Corn Subsidies in Kentucky totaled $1.9 billion from 1995-2020‡.
From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of corn subsidy recipients were paid 82 percent of corn subsidies.
Pct. of Recipients | Pct. of Payments | Number of Recipients | Total Payments 1995-2020‡ | Payment per Recipient |
---|---|---|---|---|
Top 1% | 41% | 934 | $559,305,166 | $598,828 |
Top 2% | 55% | 1,868 | $745,306,053 | $398,986 |
Top 3% | 63% | 2,802 | $849,692,601 | $303,245 |
Top 4% | 68% | 3,736 | $918,551,539 | $245,865 |
Top 5% | 72% | 4,671 | $968,766,509 | $207,400 |
Top 6% | 74% | 5,605 | $1,007,931,509 | $179,827 |
Top 7% | 77% | 6,539 | $1,039,700,123 | $159,000 |
Top 8% | 79% | 7,473 | $1,066,452,782 | $142,707 |
Top 9% | 80% | 8,407 | $1,089,432,313 | $129,586 |
Top 10% | 82% | 9,342 | $1,109,467,455 | $118,761 |
Top 11% | 83% | 10,276 | $1,127,173,570 | $109,690 |
Top 12% | 84% | 11,210 | $1,143,063,830 | $101,968 |
Top 13% | 85% | 12,144 | $1,157,353,415 | $95,302 |
Top 14% | 86% | 13,078 | $1,170,313,529 | $89,487 |
Top 15% | 87% | 14,013 | $1,182,112,282 | $84,358 |
Top 16% | 88% | 14,947 | $1,192,917,078 | $79,810 |
Top 17% | 89% | 15,881 | $1,202,881,747 | $75,743 |
Top 18% | 89% | 16,815 | $1,212,074,012 | $72,083 |
Top 19% | 90% | 17,749 | $1,220,564,795 | $68,768 |
Top 20% | 91% | 18,684 | $1,228,478,285 | $65,750 |
Remaining 80% of recips. | 9% | 74,737 | $126,388,002 | $1,691 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.