Commodity subsidies in 1st District of Illinois (Rep. Bobby Rush) totaled $49.6 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 31 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%12%2$62,909$31,455
Top 2%14%4$75,454$18,864
Top 3%16%6$87,272$14,545
Top 4%18%8$98,861$12,358
Top 5%20%10$110,171$11,017
Top 6%23%13$126,568$9,736
Top 7%25%15$137,248$9,150
Top 8%27%17$147,855$8,697
Top 9%29%19$158,421$8,338
Top 10%31%21$168,945$8,045
Top 11%33%23$179,395$7,800
Top 12%36%26$194,608$7,485
Top 13%38%28$204,486$7,303
Top 14%40%30$214,250$7,142
Top 15%41%32$223,822$6,994
Top 16%43%34$233,264$6,861
Top 17%46%37$247,197$6,681
Top 18%47%39$256,145$6,568
Top 19%49%41$264,763$6,458
Top 20%51%43$273,097$6,351
Remaining 80% of recips.49%175$266,610$1,523

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

 

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