Tree Assistance Program payments in the United States totaled $10.3 million in 2016
Congressional Districts in the United States Receiving Tree Assistance Program payments, 2016
| Rank |
District |
Tree Assistance Program
2016 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 2nd District of Oregon (Rep. Greg Walden) | $685,256 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2 | 6th District of Michigan (Rep. Fred Upton) | $441,745 | 4.3% | 10.9% |
| 3 | 17th District of Florida (Rep. W. Gregory Steube) | $329,091 | 3.2% | 14.1% |
| 4 | 18th District of Florida (Rep. Brian Mast) | $153,100 | 1.5% | 15.6% |
| 5 | 14th District of Ohio (Rep. David Joyce) | $136,133 | 1.3% | 16.9% |
| 6 | 2nd District of Hawaii (Rep. Tulsi Gabbard) | $131,460 | 1.3% | 18.2% |
| 7 | 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G.K. Butterfield) | $117,369 | 1.1% | 19.3% |
| 8 | 1st District of Michigan (Rep. Jack Bergman) | $76,252 | 0.7% | 20.0% |
| 9 | 8th District of Wisconsin (Rep. Mike Gallagher) | $55,678 | 0.5% | 20.6% |
| 10 | 12th District of Georgia (Rep. Rick Allen) | $36,807 | 0.4% | 20.9% |
| 11 | 5th District of Washington (Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers) | $23,392 | 0.2% | 21.2% |
| 12 | 3rd District of Nebraska (Rep. Adrian Smith) | $23,203 | 0.2% | 21.4% |
| 13 | 2nd District of Connecticut (Rep. Joe Courtney) | $18,112 | 0.2% | 21.6% |
| 14 | 7th District of Minnesota (Rep. Collin Peterson) | $17,489 | 0.2% | 21.7% |
| 15 | 2nd District of Alabama (Rep. Martha Roby) | $15,985 | 0.2% | 21.9% |
| 16 | 2nd District of Michigan (Rep. Bill Huizenga) | $13,763 | 0.1% | 22.0% |
| 17 | 7th District of Michigan (Rep. Tim Walberg) | $10,975 | 0.1% | 22.1% |
| 18 | 13th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. John Joyce) | $10,219 | 0.1% | 22.2% |
| 19 | 6th District of Missouri (Rep. Sam Graves) | $9,637 | 0.1% | 22.3% |
| 20 | 2nd District of California (Rep. Jared Huffman) | $9,198 | 0.1% | 22.4% |
| 21 | 11th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Meadows) | $8,708 | 0.1% | 22.5% |
| 22 | 2nd District of New Jersey (Rep. Jefferson Van Drew) | $7,917 | 0.1% | 22.6% |
| 23 | PRAL | $4,364 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 24 | 3rd District of Colorado (Rep. Scott Tipton) | $4,316 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 25 | 1st District of Georgia (Rep. Buddy Carter) | $3,733 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 26 | 10th District of Michigan (Rep. Paul Mitchell) | $1,768 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 27 | 19th District of New York (Rep. Antonio Delgado) | $1,487 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 28 | 1st District of Idaho (Rep. Russ Fulcher) | $1,465 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 29 | 1st District of Arkansas (Rep. Rick Crawford) | $1,418 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 30 | 1st District of Nebraska (Rep. Jeff Fortenberry) | $1,124 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 31 | 7th District of Wisconsin (Rep. Sean Duffy) | $915 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 32 | SDAL | $573 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 33 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louis Gohmert) | $436 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
NOTE: Not all recipients were able to be placed into Congressional Districts
so the District total may not total 100%. Nationally 96% of all program monies were designated into a Congressional District
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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