USDA subsidies in Texas totaled $39.9 billion from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of recipients were paid 78 percent of all USDA subsidies.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%26%3,146$7,951,177,283$2,527,393
Top 2%40%6,292$11,988,821,807$1,905,407
Top 3%49%9,439$14,866,734,629$1,575,033
Top 4%57%12,585$17,042,862,628$1,354,220
Top 5%62%15,731$18,742,810,048$1,191,457
Top 6%67%18,878$20,106,501,949$1,065,076
Top 7%70%22,024$21,225,543,789$963,746
Top 8%73%25,170$22,159,236,769$880,383
Top 9%76%28,317$22,949,601,444$810,453
Top 10%78%31,463$23,625,918,254$750,911
Top 11%80%34,609$24,212,093,255$699,590
Top 12%82%37,756$24,723,886,805$654,833
Top 13%83%40,902$25,174,774,205$615,490
Top 14%85%44,048$25,574,707,237$580,610
Top 15%86%47,195$25,931,590,321$549,456
Top 16%87%50,341$26,252,455,792$521,493
Top 17%88%53,487$26,543,007,644$496,252
Top 18%89%56,634$26,806,551,445$473,330
Top 19%90%59,780$27,046,111,458$452,427
Top 20%90%62,927$27,264,972,480$433,279
Remaining 80% of recips.10%251,708$2,891,988,385$11,489

‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.

 

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