Conservation payments in Houston County, Texas totaled $1.5 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of conservation payment recipients were paid 62 percent of conservation payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%25%2$378,582$189,291
Top 2%36%4$540,356$135,089
Top 3%45%7$684,110$97,730
Top 4%48%9$730,480$81,164
Top 5%52%12$786,441$65,537
Top 6%54%14$816,250$58,304
Top 7%56%16$843,617$52,726
Top 8%58%19$882,033$46,423
Top 9%60%21$906,180$43,151
Top 10%62%24$940,464$39,186
Top 11%64%26$960,769$36,953
Top 12%66%29$989,866$34,133
Top 13%67%31$1,006,670$32,473
Top 14%68%33$1,023,205$31,006
Top 15%69%36$1,047,134$29,087
Top 16%70%38$1,062,287$27,955
Top 17%72%41$1,084,055$26,440
Top 18%73%43$1,097,905$25,533
Top 19%74%45$1,111,149$24,692
Top 20%75%48$1,129,516$23,532
Remaining 80% of recips.25%194$380,550$1,962

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

 

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