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$5,499,997,221$2,450,979
Top 2%40%4,489$8,261,159,730$1,840,312
Top 3%50%6,733$10,290,246,929$1,528,330
Top 4%57%8,978$11,852,149,648$1,320,133
Top 5%63%11,222$13,085,190,959$1,166,030
Top 6%68%13,467$14,076,283,640$1,045,243
Top 7%72%15,712$14,881,988,943$947,173
Top 8%75%17,956$15,546,739,837$865,824
Top 9%78%20,201$16,101,842,263$797,081
Top 10%80%22,445$16,569,742,201$738,238
Top 11%82%24,690$16,968,917,614$687,279
Top 12%84%26,935$17,311,478,120$642,713
Top 13%85%29,179$17,609,448,680$603,497
Top 14%86%31,424$17,870,731,264$568,697
Top 15%88%33,668$18,100,757,982$537,625
Top 16%89%35,913$18,305,409,368$509,715
Top 17%89%38,158$18,488,787,482$484,532
Top 18%90%40,402$18,653,697,271$461,702
Top 19%91%42,647$18,802,888,744$440,896
Top 20%92%44,891$18,938,241,263$421,872
Remaining 80% of recips.8%179,568$1,737,281,052$9,675

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

 

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