Commodity subsidies in Pennsylvania totaled $1.6 billion from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Pennsylvania Receiving Commodity Payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 9th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Daniel Meuser) | $248,445,081 | 15.9% | 15.9% |
| 2 | 10th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Scott Perry) | $247,486,947 | 15.9% | 31.8% |
| 3 | 5th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon) | $147,709,835 | 9.5% | 41.3% |
| 4 | 3rd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Dwight Evans) | $142,549,656 | 9.1% | 50.4% |
| 5 | 11th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Lloyd Smucker) | $141,309,115 | 9.1% | 59.5% |
| 6 | 16th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mike Kelly) | $129,343,022 | 8.3% | 67.8% |
| 7 | 4th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Madeleine Dean) | $114,797,116 | 7.4% | 75.2% |
| 8 | 15th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Glenn Thompson) | $105,534,613 | 6.8% | 81.9% |
| 9 | 7th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Susan Wild) | $63,907,925 | 4.1% | 86.0% |
| 10 | 6th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Chrissy Houlahan) | $47,246,589 | 3.0% | 89.1% |
| 11 | 17th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Conor Lamb) | $45,661,891 | 2.9% | 92.0% |
| 12 | 12th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Fred Keller) | $42,850,296 | 2.7% | 94.7% |
| 13 | 18th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Michael Doyle) | $22,491,515 | 1.4% | 96.2% |
| 14 | 8th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Matt Cartwright) | $18,104,608 | 1.2% | 97.3% |
| 15 | 14th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Guy Reschenthaler) | $17,066 | 0.0% | 97.3% |
| 16 | 2nd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Brendan Boyle) | $10,608 | 0.0% | 97.3% |
| 17 | 13th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. John Joyce) | $5,656 | 0.0% | 97.3% |
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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