Sorghum Subsidies in Texas totaled $2.7 billion from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Texas Receiving sorghum subsidies, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Sorghum Subsidies
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $530,179,205 | 19.9% | 19.9% |
| 2 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Cloud) | $367,579,751 | 13.8% | 33.7% |
| 3 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) | $240,262,924 | 9.0% | 42.7% |
| 4 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $185,443,784 | 7.0% | 49.6% |
| 5 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) | $66,785,460 | 2.5% | 52.1% |
| 6 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) | $63,971,880 | 2.4% | 54.5% |
| 7 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $61,924,974 | 2.3% | 56.8% |
| 8 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) | $59,722,660 | 2.2% | 59.1% |
| 9 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) | $56,461,854 | 2.1% | 61.2% |
| 10 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $50,456,996 | 1.9% | 63.1% |
| 11 | 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) | $34,347,765 | 1.3% | 64.4% |
| 12 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $24,830,343 | 0.9% | 65.3% |
| 13 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $21,975,345 | 0.8% | 66.1% |
| 14 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Ron Wright) | $21,161,458 | 0.8% | 66.9% |
| 15 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) | $16,309,723 | 0.6% | 67.5% |
| 16 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Weber) | $9,512,299 | 0.4% | 67.9% |
| 17 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) | $8,602,044 | 0.3% | 68.2% |
| 18 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) | $7,559,856 | 0.3% | 68.5% |
| 19 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) | $7,318,248 | 0.3% | 68.8% |
| 20 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Van Taylor) | $6,266,607 | 0.2% | 69.0% |
| 21 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Chip Roy) | $4,872,350 | 0.2% | 69.2% |
| 22 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Lance Gooden) | $2,369,049 | 0.1% | 69.3% |
| 23 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $1,776,061 | 0.1% | 69.3% |
| 24 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $1,139,946 | 0.0% | 69.4% |
| 25 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $667,338 | 0.0% | 69.4% |
| 26 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Dan Crenshaw) | $588,560 | 0.0% | 69.4% |
| 27 | 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Colin Allred) | $484,123 | 0.0% | 69.4% |
| 28 | 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) | $346,552 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
| 29 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $290,463 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
| 30 | 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) | $268,095 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
| 31 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. Lizzie Fletcher) | $226,155 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
| 32 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louis Gohmert) | $223,090 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
| 33 | 33rd District of Texas (Rep. Marc Veasey) | $115,587 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
| 34 | 18th District of Texas (Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee) | $28,130 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
| 35 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Veronica Escobar) | $21,807 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
| 36 | 29th District of Texas (Rep. Sylvia Garcia) | $2,717 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
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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