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