Conservation payments in Pennsylvania totaled $17.2 million in 2019
Congressional Districts in Pennsylvania Receiving Subtotal, Conservation Programs payments, 2019
| Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Conservation Programs
2019 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 10th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Scott Perry) | $4,736,411 | 27.5% | 27.5% |
| 2 | 9th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Daniel Meuser) | $2,135,902 | 12.4% | 39.9% |
| 3 | 11th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Lloyd Smucker) | $2,051,953 | 11.9% | 51.8% |
| 4 | 5th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon) | $1,964,185 | 11.4% | 63.2% |
| 5 | 16th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mike Kelly) | $1,053,023 | 6.1% | 69.3% |
| 6 | 3rd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Dwight Evans) | $688,650 | 4.0% | 73.3% |
| 7 | 4th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Madeleine Dean) | $624,991 | 3.6% | 77.0% |
| 8 | 15th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Glenn Thompson) | $464,373 | 2.7% | 79.7% |
| 9 | 12th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Fred Keller) | $439,401 | 2.6% | 82.2% |
| 10 | 18th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Michael Doyle) | $426,983 | 2.5% | 84.7% |
| 11 | 17th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Conor Lamb) | $362,698 | 2.1% | 86.8% |
| 12 | 6th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Chrissy Houlahan) | $306,451 | 1.8% | 88.6% |
| 13 | 7th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Susan Wild) | $229,036 | 1.3% | 89.9% |
| 14 | 8th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Matt Cartwright) | $15 | 0.0% | 89.9% |
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.
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