Commodity subsidies in Wharton County, Texas totaled $687 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 77 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%26%47$178,422,325$3,796,220
Top 2%37%94$256,526,748$2,729,008
Top 3%46%142$313,868,724$2,210,343
Top 4%53%189$360,809,977$1,909,048
Top 5%58%237$401,137,016$1,692,561
Top 6%63%284$434,433,066$1,529,694
Top 7%67%331$462,973,607$1,398,712
Top 8%71%379$488,212,374$1,288,159
Top 9%74%426$509,053,556$1,194,961
Top 10%77%474$526,936,438$1,111,680
Top 11%79%521$542,150,045$1,040,595
Top 12%81%569$555,820,039$976,837
Top 13%83%616$567,598,662$921,426
Top 14%84%663$577,882,203$871,617
Top 15%85%711$587,326,025$826,056
Top 16%87%758$595,643,041$785,809
Top 17%88%806$603,342,994$748,565
Top 18%89%853$610,192,927$715,349
Top 19%90%900$616,358,050$684,842
Top 20%91%948$622,093,863$656,217
Remaining 80% of recips.9%3,794$65,031,578$17,141

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

 

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