| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q85. From January 1,1996 through December 31, 2001, did your county have any wetlands cases that were granted a minimal effect exemption under the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended? |
| Yes (percent) | No (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 10.2 | 89.8 | 49 |
| Arkansas | 18.6 | 81.4 | 43 |
| California | 3.2 | 96.8 | 31 |
| Colorado | 5.1 | 94.9 | 39 |
| Florida | 10.3 | 89.7 | 29 |
| Georgia | 8.2 | 91.8 | 61 |
| Iowa | 19.0 | 81.0 | 79 |
| Idaho | 7.1 | 92.9 | 28 |
| Illinois | 17.8 | 82.2 | 73 |
| Indiana | 19.7 | 80.3 | 61 |
| Kansas | 13.2 | 86.8 | 91 |
| Kentucky | 0.0 | 100.0 | 72 |
| Louisiana | 11.6 | 88.4 | 43 |
| Maryland | 26.7 | 73.3 | 15 |
| Michigan | 4.2 | 95.8 | 48 |
| Minnesota | 40.0 | 60.0 | 65 |
| Missouri | 19.0 | 81.0 | 79 |
| Mississippi | 13.6 | 86.4 | 66 |
| Montana | 17.8 | 82.2 | 45 |
| North Carolina | 8.5 | 91.5 | 71 |
| North Dakota | 46.9 | 53.1 | 49 |
| Nebraska | 39.7 | 60.3 | 68 |
| New Mexico | 5.0 | 95.0 | 20 |
| New York | 8.3 | 91.7 | 36 |
| Ohio | 15.5 | 84.5 | 58 |
| Oklahoma | 0.0 | 100.0 | 60 |
| Oregon | 4.8 | 95.2 | 21 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.5 | 97.5 | 40 |
| South Carolina | 3.7 | 96.3 | 27 |
| South Dakota | 71.7 | 28.3 | 53 |
| Tennessee | 0.0 | 100.0 | 52 |
| Texas | 3.2 | 96.8 | 156 |
| Utah | 13.3 | 86.7 | 15 |
| Virginia | 12.5 | 87.5 | 40 |
| Washington | 8.0 | 92.0 | 25 |
| Wisconsin | 34.7 | 65.3 | 49 |
| West Virginia | 0.0 | 100.0 | 23 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 11.4 | 88.6 | 70 |
| All States | 15.2 | 84.8 | 1,950 |