Commodity subsidies in 2nd District of Illinois (Rep. Robin Kelly) totaled $369 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%9%16$309,755$19,360
Top 2%11%32$402,981$12,593
Top 3%14%48$493,719$10,286
Top 4%17%64$583,417$9,116
Top 5%19%80$671,093$8,389
Top 6%22%97$761,371$7,849
Top 7%24%113$843,962$7,469
Top 8%26%129$924,289$7,165
Top 9%29%145$1,002,297$6,912
Top 10%31%161$1,079,014$6,702
Top 11%33%177$1,154,082$6,520
Top 12%35%194$1,232,039$6,351
Top 13%37%210$1,303,819$6,209
Top 14%39%226$1,373,394$6,077
Top 15%41%242$1,440,980$5,954
Top 16%43%258$1,507,378$5,843
Top 17%45%275$1,576,742$5,734
Top 18%47%291$1,640,508$5,637
Top 19%49%307$1,702,828$5,547
Top 20%50%323$1,763,780$5,461
Remaining 80% of recips.50%1,295$1,743,635$1,346

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

 

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