Corn Subsidies in Iowa totaled $19.4 billion from 1995-2019‡.

From 1995 to 2019, the top 10 percent of corn subsidy recipients were paid 60 percent of corn subsidies.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2019‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%13%1,983$1,998,101,238$1,007,615
Top 1%13%1,984$1,998,961,076$1,007,541
Top 2%22%3,967$3,356,647,535$846,143
Top 2%22%3,968$3,357,385,862$846,115
Top 3%29%5,950$4,460,677,243$749,694
Top 3%29%5,953$4,462,366,873$749,600
Top 4%36%7,934$5,400,400,015$680,665
Top 4%36%7,937$5,401,904,696$680,598
Top 5%41%9,918$6,218,707,777$627,012
Top 5%41%9,922$6,220,475,693$626,938
Top 6%46%11,901$6,942,715,394$583,372
Top 6%46%11,906$6,944,676,064$583,292
Top 7%50%13,885$7,590,845,829$546,694
Top 7%50%13,891$7,592,962,472$546,610
Top 8%54%15,868$8,175,387,518$515,212
Top 8%54%15,875$8,177,624,416$515,126
Top 9%57%17,852$8,705,120,560$487,627
Top 9%57%17,859$8,707,187,777$487,552
Top 10%60%19,836$9,187,143,803$463,155
Top 10%61%19,844$9,189,300,582$463,077
Top 11%63%21,819$9,627,101,358$441,226
Top 11%63%21,828$9,629,327,196$441,146
Top 12%66%23,803$10,029,811,036$421,368
Top 12%66%23,813$10,032,085,850$421,286
Top 13%68%25,786$10,398,675,363$403,268
Top 13%68%25,797$10,400,984,631$403,186
Top 14%71%27,770$10,737,168,671$386,646
Top 14%71%27,782$10,739,488,809$386,563
Top 15%73%29,754$11,047,982,141$371,311
Top 15%73%29,766$11,050,154,362$371,234
Top 16%75%31,737$11,334,438,443$357,136
Top 16%75%31,750$11,336,619,973$357,059
Top 17%76%33,721$11,598,889,471$343,966
Top 17%76%33,735$11,601,065,727$343,888
Top 18%78%35,704$11,842,698,697$331,691
Top 18%78%35,719$11,844,857,090$331,612
Top 19%79%37,688$12,067,991,188$320,208
Top 19%79%37,704$12,070,133,896$320,129
Top 20%81%39,672$12,276,867,258$309,459
Top 20%81%39,688$12,278,899,626$309,386
Remaining 80% of recips.19%158,688$2,911,566,682$18,348
Remaining 80% of recips.19%158,755$2,910,069,900$18,331

‡ Data for 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019.

 

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