Soybean Subsidies in 17th District of Illinois (Rep. Cheri Bustos) totaled $408 million from 1995-2020‡.

From 1995 to 2020, the top 10 percent of soybean subsidy recipients were paid 32 percent of soybean subsidies.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2020‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%6%78$913,036$11,706
Top 2%10%157$1,577,621$10,049
Top 3%13%236$2,159,695$9,151
Top 4%16%315$2,678,828$8,504
Top 5%19%394$3,155,082$8,008
Top 6%22%473$3,614,816$7,642
Top 7%25%552$4,061,947$7,359
Top 8%27%631$4,495,792$7,125
Top 9%30%710$4,917,661$6,926
Top 10%32%789$5,328,271$6,753
Top 11%35%868$5,728,323$6,599
Top 12%37%947$6,118,289$6,461
Top 13%39%1,026$6,496,853$6,332
Top 14%42%1,105$6,864,419$6,212
Top 15%44%1,184$7,222,174$6,100
Top 16%46%1,263$7,571,088$5,995
Top 17%48%1,342$7,909,754$5,894
Top 18%50%1,421$8,238,504$5,798
Top 19%52%1,500$8,557,930$5,705
Top 20%54%1,579$8,866,791$5,615
Remaining 80% of recips.46%6,316$7,629,532$1,208

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

 

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