Commodity subsidies in Texas totaled $20.7 billion from 1995-2020‡.
From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 80 percent of commodity payments.
Pct. of Recipients | Pct. of Payments | Number of Recipients | Total Payments 1995-2020‡ | Payment per Recipient |
---|---|---|---|---|
Top 1% | 27% | 2,244 | $5,498,107,584 | $2,450,137 |
Top 2% | 40% | 4,488 | $8,257,813,874 | $1,839,976 |
Top 3% | 50% | 6,732 | $10,286,911,632 | $1,528,062 |
Top 4% | 57% | 8,976 | $11,848,030,787 | $1,319,968 |
Top 5% | 63% | 11,220 | $13,081,050,718 | $1,165,869 |
Top 6% | 68% | 13,464 | $14,071,577,831 | $1,045,126 |
Top 7% | 72% | 15,708 | $14,876,916,665 | $947,092 |
Top 8% | 75% | 17,953 | $15,541,989,168 | $865,704 |
Top 9% | 78% | 20,197 | $16,096,772,446 | $796,988 |
Top 10% | 80% | 22,441 | $16,564,666,116 | $738,143 |
Top 11% | 82% | 24,685 | $16,963,690,543 | $687,206 |
Top 12% | 84% | 26,929 | $17,306,155,609 | $642,659 |
Top 13% | 85% | 29,173 | $17,604,138,861 | $603,439 |
Top 14% | 86% | 31,417 | $17,865,337,834 | $568,652 |
Top 15% | 88% | 33,662 | $18,095,517,045 | $537,565 |
Top 16% | 89% | 35,906 | $18,300,092,177 | $509,667 |
Top 17% | 89% | 38,150 | $18,483,402,279 | $484,493 |
Top 18% | 90% | 40,394 | $18,648,300,284 | $461,660 |
Top 19% | 91% | 42,638 | $18,797,427,713 | $440,861 |
Top 20% | 92% | 44,882 | $18,932,769,855 | $421,834 |
Remaining 80% of recips. | 8% | 179,532 | $1,736,375,349 | $9,672 |
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.