Sorghum Subsidies in Calhoun County, Texas totaled $20.2 million from 1995-2019‡.
Congressional Districts in Calhoun County, Texas Receiving sorghum subsidies, 1995-2019‡
| Rank |
District |
Sorghum Subsidies
1995-2019‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $534,255,733 | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| 2 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Cloud) | $373,844,477 | 14.0% | 34.1% |
| 3 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) | $241,243,096 | 9.1% | 43.1% |
| 4 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $187,083,030 | 7.0% | 50.1% |
| 5 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) | $68,825,386 | 2.6% | 52.7% |
| 6 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) | $64,275,987 | 2.4% | 55.1% |
| 7 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $62,121,627 | 2.3% | 57.5% |
| 8 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) | $60,114,080 | 2.3% | 59.7% |
| 9 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) | $56,064,290 | 2.1% | 61.8% |
| 10 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $51,499,400 | 1.9% | 63.8% |
| 11 | 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) | $34,712,364 | 1.3% | 65.1% |
| 12 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $25,348,670 | 1.0% | 66.0% |
| 13 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $22,347,346 | 0.8% | 66.8% |
| 14 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Ron Wright) | $20,632,241 | 0.8% | 67.6% |
| 15 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) | $16,186,609 | 0.6% | 68.2% |
| 16 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Weber) | $9,617,582 | 0.4% | 68.6% |
| 17 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) | $8,576,961 | 0.3% | 68.9% |
| 18 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) | $7,740,445 | 0.3% | 69.2% |
| 19 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) | $7,361,550 | 0.3% | 69.5% |
| 20 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Van Taylor) | $6,255,372 | 0.2% | 69.7% |
| 21 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Chip Roy) | $4,904,991 | 0.2% | 69.9% |
| 22 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Lance Gooden) | $2,352,269 | 0.1% | 70.0% |
| 23 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $1,778,495 | 0.1% | 70.0% |
| 24 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $1,111,322 | 0.0% | 70.1% |
| 25 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $686,362 | 0.0% | 70.1% |
| 26 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Dan Crenshaw) | $550,456 | 0.0% | 70.1% |
| 27 | 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Colin Allred) | $490,240 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
| 28 | 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) | $345,443 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
| 29 | 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) | $271,345 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
| 30 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. Lizzie Fletcher) | $229,976 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
| 31 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louis Gohmert) | $223,090 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
| 32 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $178,195 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
| 33 | 33rd District of Texas (Rep. Marc Veasey) | $115,587 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
| 34 | 18th District of Texas (Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee) | $28,130 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
| 35 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Veronica Escobar) | $21,760 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
| 36 | 29th District of Texas (Rep. Sylvia Garcia) | $2,717 | 0.0% | 70.2% |
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 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019.
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