Conservation payments in Watauga County, North Carolina totaled $348,015 from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Watauga County, North Carolina Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Conservation Programs
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G.K. Butterfield) | $64,993,983 | 18.9% | 18.9% |
| 2 | 3rd District of North Carolina (Rep. Walter Jones) | $46,334,441 | 13.5% | 32.4% |
| 3 | 7th District of North Carolina (Rep. David Rouzer) | $33,087,971 | 9.6% | 42.1% |
| 4 | 8th District of North Carolina (Rep. Richard Hudson) | $22,749,085 | 6.6% | 48.7% |
| 5 | 10th District of North Carolina (Rep. Patrick McHenry) | $16,350,458 | 4.8% | 53.5% |
| 6 | 2nd District of North Carolina (Rep. George Holding) | $12,570,024 | 3.7% | 57.1% |
| 7 | 11th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Meadows) | $9,981,349 | 2.9% | 60.1% |
| 8 | 6th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Walker) | $7,643,871 | 2.2% | 62.3% |
| 9 | 5th District of North Carolina (Rep. Virginia Foxx) | $7,429,661 | 2.2% | 64.4% |
| 10 | 9th District of North Carolina (Open Seat) | $6,910,336 | 2.0% | 66.5% |
| 11 | 4th District of North Carolina (Rep. David Price) | $3,125,304 | 0.9% | 67.4% |
| 12 | 13th District of North Carolina (Rep. Ted Budd) | $3,052,785 | 0.9% | 68.3% |
| 13 | 12th District of North Carolina (Rep. Alma Adams) | $281,794 | 0.1% | 68.3% |
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.
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