Sorghum Subsidies in Texas totaled $2.3 billion from 1995-2016.
Congressional Districts in Texas Receiving sorghum subsidies, 1995-2016
| Rank |
District |
Sorghum Subsidies
1995-2016 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $461,308,705 | 20.1% | 20.1% |
| 2 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Blake Farenthold) | $304,765,091 | 13.3% | 33.4% |
| 3 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) | $202,508,714 | 8.8% | 42.2% |
| 4 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $148,102,315 | 6.5% | 48.6% |
| 5 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) | $57,796,839 | 2.5% | 51.2% |
| 6 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) | $53,759,277 | 2.3% | 53.5% |
| 7 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) | $52,900,664 | 2.3% | 55.8% |
| 8 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $52,741,524 | 2.3% | 58.1% |
| 9 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) | $49,162,563 | 2.1% | 60.2% |
| 10 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $44,505,313 | 1.9% | 62.2% |
| 11 | 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) | $30,695,023 | 1.3% | 63.5% |
| 12 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $22,195,224 | 1.0% | 64.5% |
| 13 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $17,662,418 | 0.8% | 65.3% |
| 14 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Joe Barton) | $17,059,864 | 0.7% | 66.0% |
| 15 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) | $14,450,740 | 0.6% | 66.6% |
| 16 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Weber) | $8,097,337 | 0.4% | 67.0% |
| 17 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) | $7,549,127 | 0.3% | 67.3% |
| 18 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) | $6,470,519 | 0.3% | 67.6% |
| 19 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) | $6,357,812 | 0.3% | 67.9% |
| 20 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Sam Johnson) | $5,863,906 | 0.3% | 68.1% |
| 21 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Lamar Smith) | $4,244,852 | 0.2% | 68.3% |
| 22 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Jeb Hensarling) | $2,049,143 | 0.1% | 68.4% |
| 23 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $1,520,266 | 0.1% | 68.5% |
| 24 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $1,065,473 | 0.0% | 68.5% |
| 25 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $636,999 | 0.0% | 68.5% |
| 26 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Ted Poe) | $523,175 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 27 | 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Sessions) | $481,125 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 28 | 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) | $338,955 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 29 | 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) | $254,907 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 30 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louis Gohmert) | $207,625 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 31 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. John Culberson) | $204,451 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 32 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $174,122 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 33 | 33rd District of Texas (Rep. Marc Veasey) | $115,587 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 34 | 18th District of Texas (Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee) | $28,130 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 35 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Beto O'Rourke) | $21,610 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
| 36 | 29th District of Texas (Rep. Gene Green) | $2,717 | 0.0% | 68.6% |
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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