Sorghum Subsidies in Texas totaled $2.5 billion from 1995-2017.
Congressional Districts in Texas Receiving sorghum subsidies, 1995-2017
| Rank |
District |
Sorghum Subsidies
1995-2017 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $500,596,247 | 20.1% | 20.1% |
| 2 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Blake Farenthold) | $340,318,238 | 13.7% | 33.8% |
| 3 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) | $223,561,528 | 9.0% | 42.7% |
| 4 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $169,746,233 | 6.8% | 49.6% |
| 5 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) | $63,157,023 | 2.5% | 52.1% |
| 6 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) | $59,800,213 | 2.4% | 54.5% |
| 7 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $57,847,525 | 2.3% | 56.8% |
| 8 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) | $57,003,506 | 2.3% | 59.1% |
| 9 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) | $53,058,949 | 2.1% | 61.2% |
| 10 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $48,709,570 | 2.0% | 63.2% |
| 11 | 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) | $32,533,679 | 1.3% | 64.5% |
| 12 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $23,942,376 | 1.0% | 65.5% |
| 13 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $20,221,343 | 0.8% | 66.3% |
| 14 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Joe Barton) | $19,067,073 | 0.8% | 67.0% |
| 15 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) | $15,430,623 | 0.6% | 67.6% |
| 16 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Weber) | $8,912,106 | 0.4% | 68.0% |
| 17 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) | $8,163,339 | 0.3% | 68.3% |
| 18 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) | $7,095,013 | 0.3% | 68.6% |
| 19 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) | $6,917,065 | 0.3% | 68.9% |
| 20 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Sam Johnson) | $6,100,176 | 0.2% | 69.1% |
| 21 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Lamar Smith) | $4,576,709 | 0.2% | 69.3% |
| 22 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Jeb Hensarling) | $2,248,517 | 0.1% | 69.4% |
| 23 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $1,671,875 | 0.1% | 69.5% |
| 24 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $1,090,006 | 0.0% | 69.5% |
| 25 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $665,017 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 26 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Ted Poe) | $540,157 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 27 | 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Sessions) | $486,974 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 28 | 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) | $342,631 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 29 | 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) | $264,278 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 30 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. John Culberson) | $217,324 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 31 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louis Gohmert) | $217,121 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 32 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $176,551 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 33 | 33rd District of Texas (Rep. Marc Veasey) | $115,587 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 34 | 18th District of Texas (Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee) | $28,130 | 0.0% | 69.6% |
| 35 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Beto O'Rourke) | $21,759 | 0.0% | 69.7% |
| 36 | 29th District of Texas (Rep. Gene Green) | $2,717 | 0.0% | 69.7% |
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.
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