| Rank |
District |
Peanut Subsidies
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 2nd District of Georgia (Rep. Sanford D.Bishop) | $684,129,905 | 18.9% | 18.9% |
| 2 | 8th District of Georgia (Rep. Austin Scott) | $374,206,023 | 10.3% | 29.2% |
| 3 | 2nd District of Alabama (Rep. Martha Roby) | $357,319,542 | 9.9% | 39.1% |
| 4 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Neugebauer) | $272,354,000 | 7.5% | 46.6% |
| 5 | 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G. K.Butterfield) | $233,641,880 | 6.5% | 53.1% |
| 6 | 4th District of Virginia (Rep. J. RandyForbes) | $172,486,551 | 4.8% | 57.8% |
| 7 | 12th District of Georgia (Rep. John Barrow) | $142,689,391 | 3.9% | 61.8% |
| 8 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. K. MichaelConaway) | $130,842,359 | 3.6% | 65.4% |
| 9 | 3rd District of Oklahoma (Rep. Frank D.Lucas) | $115,994,875 | 3.2% | 68.6% |
| 10 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $100,300,479 | 2.8% | 71.4% |
| 11 | 2nd District of Florida (Rep. Steve Southerland) | $67,197,827 | 1.9% | 73.2% |
| 12 | 23th District of Texas (Rep. Pete P.Gallego) | $49,399,483 | 1.4% | 74.6% |
| 13 | 3rd District of North Carolina (Rep. Walter B.Jones) | $44,003,073 | 1.2% | 75.8% |
| 14 | 3rd District of Florida (Rep. Ted S.Yoho) | $42,966,685 | 1.2% | 77.0% |
| 15 | 1st District of Florida (Rep. Jeff Miller) | $37,143,410 | 1.0% | 78.0% |
| 16 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $37,119,546 | 1.0% | 79.0% |
| 17 | 4th District of Oklahoma (Rep. Tom Cole) | $29,444,512 | 0.8% | 79.8% |
| 18 | 2nd District of Oklahoma (Rep. Markwayne Mullin) | $25,248,317 | 0.7% | 80.5% |
| 19 | 2nd District of New Mexico (Rep. Stevan Pearce) | $22,941,598 | 0.6% | 81.2% |
| 20 | 1st District of Alabama (Rep. Jo Bonner) | $20,467,152 | 0.6% | 81.7% |
| 21 | 3rd District of Virginia (Rep. Robert C. “Bobby”Scott) | $19,412,577 | 0.5% | 82.3% |
| 22 | 7th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mike McIntyre) | $11,805,449 | 0.3% | 82.6% |
| 23 | 5th District of South Carolina (Rep. Mick Mulvaney) | $8,817,538 | 0.2% | 82.9% |
| 24 | 3rd District of New Mexico (Rep. Ben RayLuján) | $8,047,745 | 0.2% | 83.1% |
| 25 | 11th District of Florida (Rep. Richard B.Nugent) | $7,796,947 | 0.2% | 83.3% |
| 26 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael T.McCaul) | $7,738,788 | 0.2% | 83.5% |
| 27 | 10th District of Georgia (Rep. Paul C.Broun) | $7,473,603 | 0.2% | 83.7% |
| 28 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. Ralph M.Hall) | $7,067,213 | 0.2% | 83.9% |
| 29 | 4th District of Mississippi (Rep. Steven M.Palazzo) | $6,894,897 | 0.2% | 84.1% |
| 30 | 13th District of North Carolina (Rep. George Holding) | $6,844,156 | 0.2% | 84.3% |
| 31 | 2nd District of South Carolina (Rep. Joe Wilson) | $6,453,097 | 0.2% | 84.5% |
| 32 | 6th District of South Carolina (Rep. James E.Clyburn) | $6,131,911 | 0.2% | 84.6% |
| 33 | 3rd District of Alabama (Rep. Mike Rogers) | $5,515,868 | 0.2% | 84.8% |
| 34 | 1st District of Arkansas (Rep. Eric A. “Rick”Crawford) | $4,083,947 | 0.1% | 84.9% |
| 35 | 1st District of Georgia (Rep. Jack Kingston) | $3,277,711 | 0.1% | 85.0% |
| 36 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Rubén Hinojosa) | $3,005,469 | 0.1% | 85.1% |
| 37 | 5th District of Louisiana (Rep. Rodney Alexander) | $2,921,575 | 0.1% | 85.1% |
| 38 | 7th District of Alabama (Rep. Terri A.Sewell) | $2,899,823 | 0.1% | 85.2% |
| 39 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $2,593,052 | 0.1% | 85.3% |
| 40 | 3rd District of Mississippi (Rep. Gregg Harper) | $1,858,414 | 0.1% | 85.4% |
| 41 | 7th District of South Carolina (Rep. Tom Rice) | $1,797,435 | 0.0% | 85.4% |
| 42 | 5th District of Oklahoma (Rep. James Lankford) | $1,789,275 | 0.0% | 85.5% |
| 43 | 2nd District of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie G.Thompson) | $1,696,990 | 0.0% | 85.5% |
| 44 | 4th District of Arkansas (Rep. Tom Cotton) | $1,307,167 | 0.0% | 85.5% |
| 45 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael C.Burgess) | $1,283,739 | 0.0% | 85.6% |
| 46 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $1,167,707 | 0.0% | 85.6% |
| 47 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $1,088,581 | 0.0% | 85.6% |
| 48 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $1,046,355 | 0.0% | 85.7% |
| 49 | 8th District of Tennessee (Rep. Stephen LeeFincher) | $1,010,163 | 0.0% | 85.7% |
| 50 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $942,373 | 0.0% | 85.7% |
| 51 | 4th District of Arizona (Rep. Paul A.Gosar) | $877,409 | 0.0% | 85.7% |
