Wheat Subsidies in Karnes County, Texas totaled $4.7 million from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Karnes County, Texas Receiving wheat subsidies, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Wheat Subsidies
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $1,105,960,728 | 30.7% | 30.7% |
| 2 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) | $375,050,148 | 10.4% | 41.2% |
| 3 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) | $178,616,288 | 5.0% | 46.1% |
| 4 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) | $128,124,530 | 3.6% | 49.7% |
| 5 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $54,219,033 | 1.5% | 51.2% |
| 6 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $45,807,388 | 1.3% | 52.5% |
| 7 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Ron Wright) | $34,743,510 | 1.0% | 53.4% |
| 8 | 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) | $26,630,878 | 0.7% | 54.2% |
| 9 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) | $21,681,332 | 0.6% | 54.8% |
| 10 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) | $20,230,777 | 0.6% | 55.3% |
| 11 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Van Taylor) | $13,623,524 | 0.4% | 55.7% |
| 12 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Lance Gooden) | $8,729,109 | 0.2% | 56.0% |
| 13 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) | $8,696,072 | 0.2% | 56.2% |
| 14 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $6,172,672 | 0.2% | 56.4% |
| 15 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $4,725,377 | 0.1% | 56.5% |
| 16 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Chip Roy) | $4,133,024 | 0.1% | 56.6% |
| 17 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) | $3,581,645 | 0.1% | 56.7% |
| 18 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Cloud) | $3,443,226 | 0.1% | 56.8% |
| 19 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $2,983,808 | 0.1% | 56.9% |
| 20 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $2,325,010 | 0.1% | 57.0% |
| 21 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) | $1,691,847 | 0.0% | 57.0% |
| 22 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) | $1,199,501 | 0.0% | 57.0% |
| 23 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Weber) | $905,704 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 24 | 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Colin Allred) | $872,117 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 25 | 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) | $638,514 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 26 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $454,422 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 27 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $247,927 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 28 | 33rd District of Texas (Rep. Marc Veasey) | $131,487 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 29 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $120,226 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 30 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louis Gohmert) | $89,542 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 31 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Dan Crenshaw) | $45,377 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 32 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Veronica Escobar) | $30,774 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 33 | 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) | $16,408 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 34 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. Lizzie Fletcher) | $11,491 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| 35 | 18th District of Texas (Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee) | $17 | 0.0% | 57.1% |
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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