Corn Subsidies in Shelby County, Iowa totaled $252 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of corn subsidy recipients were paid 51 percent of corn subsidies.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%9%23$18,594,698$808,465
Top 2%16%46$32,417,064$704,719
Top 3%22%70$44,157,582$630,823
Top 4%27%93$54,277,564$583,630
Top 5%32%116$63,333,201$545,976
Top 6%37%140$72,095,824$514,970
Top 7%40%163$79,816,954$489,675
Top 8%44%186$87,086,070$468,205
Top 9%48%210$94,156,111$448,362
Top 10%51%233$100,537,101$431,490
Top 11%54%256$106,476,436$415,924
Top 12%57%280$112,148,001$400,529
Top 13%59%303$117,139,551$386,599
Top 14%62%327$121,960,623$372,968
Top 15%64%350$126,367,418$361,050
Top 16%66%373$130,556,607$350,018
Top 17%68%397$134,685,577$339,258
Top 18%70%420$138,390,765$329,502
Top 19%72%443$141,859,879$320,225
Top 20%74%467$145,259,428$311,048
Remaining 80% of recips.26%1,869$52,183,081$27,920

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

 

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