Table: ‘City slicker’ farm payments top $2B – and House GOP bill would make problem worse

Metro areaRecipientsTotal
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington6,130$84,006,871
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin3,622$23,021,359
Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.2,888$22,561,781
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood2,816$32,196,187
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington2,563$19,971,992
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler2,411$70,650,926
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim2,330$49,614,277
Lincoln, Neb.2,241$21,988,173
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Lands2,175$24,240,713
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa2,114$22,912,359
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue1,625$26,077,398
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown1,581$21,678,245
Oklahoma City1,411$16,668,504
Amarillo, Texas1,244$195,225,216
Lubbock, Texas1,235$54,239,597
Fresno, Calif.1,233$165,050,178
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Ore.-Wash.1,184$15,632,659
St. Louis1,091$5,997,110
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley1,068$24,211,537
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson1,058$5,402,279
Wichita, Kan.1,039$8,382,145
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad942$16,680,655
San Antonio-New Braunfels909$16,438,016
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia883$6,051,043
Tulsa, Okla.821$13,342,790
Memphis812$6,530,409
Springfield, Ill.805$5,148,962
Des Moines-West Des Moines774$4,975,584
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach762$19,951,131
Visalia, Calif.760$143,618,564
Sioux Falls, S.D.720$8,712,622
Cedar Rapids, Iowa710$5,278,882
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom680$27,311,782
Spokane-Spokane Valley, Wash.659$7,038,754
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta658$3,609,054
New York-Newark-Jersey City622$15,288,761
Bloomington, Ill.617$5,579,166
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Ark.610$7,490,028
Modesto, Calif.610$68,121,966
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.599$7,178,577
Fort Collins, Colo.598$8,116,487
Midland, Texas583$17,745,394
Colorado Springs, Colo.582$4,827,174
Peoria, Ill.578$6,052,138
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise566$6,751,444
Boise City, Idaho563$23,962,564
Greeley, Colo.524$21,757,492
College Station-Bryan, Texas522$12,707,995
Columbus, Ohio516$3,756,570
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.513$48,310,763
Albuquerque, N.M.463$6,917,865
Billings, Mont.443$19,819,144
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill.438$5,402,720
Champaign-Urbana, Ill.434$3,511,716
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.425$15,416,773
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn405$2,312,464
Bakersfield, Calif.391$96,108,545
Corpus Christi, Texas388$13,308,744
Boulder, Colo.373$5,022,546
Chico, Calif.355$42,660,472
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif.341$36,814,488
Louisville/Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind.311$1,269,130
Fort Wayne, Ind.309$1,314,608
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News294$3,153,689
New Orleans-Metairie289$7,129,036
Boston-Cambridge-Newton275$3,576,198
Salt Lake City267$6,903,856
Columbia, Mo.264$3,260,337
Raleigh-Cary, N.C.261$3,879,972
Abilene, Texas258$4,118,423
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas249$21,388,723
Baton Rouge, La.247$2,392,611
Wichita Falls, Texas247$9,926,214
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin241$1,700,251
Cincinnati234$1,081,456
Tucson224$2,549,222
Urban Honolulu224$7,605,728
Evansville, Ind.-Ky.216$1,189,300
San Angelo, Texas215$12,954,360
Rockford, Ill.214$2,798,693
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford211$4,324,711
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, N.C.-S.C.203$2,482,757
Springfield, Mo.188$2,731,212
Milwaukee-Waukesha179$1,022,416
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Calif.171$28,883,587
