Conservation payments in Pennsylvania totaled $527 million from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Pennsylvania Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Conservation Programs
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 10th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Scott Perry) | $132,799,287 | 25.2% | 25.2% |
| 2 | 11th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Lloyd Smucker) | $68,216,738 | 12.9% | 38.1% |
| 3 | 9th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Daniel Meuser) | $57,034,092 | 10.8% | 49.0% |
| 4 | 5th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon) | $45,717,259 | 8.7% | 57.6% |
| 5 | 3rd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Dwight Evans) | $20,685,901 | 3.9% | 61.6% |
| 6 | 4th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Madeleine Dean) | $19,043,863 | 3.6% | 65.2% |
| 7 | 16th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mike Kelly) | $17,546,546 | 3.3% | 68.5% |
| 8 | 12th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Fred Keller) | $15,303,938 | 2.9% | 71.4% |
| 9 | 17th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Conor Lamb) | $14,124,040 | 2.7% | 74.1% |
| 10 | 18th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Michael Doyle) | $13,502,389 | 2.6% | 76.7% |
| 11 | 15th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Glenn Thompson) | $10,472,922 | 2.0% | 78.6% |
| 12 | 6th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Chrissy Houlahan) | $7,722,118 | 1.5% | 80.1% |
| 13 | 7th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Susan Wild) | $5,346,141 | 1.0% | 81.1% |
| 14 | 8th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Matt Cartwright) | $1,389,636 | 0.3% | 81.4% |
| 15 | 13th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. John Joyce) | $22,770 | 0.0% | 81.4% |
| 16 | 14th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Guy Reschenthaler) | $18,143 | 0.0% | 81.4% |
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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