Commodity subsidies in Pennsylvania totaled $1.4 billion from 1995-2019‡.
Congressional Districts in Pennsylvania Receiving Commodity Payments, 1995-2019‡
| Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies
1995-2019‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 10th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Scott Perry) | $217,965,735 | 15.9% | 15.9% |
| 2 | 9th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Daniel Meuser) | $215,748,657 | 15.7% | 31.5% |
| 3 | 5th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon) | $128,321,110 | 9.3% | 40.9% |
| 4 | 11th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Lloyd Smucker) | $128,003,826 | 9.3% | 50.2% |
| 5 | 3rd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Dwight Evans) | $127,214,699 | 9.3% | 59.4% |
| 6 | 16th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mike Kelly) | $103,407,935 | 7.5% | 67.0% |
| 7 | 4th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Madeleine Dean) | $102,023,599 | 7.4% | 74.4% |
| 8 | 15th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Glenn Thompson) | $92,006,517 | 6.7% | 81.1% |
| 9 | 7th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Susan Wild) | $55,983,462 | 4.1% | 85.2% |
| 10 | 6th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Chrissy Houlahan) | $41,299,726 | 3.0% | 88.2% |
| 11 | 17th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Conor Lamb) | $40,723,216 | 3.0% | 91.1% |
| 12 | 12th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Fred Keller) | $37,986,165 | 2.8% | 93.9% |
| 13 | 18th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Michael Doyle) | $20,485,977 | 1.5% | 95.4% |
| 14 | 8th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Matt Cartwright) | $16,634,395 | 1.2% | 96.6% |
| 15 | 14th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Guy Reschenthaler) | $14,722 | 0.0% | 96.6% |
| 16 | 2nd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Brendan Boyle) | $10,608 | 0.0% | 96.6% |
| 17 | 13th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. John Joyce) | $5,656 | 0.0% | 96.6% |
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 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019.
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