Conservation payments in Florida totaled $225 million from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Florida Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Conservation Programs
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 1st District of Florida (Rep. Matt Gaetz) | $37,288,905 | 16.6% | 16.6% |
| 2 | 2nd District of Florida (Rep. Neal Dunn) | $36,772,076 | 16.4% | 33.0% |
| 3 | 5th District of Florida (Rep. Al Lawson) | $14,847,909 | 6.6% | 39.6% |
| 4 | 17th District of Florida (Rep. W. Gregory Steube) | $13,433,106 | 6.0% | 45.6% |
| 5 | 9th District of Florida (Rep. Darren Soto) | $4,504,570 | 2.0% | 47.6% |
| 6 | 21st District of Florida (Rep. Lois Frankel) | $3,530,077 | 1.6% | 49.1% |
| 7 | 18th District of Florida (Rep. Brian Mast) | $3,494,606 | 1.6% | 50.7% |
| 8 | 3rd District of Florida (Rep. Ted Yoho) | $3,083,232 | 1.4% | 52.1% |
| 9 | 6th District of Florida (Rep. Michael Waltz) | $2,417,642 | 1.1% | 53.1% |
| 10 | 11th District of Florida (Rep. Daniel Webster) | $2,272,915 | 1.0% | 54.1% |
| 11 | 20th District of Florida (Rep. Alcee Hastings) | $1,855,412 | 0.8% | 55.0% |
| 12 | 15th District of Florida (Rep. Ross Spano) | $1,406,494 | 0.6% | 55.6% |
| 13 | 25th District of Florida (Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart) | $1,074,029 | 0.5% | 56.1% |
| 14 | 8th District of Florida (Rep. Bill Posey) | $953,218 | 0.4% | 56.5% |
| 15 | 23rd District of Florida (Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz) | $738,178 | 0.3% | 56.8% |
| 16 | 16th District of Florida (Rep. Vern Buchanan) | $690,928 | 0.3% | 57.1% |
| 17 | 4th District of Florida (Rep. John Rutherford) | $496,820 | 0.2% | 57.4% |
| 18 | 22nd District of Florida (Rep. Ted Deutch) | $371,940 | 0.2% | 57.5% |
| 19 | 12th District of Florida (Rep. Gus Bilirakis) | $266,916 | 0.1% | 57.6% |
| 20 | 19th District of Florida (Rep. Francis Rooney) | $227,381 | 0.1% | 57.7% |
| 21 | 10th District of Florida (Rep. Val Demings) | $217,655 | 0.1% | 57.8% |
| 22 | 7th District of Florida (Rep. Stephanie Murphy) | $155,249 | 0.1% | 57.9% |
| 23 | 14th District of Florida (Rep. Kathy Castor) | $73,213 | 0.0% | 57.9% |
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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