Sorghum Subsidies in Norton County, Kansas totaled $30.1 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of sorghum subsidy recipients were paid 73 percent of sorghum subsidies.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%17%17$3,605,267$212,075
Top 2%28%35$6,061,501$173,186
Top 3%37%53$8,099,484$152,820
Top 4%45%71$9,771,309$137,624
Top 5%52%89$11,230,672$126,187
Top 6%57%107$12,491,674$116,745
Top 7%62%125$13,570,845$108,567
Top 8%67%143$14,469,120$101,183
Top 9%70%161$15,202,871$94,428
Top 10%73%179$15,834,584$88,461
Top 11%75%197$16,359,164$83,041
Top 12%77%215$16,821,175$78,238
Top 13%79%233$17,220,985$73,910
Top 14%81%251$17,579,012$70,036
Top 15%82%269$17,898,789$66,538
Top 16%84%287$18,191,209$63,384
Top 17%85%304$18,444,837$60,674
Top 18%86%322$18,681,362$58,017
Top 19%87%340$18,897,897$55,582
Top 20%88%358$19,089,550$53,323
Remaining 80% of recips.12%1,436$2,655,451$1,849

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

 

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