Oat Subsidies in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania totaled $94,769 from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Receiving oat subsidies, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Oat Subsidies
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 3rd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Dwight Evans) | $1,253,307 | 17.6% | 17.6% |
| 2 | 9th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Daniel Meuser) | $1,160,318 | 16.3% | 33.9% |
| 3 | 5th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon) | $838,844 | 11.8% | 45.7% |
| 4 | 10th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Scott Perry) | $649,036 | 9.1% | 54.8% |
| 5 | 11th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Lloyd Smucker) | $602,399 | 8.5% | 63.2% |
| 6 | 12th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Fred Keller) | $512,062 | 7.2% | 70.4% |
| 7 | 17th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Conor Lamb) | $359,827 | 5.1% | 75.5% |
| 8 | 15th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Glenn Thompson) | $201,779 | 2.8% | 78.3% |
| 9 | 18th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Michael Doyle) | $143,767 | 2.0% | 80.3% |
| 10 | 4th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Madeleine Dean) | $89,362 | 1.3% | 81.6% |
| 11 | 6th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Chrissy Houlahan) | $48,010 | 0.7% | 82.3% |
| 12 | 8th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Matt Cartwright) | $31,070 | 0.4% | 82.7% |
| 13 | 7th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Susan Wild) | $16,973 | 0.2% | 82.9% |
| 14 | 16th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mike Kelly) | $5,681 | 0.1% | 83.0% |
| 15 | 14th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Guy Reschenthaler) | $24 | 0.0% | 83.0% |
| 16 | 13th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. John Joyce) | $10 | 0.0% | 83.0% |
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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