| Rank |
District |
Tobacco Payment Program
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 7th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mike McIntyre) | $4,295,572 | 8.4% | 8.4% |
| 2 | 13th District of North Carolina (Rep. George Holding) | $3,389,648 | 6.6% | 15.0% |
| 3 | 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G. K.Butterfield) | $3,302,724 | 6.5% | 21.5% |
| 4 | 6th District of Kentucky (Rep. Andy Barr) | $3,003,159 | 5.9% | 27.4% |
| 5 | 1st District of Kentucky (Rep. Ed Whitfield) | $2,916,521 | 5.7% | 33.1% |
| 6 | 6th District of North Carolina (Rep. Howard Coble) | $2,882,668 | 5.6% | 38.7% |
| 7 | 7th District of South Carolina (Rep. Tom Rice) | $2,737,659 | 5.4% | 44.1% |
| 8 | 2nd District of Kentucky (Rep. Brett Guthrie) | $2,677,677 | 5.2% | 49.3% |
| 9 | 3rd District of North Carolina (Rep. Walter B.Jones) | $2,557,752 | 5.0% | 54.3% |
| 10 | 5th District of Virginia (Rep. Robert Hurt) | $2,506,182 | 4.9% | 59.2% |
| 11 | 4th District of Kentucky (Rep. Thomas Massie) | $2,225,848 | 4.4% | 63.6% |
| 12 | 6th District of Tennessee (Rep. Diane Black) | $1,492,272 | 2.9% | 66.5% |
| 13 | 8th District of Georgia (Rep. Austin Scott) | $1,448,639 | 2.8% | 69.3% |
| 14 | 2nd District of North Carolina (Rep. Renee L.Ellmers) | $1,321,566 | 2.6% | 71.9% |
| 15 | 5th District of Kentucky (Rep. Harold Rogers) | $1,256,633 | 2.5% | 74.4% |
| 16 | 12th District of Georgia (Rep. John Barrow) | $1,199,100 | 2.3% | 76.7% |
| 17 | 8th District of North Carolina (Rep. Richard Hudson) | $1,053,447 | 2.1% | 78.8% |
| 18 | 6th District of South Carolina (Rep. James E.Clyburn) | $968,161 | 1.9% | 80.7% |
| 19 | 1st District of Tennessee (Rep. David P.Roe) | $920,132 | 1.8% | 82.5% |
| 20 | 5th District of North Carolina (Rep. Virginia Foxx) | $865,249 | 1.7% | 84.1% |
| 21 | 9th District of Virginia (Rep. H. MorganGriffith) | $785,710 | 1.5% | 85.7% |
| 22 | 3rd District of Florida (Rep. Ted S.Yoho) | $595,515 | 1.2% | 86.8% |
| 23 | 11th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Meadows) | $531,175 | 1.0% | 87.9% |
| 24 | 1st District of Georgia (Rep. Jack Kingston) | $524,146 | 1.0% | 88.9% |
| 25 | 7th District of Tennessee (Rep. Marsha Blackburn) | $423,933 | 0.8% | 89.7% |
| 26 | 2nd District of Ohio (Rep. Brad R.Wenstrup) | $406,095 | 0.8% | 90.5% |
| 27 | 4th District of North Carolina (Rep. David E.Price) | $368,172 | 0.7% | 91.3% |
| 28 | 2nd District of Tennessee (Rep. John J.Duncan) | $342,549 | 0.7% | 91.9% |
| 29 | 6th District of Indiana (Rep. Luke Messer) | $310,434 | 0.6% | 92.5% |
| 30 | 4th District of Virginia (Rep. J. RandyForbes) | $279,067 | 0.5% | 93.1% |
| 31 | 5th District of Tennessee (Rep. Jim Cooper) | $161,916 | 0.3% | 93.4% |
| 32 | 2nd District of Wisconsin (Rep. Mark Pocan) | $157,525 | 0.3% | 93.7% |
| 33 | 6th District of Missouri (Rep. Sam Graves) | $146,850 | 0.3% | 94.0% |
| 34 | 2nd District of Georgia (Rep. Sanford D.Bishop) | $145,219 | 0.3% | 94.3% |
| 35 | 4th District of Tennessee (Rep. Scott DesJarlais) | $125,513 | 0.2% | 94.5% |
| 36 | 3rd District of Tennessee (Rep. Charles J. “Chuck”Fleischman | $123,021 | 0.2% | 94.8% |
| 37 | 8th District of Tennessee (Rep. Stephen LeeFincher) | $106,069 | 0.2% | 95.0% |
| 38 | 9th District of Indiana (Rep. Todd C.Young) | $100,504 | 0.2% | 95.2% |
| 39 | 3rd District of West Virginia (Rep. Nick J.Rahall) | $99,263 | 0.2% | 95.4% |
| 40 | 6th District of Ohio (Rep. Bill Johnson) | $91,117 | 0.2% | 95.5% |
| 41 | 3rd District of Wisconsin (Rep. Ron Kind) | $78,914 | 0.2% | 95.7% |
| 42 | 5th District of South Carolina (Rep. Mick Mulvaney) | $51,652 | 0.1% | 95.8% |
| 43 | 12th District of North Carolina (Rep. Melvin L.Watt) | $48,671 | 0.1% | 95.9% |
| 44 | 2nd District of Florida (Rep. Steve Southerland) | $48,591 | 0.1% | 96.0% |
| 45 | 2nd District of West Virginia (Rep. Shelley MooreCapito) | $33,825 | 0.1% | 96.0% |
| 46 | 8th District of Indiana (Rep. Larry Bucshon) | $27,269 | 0.1% | 96.1% |
