Dairy Program Subsidies in Texas totaled $176 million from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Texas Receiving dairy program subsidies, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Dairy Program Subsidies
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) | $43,145,710 | 24.5% | 24.5% |
| 2 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) | $35,551,597 | 20.2% | 44.7% |
| 3 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $25,646,400 | 14.6% | 59.3% |
| 4 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $16,976,100 | 9.6% | 68.9% |
| 5 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) | $13,311,517 | 7.6% | 76.5% |
| 6 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Lance Gooden) | $12,911,096 | 7.3% | 83.8% |
| 7 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louis Gohmert) | $5,281,991 | 3.0% | 86.8% |
| 8 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $3,758,048 | 2.1% | 88.9% |
| 9 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) | $2,448,711 | 1.4% | 90.3% |
| 10 | 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) | $2,123,653 | 1.2% | 91.5% |
| 11 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $1,593,744 | 0.9% | 92.4% |
| 12 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $1,153,058 | 0.7% | 93.1% |
| 13 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $823,420 | 0.5% | 93.6% |
| 14 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Ron Wright) | $816,999 | 0.5% | 94.0% |
| 15 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Cloud) | $790,663 | 0.4% | 94.5% |
| 16 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) | $776,022 | 0.4% | 94.9% |
| 17 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $437,867 | 0.2% | 95.2% |
| 18 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) | $151,727 | 0.1% | 95.2% |
| 19 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Chip Roy) | $126,161 | 0.1% | 95.3% |
| 20 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Veronica Escobar) | $111,085 | 0.1% | 95.4% |
| 21 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Van Taylor) | $55,955 | 0.0% | 95.4% |
| 22 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) | $44,083 | 0.0% | 95.4% |
| 23 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $42,706 | 0.0% | 95.5% |
| 24 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) | $6,593 | 0.0% | 95.5% |
| 25 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) | $756 | 0.0% | 95.5% |
| 26 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $529 | 0.0% | 95.5% |
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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