Conservation payments in 16th District of Illinois (Rep. Adam Kinzinger) totaled $284 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of conservation payment recipients were paid 37 percent of conservation payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%10%54$1,650,656$30,568
Top 2%15%109$2,549,200$23,387
Top 3%19%163$3,247,690$19,924
Top 4%22%218$3,841,513$17,622
Top 5%25%273$4,371,973$16,015
Top 6%28%327$4,840,022$14,801
Top 7%31%382$5,267,821$13,790
Top 8%33%437$5,647,502$12,923
Top 9%35%491$5,977,382$12,174
Top 10%37%546$6,300,847$11,540
Top 11%38%600$6,612,498$11,021
Top 12%40%655$6,923,278$10,570
Top 13%42%710$7,227,610$10,180
Top 14%44%764$7,520,818$9,844
Top 15%45%819$7,812,959$9,540
Top 16%47%874$8,098,611$9,266
Top 17%49%928$8,374,354$9,024
Top 18%50%983$8,649,211$8,799
Top 19%52%1,037$8,912,273$8,594
Top 20%53%1,092$9,174,427$8,401
Remaining 80% of recips.47%4,371$8,048,587$1,841

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

 

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