Livestock Disaster / Emergency payments in Pennsylvania totaled $30.8 million from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Pennsylvania Receiving Livestock Disaster / Emergency payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Livestock Disaster / Emergency
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 10th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Scott Perry) | $9,585,079 | 31.1% | 31.1% |
| 2 | 9th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Daniel Meuser) | $4,979,176 | 16.1% | 47.2% |
| 3 | 5th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon) | $3,395,885 | 11.0% | 58.2% |
| 4 | 3rd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Dwight Evans) | $2,073,959 | 6.7% | 64.9% |
| 5 | 11th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Lloyd Smucker) | $1,730,041 | 5.6% | 70.5% |
| 6 | 16th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mike Kelly) | $1,594,149 | 5.2% | 75.7% |
| 7 | 18th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Michael Doyle) | $1,474,096 | 4.8% | 80.5% |
| 8 | 15th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Glenn Thompson) | $1,064,986 | 3.5% | 83.9% |
| 9 | 12th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Fred Keller) | $1,050,301 | 3.4% | 87.4% |
| 10 | 4th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Madeleine Dean) | $943,843 | 3.1% | 90.4% |
| 11 | 7th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Susan Wild) | $640,808 | 2.1% | 92.5% |
| 12 | 6th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Chrissy Houlahan) | $629,434 | 2.0% | 94.5% |
| 13 | 17th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Conor Lamb) | $355,246 | 1.2% | 95.7% |
| 14 | 8th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Matt Cartwright) | $131,873 | 0.4% | 96.1% |
| 15 | 14th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Guy Reschenthaler) | $1,686 | 0.0% | 96.1% |
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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