Misc. Disaster Payments in Texas totaled $18.0 million in 2020
Congressional Districts in Texas Receiving Misc. Disaster Payments payments, 2020
| Rank |
District |
Misc. Disaster Payments
2020 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $4,543,004 | 25.3% | 25.3% |
| 2 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) | $3,132,158 | 17.4% | 42.7% |
| 3 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Ron Wright) | $1,909,558 | 10.6% | 53.4% |
| 4 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $1,844,843 | 10.3% | 63.6% |
| 5 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) | $1,267,993 | 7.1% | 70.7% |
| 6 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) | $1,036,267 | 5.8% | 76.5% |
| 7 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) | $655,793 | 3.7% | 80.1% |
| 8 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Van Taylor) | $468,103 | 2.6% | 82.7% |
| 9 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $346,957 | 1.9% | 84.7% |
| 10 | 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) | $327,012 | 1.8% | 86.5% |
| 11 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $326,838 | 1.8% | 88.3% |
| 12 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Weber) | $272,848 | 1.5% | 89.8% |
| 13 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Lance Gooden) | $124,336 | 0.7% | 90.5% |
| 14 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $113,319 | 0.6% | 91.2% |
| 15 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Cloud) | $105,384 | 0.6% | 91.7% |
| 16 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $91,630 | 0.5% | 92.3% |
| 17 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) | $90,049 | 0.5% | 92.8% |
| 18 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) | $80,665 | 0.4% | 93.2% |
| 19 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) | $67,989 | 0.4% | 93.6% |
| 20 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) | $48,057 | 0.3% | 93.9% |
| 21 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Chip Roy) | $28,516 | 0.2% | 94.0% |
| 22 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $26,005 | 0.1% | 94.2% |
| 23 | 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Colin Allred) | $13,028 | 0.1% | 94.2% |
| 24 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Veronica Escobar) | $12,229 | 0.1% | 94.3% |
| 25 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $4,931 | 0.0% | 94.3% |
| 26 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) | $1,560 | 0.0% | 94.3% |
| 27 | 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) | $453 | 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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