Tree Assistance - Total payments in Florida totaled $8.4 million in 2019
Congressional Districts in Florida Receiving Tree Assistance - Total payments, 2019
| Rank |
District |
Tree Assistance - Total
2019 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 21st District of Florida (Rep. Lois Frankel) | $857,863 | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 2 | 17th District of Florida (Rep. W. Gregory Steube) | $775,997 | 9.2% | 19.4% |
| 3 | 15th District of Florida (Rep. Ross Spano) | $240,132 | 2.9% | 22.3% |
| 4 | 18th District of Florida (Rep. Brian Mast) | $220,011 | 2.6% | 24.9% |
| 5 | 11th District of Florida (Rep. Daniel Webster) | $200,597 | 2.4% | 27.3% |
| 6 | 9th District of Florida (Rep. Darren Soto) | $165,673 | 2.0% | 29.2% |
| 7 | 8th District of Florida (Rep. Bill Posey) | $113,741 | 1.4% | 30.6% |
| 8 | 10th District of Florida (Rep. Val Demings) | $79,023 | 0.9% | 31.5% |
| 9 | 16th District of Florida (Rep. Vern Buchanan) | $75,606 | 0.9% | 32.4% |
| 10 | 12th District of Florida (Rep. Gus Bilirakis) | $66,717 | 0.8% | 33.2% |
| 11 | 20th District of Florida (Rep. Alcee Hastings) | $48,031 | 0.6% | 33.8% |
| 12 | 6th District of Florida (Rep. Michael Waltz) | $17,418 | 0.2% | 34.0% |
| 13 | 3rd District of Florida (Rep. Ted Yoho) | $5,927 | 0.1% | 34.1% |
| 14 | 22nd District of Florida (Rep. Ted Deutch) | $5,210 | 0.1% | 34.1% |
| 15 | 23rd District of Florida (Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz) | $3,527 | 0.0% | 34.2% |
| 16 | 19th District of Florida (Rep. Francis Rooney) | $3,296 | 0.0% | 34.2% |
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.
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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