Rank State Number of Rural Counties Number of Rural Donor Counties Amount % of Rural Total
1 New Mexico 28 24 $746,549 12.3%
2 Texas 220 101 $512,127 8.5%
3 North Carolina 85 67 $379,001 6.3%
4 Utah 22 11 $322,150 5.3%
5 Virginia 95 47 $262,470 4.3%
6 Kentucky 111 41 $220,635 3.6%
7 New Hampshire 8 8 $182,124 3.0%
8 Colorado 52 26 $181,753 3.0%
9 Arkansas 70 37 $169,375 2.8%
10 South Carolina 39 27 $156,894 2.6%
11 Georgia 133 51 $142,480 2.4%
12 Alabama 60 32 $141,550 2.3%
13 Florida 35 21 $140,675 2.3%
14 Michigan 68 36 $139,650 2.3%
15 Arizona 12 10 $125,800 2.1%
16 Oklahoma 72 34 $124,899 2.1%
17 Mississippi 78 28 $121,850 2.0%
18 Connecticut 2 2 $120,750 2.0%
19 Idaho 38 14 $114,500 1.9%
20 New York 39 31 $110,975 1.8%
21 Missouri 104 36 $109,615 1.8%
22 California 23 15 $102,987 1.7%
23 Illinois 81 39 $102,622 1.7%
24 Wisconsin 59 35 $101,525 1.7%
25 Maryland 11 9 $96,850 1.6%
26 New Jersey 4 4 $96,050 1.6%
27 Vermont 13 9 $74,135 1.2%
28 Pennsylvania 46 24 $73,988 1.2%
29 Wyoming 21 12 $69,950 1.2%
30 Iowa 90 35 $67,900 1.1%
31 South Dakota 64 12 $57,706 1.0%
32 Indiana 72 17 $57,690 1.0%
33 Kansas 98 38 $53,246 0.9%
34 Washington 24 16 $52,475 0.9%
35 Tennessee 82 25 $51,500 0.9%
36 Louisiana 48 22 $51,125 0.8%
37 Minnesota 78 17 $50,920 0.8%
38 Ohio 65 27 $50,775 0.8%
39 Montana 53 17 $48,551 0.8%
40 Oregon 27 14 $42,200 0.7%
41 West Virginia 49 16 $39,700 0.7%
42 Massachusetts 3 3 $39,000 0.6%
43 Maine 15 14 $36,850 0.6%
44 Nevada 14 6 $34,700 0.6%
45 Hawaii 4 3 $26,553 0.4%
46 Delaware 1 1 $23,100 0.4%
47 North Dakota 50 5 $14,750 0.2%
48 Nebraska 89 12 $7,675 0.1%
49 Alaska 25 7 $4,400 0.1%