| 47 | 2nd District of Alabama (Rep. Martha Roby) | $26,873 | 0.1% | 96.2% |
| 48 | 3rd District of Kentucky (Rep. John A.Yarmuth) | $23,127 | 0.0% | 96.2% |
| 49 | 8th District of Ohio (Rep. John A.Boehner) | $22,826 | 0.0% | 96.2% |
| 50 | 4th District of Missouri (Rep. Vicky Hartzler) | $16,720 | 0.0% | 96.3% |
| 51 | 1st District of South Carolina (Rep. Office of the First Co | $13,485 | 0.0% | 96.3% |
| 52 | 4th District of Florida (Rep. Ander Crenshaw) | $12,449 | 0.0% | 96.3% |
| 53 | 9th District of North Carolina (Rep. Robert Pittenger) | $9,879 | 0.0% | 96.3% |
| 54 | 10th District of Georgia (Rep. Paul C.Broun) | $8,877 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 55 | 6th District of Wisconsin (Rep. Thomas E.Petri) | $8,213 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 56 | 10th District of Ohio (Rep. Michael R.Turner) | $4,785 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 57 | 5th District of Wisconsin (Rep. F. JamesSensenbrenner) | $3,735 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 58 | 7th District of Virginia (Rep. Eric Cantor) | $3,353 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 59 | 10th District of North Carolina (Rep. Patrick T.McHenry) | $2,710 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 60 | 15th District of Ohio (Rep. Steve Stivers) | $2,526 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 61 | 6th District of Virginia (Rep. Bob Goodlatte) | $2,074 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 62 | 2nd District of Kansas (Rep. Lynn Jenkins) | $1,993 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 63 | 9th District of Georgia (Rep. Doug Collins) | $1,966 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 64 | 1st District of West Virginia (Rep. David B.McKinley) | $1,718 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 65 | 3rd District of Virginia (Rep. Robert C. “Bobby”Scott) | $1,258 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 66 | 1st District of Ohio (Rep. Steve Chabot) | $1,185 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 67 | 1st District of Florida (Rep. Jeff Miller) | $1,094 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 68 | 7th District of Missouri (Rep. Billy Long) | $840 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 69 | 1st District of Wisconsin (Rep. Paul Ryan) | $830 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 70 | 1st District of Virginia (Rep. Robert J.Wittman) | $657 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 71 | 5th District of Missouri (Rep. Emanuel Cleaver) | $494 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 72 | 6th District of Minnesota (Rep. Michele Bachmann) | $418 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 73 | 5th District of Alabama (Rep. Mo Brooks) | $291 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 74 | 3rd District of Missouri (Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer) | $206 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 75 | 4th District of Ohio (Rep. Jim Jordan) | $166 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 76 | 7th District of Minnesota (Rep. Collin C.Peterson) | $119 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 77 | 8th District of Missouri (Rep. Office of the Eighth Congres | $79 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 78 | 1st District of Alabama (Rep. Jo Bonner) | $75 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 79 | 1st District of Minnesota (Rep. Timothy J.Walz) | $72 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 80 | 2nd District of South Carolina (Rep. Joe Wilson) | $32 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 81 | 2nd District of Oklahoma (Rep. Markwayne Mullin) | $25 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| 82 | 5th District of Ohio (Rep. Robert E.Latta) | $6 | 0.0% | 96.4% |
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.
