigan | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Minnesota | 4.1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 15 |
| Mississippi | 1.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Missouri | 119 | 1 | 450 | 12 | 4 |
| Montana | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nebraska | 6.6 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 14 |
| New Mexico | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| New York | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| North Carolina | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| North Dakota | 11.2 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 11 |
| Ohio | 4.2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| Oklahoma | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Oregon | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| South Carolina | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| South Dakota | 29.7 | 2 | 300 | 10 | 32 |
| Tennessee | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Texas | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Utah | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Virginia | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Washington | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| West Virginia | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| All States | 15.1 | 1 | 450 | 3 | 121 |