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Crop Subsidy Program benefits in United States totaled $34.8 billion in program years 2003-2005.

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Top Beneficiaries in PY 2003

From 2003 to 2005, the top 10 percent of Crop Subsidy Program to beneficiaries accounted for 66 percent of those payments.
Pct. of Beneficiaries Pct. of Payments Number of Beneficiaries Total Payments
PY2003-2005		 Payment per Beneficiary
PY2003-
2005		Avg. per year
Top 1%17%15,443$5,829,487,357$377,484$125,828
Top 2%27%30,886$9,319,629,032$301,743$100,581
Top 3%35%46,329$12,052,523,005$260,151$86,717
Top 4%41%61,772$14,312,659,362$231,701$77,234
Top 5%47%77,216$16,237,717,781$210,290$70,097
Top 6%52%92,659$17,908,176,249$193,270$64,423
Top 7%56%108,102$19,373,029,792$179,211$59,737
Top 8%59%123,545$20,671,546,751$167,320$55,773
Top 9%63%138,989$21,829,825,577$157,062$52,354
Top 10%66%154,432$22,867,880,128$148,077$49,359
Top 11%68%169,875$23,802,013,721$140,115$46,705
Top 12%71%185,318$24,645,619,964$132,991$44,330
Top 13%73%200,762$25,409,853,836$126,567$42,189
Top 14%75%216,205$26,104,693,803$120,740$40,247
Top 15%77%231,648$26,737,890,031$115,425$38,475
Top 16%79%247,091$27,315,714,000$110,549$36,850
Top 17%80%262,535$27,844,409,163$106,060$35,353
Top 18%82%277,978$28,328,720,129$101,910$33,970
Top 19%83%293,421$28,773,264,220$98,061$32,687
Top 20%84%308,864$29,182,206,769$94,482$31,494
Remaining 80% of beneficiaries16%1,235,460$5,569,864,841$4,508$1,503
All beneficiaries 100% 1,544,324 $34,752,353,585 $22,503 $7,501


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