| Rank |
District |
Total Counter Cyclical Payments
2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 2nd District of Georgia (Rep. Sanford D.Bishop) | $3,397,557 | 19.8% | 19.8% |
| 2 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Neugebauer) | $2,070,583 | 12.1% | 31.9% |
| 3 | 8th District of Georgia (Rep. Austin Scott) | $1,936,262 | 11.3% | 43.2% |
| 4 | 2nd District of Alabama (Rep. Martha Roby) | $1,629,259 | 9.5% | 52.7% |
| 5 | 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G. K.Butterfield) | $1,102,846 | 6.4% | 59.1% |
| 6 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $846,659 | 4.9% | 64.0% |
| 7 | 4th District of Virginia (Rep. J. RandyForbes) | $775,778 | 4.5% | 68.5% |
| 8 | 12th District of Georgia (Rep. John Barrow) | $770,707 | 4.5% | 73.0% |
| 9 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. K. MichaelConaway) | $728,954 | 4.2% | 77.3% |
| 10 | 3rd District of Oklahoma (Rep. Frank D.Lucas) | $641,852 | 3.7% | 81.0% |
| 11 | 2nd District of Florida (Rep. Steve Southerland) | $350,046 | 2.0% | 83.1% |
| 12 | 3rd District of Florida (Rep. Ted S.Yoho) | $316,976 | 1.8% | 84.9% |
| 13 | 3rd District of North Carolina (Rep. Walter B.Jones) | $248,626 | 1.4% | 86.4% |
| 14 | 23th District of Texas (Rep. Pete P.Gallego) | $222,612 | 1.3% | 87.7% |
| 15 | 1st District of Florida (Rep. Jeff Miller) | $217,349 | 1.3% | 88.9% |
| 16 | 2nd District of New Mexico (Rep. Stevan Pearce) | $165,680 | 1.0% | 89.9% |
| 17 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $164,765 | 1.0% | 90.8% |
| 18 | 4th District of Oklahoma (Rep. Tom Cole) | $138,745 | 0.8% | 91.7% |
| 19 | 1st District of Alabama (Rep. Jo Bonner) | $123,704 | 0.7% | 92.4% |
| 20 | 3rd District of Virginia (Rep. Robert C. “Bobby”Scott) | $93,685 | 0.5% | 92.9% |
| 21 | 2nd District of Oklahoma (Rep. Markwayne Mullin) | $89,840 | 0.5% | 93.4% |
| 22 | 11th District of Florida (Rep. Richard B.Nugent) | $58,989 | 0.3% | 93.8% |
| 23 | 7th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mike McIntyre) | $57,522 | 0.3% | 94.1% |
| 24 | 3rd District of New Mexico (Rep. Ben RayLuján) | $48,173 | 0.3% | 94.4% |
| 25 | 1st District of Arkansas (Rep. Eric A. “Rick”Crawford) | $45,449 | 0.3% | 94.7% |
| 26 | 16th District of California (Rep. Jim Costa) | $42,866 | 0.2% | 94.9% |
| 27 | 3rd District of Alabama (Rep. Mike Rogers) | $40,320 | 0.2% | 95.2% |
| 28 | 7th District of Alabama (Rep. Terri A.Sewell) | $37,649 | 0.2% | 95.4% |
| 29 | 4th District of Mississippi (Rep. Steven M.Palazzo) | $36,522 | 0.2% | 95.6% |
| 30 | 2nd District of South Carolina (Rep. Joe Wilson) | $35,247 | 0.2% | 95.8% |
| 31 | 21st District of California (Rep. David G.Valadao) | $33,745 | 0.2% | 96.0% |
| 32 | 5th District of South Carolina (Rep. Mick Mulvaney) | $32,996 | 0.2% | 96.2% |
| 33 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael T.McCaul) | $28,735 | 0.2% | 96.4% |
| 34 | 10th District of Georgia (Rep. Paul C.Broun) | $28,298 | 0.2% | 96.5% |
| 35 | 13th District of North Carolina (Rep. George Holding) | $25,900 | 0.2% | 96.7% |
| 36 | 6th District of South Carolina (Rep. James E.Clyburn) | $25,679 | 0.1% | 96.8% |
| 37 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. Ralph M.Hall) | $24,201 | 0.1% | 97.0% |
| 38 | 2nd District of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie G.Thompson) | $23,650 | 0.1% | 97.1% |
| 39 | 22nd District of California (Rep. Devin Nunes) | $18,078 | 0.1% | 97.2% |
| 40 | 5th District of Louisiana (Rep. Rodney Alexander) | $15,538 | 0.1% | 97.3% |
| 41 | 8th District of Tennessee (Rep. Stephen LeeFincher) | $13,903 | 0.1% | 97.4% |
| 42 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Rubén Hinojosa) | $13,842 | 0.1% | 97.5% |
| 43 | 1st District of Georgia (Rep. Jack Kingston) | $13,645 | 0.1% | 97.5% |
| 44 | 23th District of California (Rep. Kevin McCarthy) | $12,458 | 0.1% | 97.6% |
| 45 | 7th District of South Carolina (Rep. Tom Rice) | $12,343 | 0.1% | 97.7% |
| 46 | 8th District of Missouri (Rep. Office of the Eighth Congres | $12,299 | 0.1% | 97.8% |
| 47 | 3rd District of Mississippi (Rep. Gregg Harper) | $12,247 | 0.1% | 97.8% |
| 48 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Joe Barton) | $8,019 | 0.0% | 97.9% |
| 49 | 4th District of Arkansas (Rep. Tom Cotton) | $6,544 | 0.0% | 97.9% |
| 50 | 5th District of Oklahoma (Rep. James Lankford) | $6,526 | 0.0% | 97.9% |
| 51 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $5,725 | 0.0% | 98.0% |
| 52 | 4th District of Arizona (Rep. Paul A.Gosar) | $4,365 | 0.0% | 98.0% |
| 53 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael C.Burgess) | $4,031 | 0.0% | 98.0% |
