Commodity subsidies in Brazoria County, Texas totaled $214 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 69 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%21%10$46,091,615$4,609,162
Top 2%33%20$71,533,224$3,576,661
Top 3%41%30$87,718,211$2,923,940
Top 4%47%40$100,472,644$2,511,816
Top 5%52%50$111,313,637$2,226,273
Top 6%56%60$120,685,881$2,011,431
Top 7%60%70$129,040,955$1,843,442
Top 8%63%80$136,045,449$1,700,568
Top 9%66%90$142,151,652$1,579,463
Top 10%69%100$147,825,445$1,478,254
Top 11%71%110$153,158,392$1,392,349
Top 12%74%120$158,238,547$1,318,655
Top 13%76%131$163,362,120$1,247,039
Top 14%78%141$167,514,898$1,188,049
Top 15%80%151$171,427,154$1,135,279
Top 16%82%161$174,897,720$1,086,321
Top 17%83%171$177,953,773$1,040,665
Top 18%84%181$180,802,638$998,910
Top 19%85%191$183,348,974$959,942
Top 20%87%201$185,670,735$923,735
Remaining 80% of recips.13%807$28,818,452$35,711

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

 

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