Wheat Subsidies in the United States totaled $48.4 billion from 1995-2020‡.
From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of wheat subsidy recipients were paid 79 percent of wheat subsidies.
Pct. of Recipients | Pct. of Payments | Number of Recipients | Total Payments 1995-2020‡ | Payment per Recipient |
---|---|---|---|---|
Top 1% | 29% | 16,133 | $9,968,842,187 | $617,916 |
Top 2% | 42% | 32,266 | $14,690,896,885 | $455,306 |
Top 3% | 51% | 48,399 | $17,885,126,868 | $369,535 |
Top 4% | 58% | 64,532 | $20,236,792,230 | $313,593 |
Top 5% | 63% | 80,665 | $22,057,512,066 | $273,446 |
Top 6% | 68% | 96,798 | $23,518,592,346 | $242,966 |
Top 7% | 71% | 112,931 | $24,722,623,152 | $218,918 |
Top 8% | 74% | 129,064 | $25,732,023,421 | $199,374 |
Top 9% | 76% | 145,197 | $26,593,607,733 | $183,155 |
Top 10% | 79% | 161,330 | $27,337,342,402 | $169,450 |
Top 11% | 80% | 177,463 | $27,985,699,147 | $157,699 |
Top 12% | 82% | 193,596 | $28,556,694,460 | $147,507 |
Top 13% | 83% | 209,729 | $29,063,232,290 | $138,575 |
Top 14% | 85% | 225,862 | $29,514,475,522 | $130,675 |
Top 15% | 86% | 241,995 | $29,919,578,182 | $123,637 |
Top 16% | 87% | 258,128 | $30,284,985,748 | $117,325 |
Top 17% | 88% | 274,262 | $30,616,209,386 | $111,631 |
Top 18% | 89% | 290,395 | $30,917,583,683 | $106,467 |
Top 19% | 90% | 306,528 | $31,192,412,944 | $101,760 |
Top 20% | 90% | 322,661 | $31,444,038,409 | $97,452 |
Remaining 80% of recips. | 10% | 1,290,645 | $3,369,183,702 | $2,610 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.