Deficiency Payments in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania totaled $368,287 from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Receiving Deficiency Payments payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Deficiency Payments
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 9th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Daniel Meuser) | $1,881,381 | 15.4% | 15.4% |
| 2 | 11th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Lloyd Smucker) | $1,827,297 | 15.0% | 30.4% |
| 3 | 10th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Scott Perry) | $1,750,733 | 14.4% | 44.8% |
| 4 | 3rd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Dwight Evans) | $1,530,967 | 12.6% | 57.4% |
| 5 | 5th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon) | $1,027,813 | 8.4% | 65.8% |
| 6 | 15th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Glenn Thompson) | $747,657 | 6.1% | 71.9% |
| 7 | 4th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Madeleine Dean) | $669,529 | 5.5% | 77.4% |
| 8 | 17th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Conor Lamb) | $649,469 | 5.3% | 82.8% |
| 9 | 12th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Fred Keller) | $337,235 | 2.8% | 85.5% |
| 10 | 18th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Michael Doyle) | $272,015 | 2.2% | 87.8% |
| 11 | 16th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mike Kelly) | $256,272 | 2.1% | 89.9% |
| 12 | 6th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Chrissy Houlahan) | $222,577 | 1.8% | 91.7% |
| 13 | 7th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Susan Wild) | $200,436 | 1.6% | 93.3% |
| 14 | 8th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Matt Cartwright) | $111,922 | 0.9% | 94.2% |
| 15 | 14th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Guy Reschenthaler) | $743 | 0.0% | 94.3% |
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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