Commodity subsidies in Metcalfe County, Kentucky totaled $15.9 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 71 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%23%23$3,676,516$159,849
Top 2%35%47$5,515,088$117,342
Top 3%43%70$6,752,275$96,461
Top 4%49%94$7,782,581$82,793
Top 5%54%117$8,610,010$73,590
Top 6%59%141$9,334,104$66,199
Top 7%62%164$9,913,268$60,447
Top 8%66%188$10,419,165$55,421
Top 9%68%211$10,841,904$51,383
Top 10%71%235$11,234,350$47,806
Top 11%73%259$11,592,532$44,759
Top 12%75%282$11,898,835$42,194
Top 13%77%306$12,183,446$39,815
Top 14%78%329$12,424,996$37,766
Top 15%80%353$12,654,861$35,849
Top 16%81%376$12,857,922$34,197
Top 17%82%400$13,056,754$32,642
Top 18%83%423$13,233,446$31,285
Top 19%84%447$13,404,428$29,988
Top 20%85%471$13,560,035$28,790
Remaining 80% of recips.15%1,884$2,305,056$1,223

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

 

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