Commodity subsidies in Wharton County, Texas totaled $7.3 million in 2020
Congressional Districts in Wharton County, Texas Receiving Commodity Payments, 2020
| Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies
2020 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) | $135,317,077 | 25.6% | 25.6% |
| 2 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $112,993,712 | 21.4% | 46.9% |
| 3 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) | $50,660,000 | 9.6% | 56.5% |
| 4 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Cloud) | $34,681,092 | 6.6% | 63.1% |
| 5 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) | $18,467,084 | 3.5% | 66.5% |
| 6 | 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) | $18,284,523 | 3.5% | 70.0% |
| 7 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $16,213,365 | 3.1% | 73.1% |
| 8 | 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) | $16,076,380 | 3.0% | 76.1% |
| 9 | 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) | $15,480,945 | 2.9% | 79.0% |
| 10 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) | $8,753,226 | 1.7% | 80.7% |
| 11 | 5th District of Texas (Rep. Lance Gooden) | $5,919,949 | 1.1% | 81.8% |
| 12 | 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) | $5,354,535 | 1.0% | 82.8% |
| 13 | 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) | $4,678,698 | 0.9% | 83.7% |
| 14 | 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) | $3,277,752 | 0.6% | 84.3% |
| 15 | 1st District of Texas (Rep. Louis Gohmert) | $3,057,902 | 0.6% | 84.9% |
| 16 | 6th District of Texas (Rep. Ron Wright) | $2,897,962 | 0.5% | 85.4% |
| 17 | 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) | $2,037,194 | 0.4% | 85.8% |
| 18 | 21st District of Texas (Rep. Chip Roy) | $1,965,877 | 0.4% | 86.2% |
| 19 | 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Weber) | $1,438,946 | 0.3% | 86.5% |
| 20 | 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) | $1,212,075 | 0.2% | 86.7% |
| 21 | 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) | $987,389 | 0.2% | 86.9% |
| 22 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $832,199 | 0.2% | 87.0% |
| 23 | 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) | $799,273 | 0.2% | 87.2% |
| 24 | 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) | $719,895 | 0.1% | 87.3% |
| 25 | 16th District of Texas (Rep. Veronica Escobar) | $353,756 | 0.1% | 87.4% |
| 26 | 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Van Taylor) | $218,614 | 0.0% | 87.4% |
| 27 | 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $58,628 | 0.0% | 87.4% |
| 28 | 7th District of Texas (Rep. Lizzie Fletcher) | $27,938 | 0.0% | 87.4% |
| 29 | 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) | $10,165 | 0.0% | 87.5% |
| 30 | 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) | $3,928 | 0.0% | 87.5% |
| 31 | 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Dan Crenshaw) | $3,393 | 0.0% | 87.5% |
| 32 | 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) | $3,145 | 0.0% | 87.5% |
| 33 | 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Colin Allred) | $2,096 | 0.0% | 87.5% |
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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