Commodity subsidies in North Carolina totaled $4.1 billion from 1995-2017.
Congressional Districts in North Carolina Receiving Commodity Payments, 1995-2017
| Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies
1995-2017 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G.K. Butterfield) | $1,222,939,580 | 29.7% | 29.7% |
| 2 | 3rd District of North Carolina (Rep. Walter Jones) | $951,669,382 | 23.1% | 52.8% |
| 3 | 7th District of North Carolina (Rep. David Rouzer) | $722,980,074 | 17.6% | 70.4% |
| 4 | 8th District of North Carolina (Rep. Richard Hudson) | $285,833,593 | 6.9% | 77.3% |
| 5 | 2nd District of North Carolina (Rep. George Holding) | $195,789,899 | 4.8% | 82.1% |
| 6 | 6th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Walker) | $133,212,387 | 3.2% | 85.3% |
| 7 | 13th District of North Carolina (Rep. Ted Budd) | $113,519,491 | 2.8% | 88.1% |
| 8 | 5th District of North Carolina (Rep. Virginia Foxx) | $107,388,562 | 2.6% | 90.7% |
| 9 | 9th District of North Carolina (Rep. Robert Pittenger) | $79,627,737 | 1.9% | 92.6% |
| 10 | 11th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Meadows) | $39,429,154 | 1.0% | 93.6% |
| 11 | 10th District of North Carolina (Rep. Patrick McHenry) | $30,601,562 | 0.7% | 94.3% |
| 12 | 4th District of North Carolina (Rep. David Price) | $23,988,021 | 0.6% | 94.9% |
| 13 | 12th District of North Carolina (Rep. Alma Adams) | $4,445,598 | 0.1% | 95.0% |
NOTE: Not all recipients were able to be placed into Congressional Districts
so the District total may not total 100%. Nationally 96% of all program monies were designated into a Congressional District
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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