| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q17. Did your county have any HELC violations in calendar years 1998-2001? |
| Yes (percent) | No (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 27.1 | 72.9 | 48 |
| Arkansas | 8.6 | 91.4 | 35 |
| California | 8.7 | 91.3 | 23 |
| Colorado | 27.5 | 72.5 | 40 |
| Florida | 29.4 | 70.6 | 17 |
| Georgia | 9.1 | 90.9 | 55 |
| Iowa | 56.8 | 43.2 | 81 |
| Idaho | 28.0 | 72.0 | 25 |
| Illinois | 50.0 | 50.0 | 76 |
| Indiana | 23.3 | 76.7 | 60 |
| Kansas | 19.8 | 80.2 | 91 |
| Kentucky | 11.3 | 88.7 | 71 |
| Louisiana | 7.1 | 92.9 | 28 |
| Maryland | 25.0 | 75.0 | 12 |
| Michigan | 9.5 | 90.5 | 42 |
| Minnesota | 20.6 | 79.4 | 63 |
| Missouri | 11.7 | 88.3 | 77 |
| Mississippi | 10.8 | 89.2 | 65 |
| Montana | 18.2 | 81.8 | 44 |
| North Carolina | 21.3 | 78.7 | 61 |
| North Dakota | 10.4 | 89.6 | 48 |
| Nebraska | 54.2 | 45.8 | 72 |
| New Mexico | 14.3 | 85.7 | 21 |
| New York | 23.7 | 76.3 | 38 |
| Ohio | 16.4 | 83.6 | 55 |
| Oklahoma | 25.0 | 75.0 | 60 |
| Oregon | 23.5 | 76.5 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 45.0 | 55.0 | 40 |
| South Carolina | 4.0 | 96.0 | 25 |
| South Dakota | 11.5 | 88.5 | 52 |
| Tennessee | 15.1 | 84.9 | 53 |
| Texas | 13.7 | 86.3 | 139 |
| Utah | 9.1 | 90.9 | 11 |
| Virginia | 13.2 | 86.8 | 38 |
| Washington | 50.0 | 50.0 | 20 |
| Wisconsin | 53.8 | 46.2 | 52 |
| West Virginia | 9.1 | 90.9 | 22 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 12.7 | 87.3 | 63 |
| All States | 22.8 | 77.2 | 1,840 |