Commodity subsidies in Washington totaled $2.5 billion from 1995-2017.

From 1995 to 2017, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 68 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2017 Payment per Recipient
Top 1%20%343$505,060,803$1,472,480
Top 2%31%687$777,998,502$1,132,458
Top 3%39%1,030$983,575,360$954,928
Top 4%45%1,374$1,147,389,939$835,073
Top 5%50%1,717$1,279,834,080$745,390
Top 6%55%2,061$1,392,217,065$675,506
Top 7%59%2,404$1,488,415,592$619,141
Top 8%62%2,748$1,572,582,760$572,264
Top 9%65%3,091$1,646,418,737$532,649
Top 10%68%3,435$1,712,524,119$498,551
Top 11%70%3,779$1,772,218,059$468,965
Top 12%72%4,122$1,825,760,828$442,931
Top 13%74%4,466$1,875,674,452$419,990
Top 14%76%4,809$1,920,791,566$399,416
Top 15%77%5,153$1,962,343,930$380,816
Top 16%79%5,496$2,000,237,250$363,944
Top 17%80%5,840$2,035,125,980$348,480
Top 18%82%6,183$2,067,004,293$334,304
Top 19%83%6,527$2,096,835,129$321,256
Top 20%84%6,871$2,124,432,652$309,188
Remaining 80% of recips.16%27,484$410,634,878$14,941
 

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