| 52 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Lamar Smith) | $534,375 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 53 | 5th District of Virginia (Rep. Robert Hurt) | $462,281 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 54 | 8th District of North Carolina (Rep. Richard Hudson) | $414,730 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 55 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Jeb Hensarling) | $394,262 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 56 | 2nd District of Virginia (Rep. E. ScottRigell) | $357,997 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 57 | 6th District of Alabama (Rep. Spencer Bachus) | $349,597 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 58 | 8th District of Missouri (Rep. Office of the Eighth Congres | $328,520 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 59 | 2nd District of Arizona (Rep. Ron Barber) | $248,707 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 60 | 5th District of Florida (Rep. Corrine Brown) | $151,314 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 61 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Joe Barton) | $116,198 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 62 | 17th District of Florida (Rep. Thomas J.Rooney) | $94,934 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 63 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John R.Carter) | $88,273 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 64 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. John AbneyCulberson) | $82,713 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 65 | 2nd District of North Carolina (Rep. Renee L.Ellmers) | $73,964 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 66 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $68,896 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 67 | 36th District of California (Rep. Raul Ruiz) | $66,723 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 68 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. Lloyd Doggett) | $46,047 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 69 | 3rd District of South Carolina (Rep. Jeff Duncan) | $39,115 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 70 | 1st District of Oklahoma (Rep. Jim Bridenstine) | $38,358 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 71 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Blake Farenthold) | $37,850 | 0.0% | 85.8% |
| 72 | 4th District of Georgia (Rep. Henry C. “Hank”Johnson) | $32,803 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 73 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Sam Johnson) | $19,203 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 74 | 1st District of Mississippi (Rep. Alan Nunnelee) | $14,931 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 75 | 3rd District of Arizona (Rep. Raúl M.Grijalva) | $12,642 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 76 | 1st District of Kansas (Rep. Tim Huelskamp) | $11,317 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 77 | 18th District of Texas (Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee) | $10,300 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 78 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Ted Poe) | $9,816 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 79 | 3rd District of Nebraska (Rep. Adrian Smith) | $9,444 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 80 | 10th District of Florida (Rep. Daniel Webster) | $7,628 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 81 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louie Gohmert) | $7,422 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 82 | 3rd District of Georgia (Rep. Lynn A.Westmoreland) | $7,124 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 83 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy K.Weber) | $5,150 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 84 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $3,425 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 85 | 25th District of Florida (Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart) | $2,237 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 86 | 7th District of Virginia (Rep. Eric Cantor) | $877 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 87 | 4th District of North Carolina (Rep. David E.Price) | $870 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 88 | 1st District of South Carolina (Rep. Office of the First Co | $800 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 89 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Steve Stockman) | $680 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 90 | 21st District of California (Rep. David G.Valadao) | $184 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
| 91 | 5th District of Alabama (Rep. Mo Brooks) | $55 | 0.0% | 85.9% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.
The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.
Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 or 2012 data update.
We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.
Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.
