USDA subsidies in Bastrop County, Texas totaled $31.5 million from 1995-2020‡.
Total USDA - Subsidies in Texas by Congressional District, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Total USDA - Subsidies
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) | $9,537,781,695 | 23.9% | 23.9% |
| 2 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $6,123,053,440 | 15.4% | 39.3% |
| 3 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) | $2,706,831,781 | 6.8% | 46.1% |
| 4 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Cloud) | $2,613,288,753 | 6.6% | 52.6% |
| 5 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $1,016,292,851 | 2.5% | 55.2% |
| 6 | 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) | $953,202,626 | 2.4% | 57.6% |
| 7 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) | $713,813,592 | 1.8% | 59.3% |
| 8 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $655,898,544 | 1.6% | 61.0% |
| 9 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) | $549,639,351 | 1.4% | 62.4% |
| 10 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) | $421,434,143 | 1.1% | 63.4% |
| 11 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Weber) | $381,600,387 | 1.0% | 64.4% |
| 12 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) | $360,766,368 | 0.9% | 65.3% |
| 13 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $353,247,045 | 0.9% | 66.2% |
| 14 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) | $284,764,235 | 0.7% | 66.9% |
| 15 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $251,831,696 | 0.6% | 67.5% |
| 16 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Ron Wright) | $206,925,926 | 0.5% | 68.0% |
| 17 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $203,239,817 | 0.5% | 68.5% |
| 18 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Lance Gooden) | $107,945,966 | 0.3% | 68.8% |
| 19 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Chip Roy) | $107,816,457 | 0.3% | 69.1% |
| 20 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $95,399,544 | 0.2% | 69.3% |
| 21 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louis Gohmert) | $60,449,140 | 0.2% | 69.5% |
| 22 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) | $47,047,172 | 0.1% | 69.6% |
| 23 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Van Taylor) | $42,091,168 | 0.1% | 69.7% |
| 24 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) | $29,576,263 | 0.1% | 69.8% |
| 25 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $27,819,745 | 0.1% | 69.8% |
| 26 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Dan Crenshaw) | $12,341,368 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| 27 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. Lizzie Fletcher) | $7,806,567 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| 28 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $6,197,494 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| 29 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Veronica Escobar) | $5,923,545 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| 30 | 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) | $2,330,339 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| 31 | 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Colin Allred) | $2,212,860 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| 32 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $1,702,289 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| 33 | 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) | $1,351,543 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| 34 | 18th District of Texas (Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee) | $661,429 | 0.0% | 70.0% |
| 35 | 33rd District of Texas (Rep. Marc Veasey) | $337,942 | 0.0% | 70.0% |
| 36 | 29th District of Texas (Rep. Sylvia Garcia) | $318,546 | 0.0% | 70.0% |
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.
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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