Commodity subsidies in Illinois totaled $21.6 billion from 1995-2021.

From 1995 to 2021, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 73 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2021 Payment per Recipient
Top 1%20%2,791$4,295,459,865$1,539,040
Top 2%32%5,582$6,838,686,582$1,225,132
Top 3%41%8,373$8,779,243,462$1,048,518
Top 4%48%11,165$10,349,078,030$926,921
Top 5%54%13,956$11,647,557,444$834,591
Top 6%59%16,747$12,738,496,509$760,643
Top 7%63%19,538$13,667,338,434$699,526
Top 8%67%22,330$14,463,277,524$647,706
Top 9%70%25,121$15,149,488,947$603,061
Top 10%73%27,912$15,743,234,242$564,031
Top 11%75%30,703$16,260,632,566$529,611
Top 12%77%33,495$16,712,967,302$498,969
Top 13%79%36,286$17,112,130,427$471,590
Top 14%81%39,077$17,466,557,762$446,978
Top 15%82%41,869$17,782,954,323$424,728
Top 16%84%44,660$18,066,329,263$404,530
Top 17%85%47,451$18,321,893,636$386,122
Top 18%86%50,242$18,554,150,673$369,296
Top 19%87%53,034$18,766,134,059$353,851
Top 20%88%55,825$18,960,048,024$339,634
Remaining 80% of recips.12%223,302$2,622,621,090$11,745
 

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