Waco, Texas170$5,607,665
Lafayette, La.166$1,392,473
Stockton, Calif.164$14,801,486
El Paso, Texas158$4,405,955
Anchorage156$3,913,285
Sioux City, Iowa-Neb.-S.D.154$1,784,490
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, Calif.153$14,400,482
Laredo, Texas150$5,427,739
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla.148$3,508,271
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson143$1,541,949
Eugene-Springfield, Ore.139$1,661,043
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington137$683,647
Birmingham-Hoover, Ala.129$575,291
Reno129$5,009,394
Vallejo, Calif.126$3,927,007
Salem, Ore.123$4,324,593
Tuscaloosa, Ala.123$1,196,975
Greensboro-High Point, N.C.122$1,899,969
Odessa, Texas122$3,534,739
San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, Puerto Rico122$9,564,860
Jacksonville, Fla.118$1,087,867
Provo-Orem, Utah113$4,410,786
Salinas, Calif.112$19,482,091
Huntsville, Ala.111$544,250
Bellingham, Wash.102$2,098,083
Clarksville, Tenn.-Ky.100$1,663,273
Cleveland-Elyria93$740,031
Dayton-Kettering, Ohio88$270,276
Las Cruces, N.M.88$4,853,651
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah86$9,962,260
Great Falls, Mont.81$3,341,989
Montgomery, Ala.80$1,314,391
Providence-Warwick, R.I.-Mass.78$3,125,480
Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.77$176,269
Tyler, Texas77$1,002,039
Jackson, Miss.76$159,249
Kennewick-Richland, Wash.76$1,160,001
Ponce, Puerto Rico72$2,094,820
Pittsburgh71$3,522,936
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico70$2,167,018
St. Cloud, Minn.68$265,727
Pueblo, Colo.67$1,879,884
Toledo, Ohio66$285,240
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.63$7,508,011
Richmond, Va.63$193,788
Columbia, S.C.62$2,214,355
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas60$2,114,115
Tallahassee, Fla.54$1,021,236
Bend, Ore.52$742,068
Mobile, Ala.52$537,576
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla.49$697,769
Gainesville, Fla.46$460,435
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Ind.46$118,033
Fayetteville, N.C.45$282,504
Logan, Utah-Idaho45$350,763
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Fla.44$648,924
Port St. Lucie, Fla.43$2,235,993
Missoula, Mont.42$255,690
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Fla.42$1,360,701
Killeen-Temple, Texas41$371,211
Yakima, Wash.41$6,352,055
Wilmington, N.C.38$1,480,479
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn.37$872,380
Portland-South Portland, Mass.-Maine37$576,805
Savannah36$625,899
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Fla.34$170,551
Shreveport-Bossier City, La.34$1,405,804
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif.31$2,430,079
New Haven-Milford30$613,570
Columbus, Ga.-Ala.28$59,403
Buffalo-Cheektowaga27$469,279
St. Joseph, Mo.-Kan.26$69,511
Bowling Green, Ky.25$2,214,641
Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas25$1,805,812
Charleston-North Charleston, S.C.25$29,665
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, Wash.25$181,179
Racine, Wis.25$499,601
South Bend-Mishawaka, Ind.-Mich.24$57,020
Grand Junction, Colo.22$351,898
Grand Rapids-Kentwood, Mich.22$788,523
Akron, Ohio21$104,684
Chattanooga, Tenn.- Ga.20$160,422
Rochester, N.Y.18$67,379
Manchester-Nashua, N.H.17$92,970
Asheville, N.C.16$230,343
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, Conn.16$154,643
Syracuse, N.Y.16$338,992
Terre Haute, Ind.16$24,046
Worcester, Mass.-CT16$126,080
Greenville-Anderson, S.C.14$234,909
Augusta-Richmond County, Ga.-S.C.12$299,620
Roanoke, Va.10$11,534
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J.9$15,812
Appleton, Wis.9$20,707
Fort Smith, Ark.-Okla.9$48,230
Albany-Schenectady-Troy8$25,325
Springfield, Mass.8$111,666
Trenton-Princeton8$76,486
Erie, Pa.7$49,167
Knoxville, Tenn.5$24,158
Ames, Iowa3$507,613
Jonesboro, Ark.3$24,844
Muncie, Ind.3$ -
Utica-Rome, N.Y.3$46,753
Canton-Massillon, Ohio2$39,072
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa2$ -
Winston-Salem2$10,949
Auburn-Opelika, Ala.1$ -
Corvallis, Ore.1$ -
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa.1$ -
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa.1$120