Commodity subsidies in Benton County, Arkansas totaled $6.5 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 66 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%18%4$1,170,788$292,697
Top 2%31%9$2,025,064$225,007
Top 3%41%14$2,619,236$187,088
Top 4%46%18$2,992,287$166,238
Top 5%51%23$3,299,045$143,437
Top 6%55%28$3,551,309$126,832
Top 7%58%32$3,732,878$116,652
Top 8%61%37$3,948,021$106,703
Top 9%64%42$4,140,477$98,583
Top 10%66%46$4,273,898$92,911
Top 11%68%51$4,417,721$86,622
Top 12%70%56$4,546,605$81,189
Top 13%72%60$4,639,219$77,320
Top 14%73%65$4,747,486$73,038
Top 15%75%70$4,847,850$69,255
Top 16%76%75$4,941,973$65,893
Top 17%78%79$5,012,468$63,449
Top 18%79%84$5,096,099$60,668
Top 19%80%89$5,174,128$58,136
Top 20%81%93$5,234,066$56,280
Remaining 80% of recips.19%376$1,228,244$3,267

‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.

 

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