U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q2. In your experience, compared with neighboring counties, how closely does your county monitor HELC provisions?

  Much more closely (percent) More closely (percent) About the same (percent) Less closely (percent) Much less closely (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 0.0 2.2 95.7 2.2 0.0 46
Arkansas 0.0 6.5 93.5 0.0 0.0 31
California 0.0 15.0 85.0 0.0 0.0 20
Colorado 0.0 2.6 97.4 0.0 0.0 38
Florida 5.9 5.9 88.2 0.0 0.0 17
Georgia 0.0 3.8 94.3 1.9 0.0 53
Iowa 1.3 11.3 86.3 1.3 0.0 80
Idaho 4.2 16.7 79.2 0.0 0.0 24
Illinois 6.8 18.9 70.3 4.1 0.0 74
Indiana 0.0 8.6 87.9 3.4 0.0 58
Kansas 1.1 9.1 88.6 1.1 0.0 88
Kentucky 1.5 4.5 91.0 3.0 0.0 67
Louisiana 8.0 0.0 92.0 0.0 0.0 25
Maryland 9.1 0.0 81.8 0.0 9.1 11
Michigan 0.0 10.0 90.0 0.0 0.0 40
Minnesota 1.7 3.3 93.3 1.7 0.0 60
Missouri 1.4 9.5 87.8 1.4 0.0 74
Mississippi 5.0 8.3 86.7 0.0 0.0 60
Montana 0.0 9.5 90.5 0.0 0.0 42
North Carolina 3.5 5.3 91.2 0.0 0.0 57
North Dakota 0.0 4.4 93.3 2.2 0.0 45
Nebraska 0.0 18.3 80.3 1.4 0.0 71
New Mexico 0.0 20.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 20
New York 8.6 0.0 77.1 11.4 2.9 35
Ohio 0.0 5.9 90.2 0.0 3.9 51
Oklahoma 0.0 3.3 95.0 0.0 1.7 60
Oregon 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 17
Pennsylvania 0.0 8.1 91.9 0.0 0.0 37
South Carolina 4.8 0.0 95.2 0.0 0.0 21
South Dakota 0.0 6.0 94.0 0.0 0.0 50
Tennessee 0.0 3.9 92.2 3.9 0.0 51
Texas 3.7 8.2 85.1 2.2 0.7 134
Utah 0.0 9.1 90.9 0.0 0.0 11
Virginia 0.0 10.5 89.5 0.0 0.0 38
Washington 0.0 5.0 95.0 0.0 0.0 20
Wisconsin 9.8 19.6 66.7 2.0 2.0 51
West Virginia 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 22
States with fewer than 15 respondents 5.0 1.7 91.7 1.7 0.0 60
All States 2.1 7.8 88.2 1.5 0.4 1,759