Commodity subsidies in North Carolina totaled $4.6 billion from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in North Carolina Receiving Commodity Payments, 1995-2020‡
Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies 1995-2020‡ | Pct of Total | Running Percentage |
1 | 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G.K. Butterfield) | $1,365,109,575 | 29.7% | 29.7% |
2 | 3rd District of North Carolina (Rep. Walter Jones) | $1,058,884,932 | 23.1% | 52.8% |
3 | 7th District of North Carolina (Rep. David Rouzer) | $788,999,190 | 17.2% | 70.0% |
4 | 8th District of North Carolina (Rep. Richard Hudson) | $328,055,494 | 7.1% | 77.2% |
5 | 2nd District of North Carolina (Rep. George Holding) | $213,532,487 | 4.7% | 81.8% |
6 | 6th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Walker) | $144,428,058 | 3.1% | 85.0% |
7 | 13th District of North Carolina (Rep. Ted Budd) | $126,964,882 | 2.8% | 87.7% |
8 | 5th District of North Carolina (Rep. Virginia Foxx) | $124,858,177 | 2.7% | 90.4% |
9 | 9th District of North Carolina (Open Seat) | $92,098,301 | 2.0% | 92.5% |
10 | 11th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Meadows) | $43,474,359 | 0.9% | 93.4% |
11 | 10th District of North Carolina (Rep. Patrick McHenry) | $39,402,142 | 0.9% | 94.3% |
12 | 4th District of North Carolina (Rep. David Price) | $25,972,422 | 0.6% | 94.8% |
13 | 12th District of North Carolina (Rep. Alma Adams) | $5,200,802 | 0.1% | 94.9% |
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.
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.