Corn Subsidies in Mellette County, South Dakota totaled $6.5 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of corn subsidy recipients were paid 66 percent of corn subsidies.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%17%2$407,975$203,988
Top 2%32%4$768,775$192,194
Top 3%40%6$961,533$160,256
Top 4%47%9$1,143,004$127,000
Top 5%51%11$1,231,112$111,919
Top 6%54%13$1,314,999$101,154
Top 7%59%16$1,420,686$88,793
Top 8%61%18$1,487,050$82,614
Top 9%64%20$1,550,237$77,512
Top 10%66%22$1,607,417$73,064
Top 11%70%25$1,685,237$67,409
Top 12%71%27$1,729,019$64,038
Top 13%73%29$1,769,825$61,028
Top 14%75%32$1,822,011$56,938
Top 15%77%34$1,853,038$54,501
Top 16%78%36$1,881,664$52,268
Top 17%79%38$1,908,624$50,227
Top 18%80%41$1,947,079$47,490
Top 19%81%43$1,969,497$45,802
Top 20%82%45$1,990,608$44,236
Remaining 80% of recips.18%184$431,164$2,343

‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.

 

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