| 54 | 6th District of Louisiana (Rep. Bill Cassidy) | $3,956 | 0.0% | 98.1% |
| 55 | 14th District of Georgia (Rep. Tom Graves) | $3,680 | 0.0% | 98.1% |
| 56 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Blake Farenthold) | $3,672 | 0.0% | 98.1% |
| 57 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $3,160 | 0.0% | 98.1% |
| 58 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $3,053 | 0.0% | 98.1% |
| 59 | 8th District of North Carolina (Rep. Richard Hudson) | $2,303 | 0.0% | 98.1% |
| 60 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $2,276 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 61 | 4th District of Kansas (Rep. Mike Pompeo) | $1,816 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 62 | 2nd District of Virginia (Rep. E. ScottRigell) | $1,754 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 63 | 5th District of Virginia (Rep. Robert Hurt) | $1,566 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 64 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Jeb Hensarling) | $1,326 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 65 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John R.Carter) | $1,287 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 66 | 5th District of Florida (Rep. Corrine Brown) | $1,196 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 67 | 36th District of California (Rep. Raul Ruiz) | $897 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 68 | 7th District of Tennessee (Rep. Marsha Blackburn) | $800 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 69 | 17th District of Florida (Rep. Thomas J.Rooney) | $790 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 70 | 51st District of California (Rep. Juan Vargas) | $693 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 71 | 5th District of Alabama (Rep. Mo Brooks) | $600 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 72 | 41st District of California (Rep. Mark Takano) | $599 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 73 | 6th District of Alabama (Rep. Spencer Bachus) | $575 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 74 | 1st District of Mississippi (Rep. Alan Nunnelee) | $487 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 75 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $481 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 76 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $397 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 77 | 4th District of Georgia (Rep. Henry C. “Hank”Johnson) | $396 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 78 | 3rd District of South Carolina (Rep. Jeff Duncan) | $380 | 0.0% | 98.2% |
| 79 | 4th District of Alabama (Rep. Robert B.Aderholt) | $365 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 80 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Sam Johnson) | $284 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 81 | 5th District of Arizona (Rep. Matt Salmon) | $128 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 82 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Lamar Smith) | $125 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 83 | 3rd District of Nebraska (Rep. Adrian Smith) | $106 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 84 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louie Gohmert) | $100 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 85 | 4th District of California (Rep. Tom McClintock) | $84 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 86 | 1st District of Kansas (Rep. Tim Huelskamp) | $51 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 87 | 3rd District of Georgia (Rep. Lynn A.Westmoreland) | $39 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 88 | 4th District of Louisiana (Rep. John Fleming) | $35 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 89 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Ted Poe) | $15 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 90 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. John AbneyCulberson) | $15 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 91 | 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) | $2 | 0.0% | 98.3% |
| 92 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. Lloyd Doggett) | $-19 | -0.0% | 98.3% |
| 93 | 2nd District of North Carolina (Rep. Renee L.Ellmers) | $-36 | -0.0% | 98.3% |
| 94 | 3rd District of Louisiana (Rep. Charles W.Boustany) | $-425 | -0.0% | 98.3% |
| 95 | 3rd District of Arizona (Rep. Raúl M.Grijalva) | $-7,824 | -0.0% | 98.2% |
| 96 | 8th District of Arizona (Rep. Trent Franks) | $-19,174 | -0.1% | 98.1% |
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.
