Commodity subsidies in Texas totaled $17.4 billion from 1995-2016.

From 1995 to 2016, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 79 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2016 Payment per Recipient
Top 1%25%2,036$4,305,901,087$2,114,883
Top 2%38%4,072$6,618,681,827$1,625,413
Top 3%48%6,108$8,339,955,335$1,365,415
Top 4%56%8,144$9,680,594,075$1,188,678
Top 5%62%10,180$10,741,459,919$1,055,153
Top 6%67%12,216$11,595,309,258$949,190
Top 7%71%14,252$12,290,679,367$862,383
Top 8%74%16,288$12,868,717,757$790,074
Top 9%77%18,325$13,354,130,723$728,738
Top 10%79%20,361$13,764,229,090$676,009
Top 11%81%22,397$14,113,761,513$630,163
Top 12%83%24,433$14,414,848,337$589,975
Top 13%84%26,469$14,678,054,234$554,538
Top 14%86%28,505$14,908,762,779$523,023
Top 15%87%30,541$15,113,005,576$494,843
Top 16%88%32,577$15,294,891,558$469,500
Top 17%89%34,614$15,457,838,712$446,578
Top 18%90%36,650$15,604,491,531$425,771
Top 19%90%38,686$15,737,094,668$406,790
Top 20%91%40,722$15,857,372,315$389,406
Remaining 80% of recips.9%162,890$1,546,380,570$9,493
 

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