Commodity subsidies in 7th District of Maryland (Rep. Elijah Cummings) totaled $18.6 million from 1995-2019‡.

From 1995 to 2019, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 78 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2019‡ Payment per Recipient
Top 1%16%1$92,988$92,988
Top 1%16%1$92,988$92,988
Top 2%26%2$152,447$76,223
Top 2%26%2$152,447$76,223
Top 3%36%3$209,870$69,957
Top 3%36%3$209,870$69,957
Top 4%53%5$310,557$62,111
Top 4%53%5$310,557$62,111
Top 5%59%6$347,950$57,992
Top 5%59%6$347,950$57,992
Top 6%64%7$373,503$53,358
Top 6%64%7$373,503$53,358
Top 7%70%9$411,896$45,766
Top 7%70%9$411,896$45,766
Top 8%73%10$426,420$42,642
Top 8%73%10$426,420$42,642
Top 9%75%11$438,185$39,835
Top 9%75%11$438,185$39,835
Top 10%78%13$457,579$35,198
Top 10%78%13$457,579$35,198
Top 11%79%14$463,535$33,110
Top 11%79%14$463,535$33,110
Top 12%80%15$469,324$31,288
Top 12%80%15$469,324$31,288
Top 13%82%17$479,530$28,208
Top 13%82%17$479,530$28,208
Top 14%83%18$484,397$26,911
Top 14%83%18$484,397$26,911
Top 15%83%19$489,004$25,737
Top 15%83%19$489,004$25,737
Top 16%85%21$497,754$23,703
Top 16%85%21$497,754$23,703
Top 17%86%22$501,549$22,798
Top 17%86%22$501,721$22,806
Top 18%86%23$505,339$21,971
Top 18%86%23$505,639$21,984
Top 19%87%25$512,899$20,516
Top 19%88%25$513,227$20,529
Top 20%88%26$516,639$19,871
Top 20%88%26$517,017$19,885
Remaining 80% of recips.12%107$69,890$653
Remaining 80% of recips.12%106$69,113$652

‡ Data for 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019.

 

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