| Rank |
District |
Subtotal, Farming Subsidies
1995-2011 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 2nd District of California (Rep. Jared Huffman) | $2,132,169,014 | 31.3% | 31.3% |
| 2 | 20th District of California (Rep. Sam Farr) | $1,151,164,740 | 16.9% | 48.3% |
| 3 | 21st District of California (Rep. David Valadao) | $602,587,395 | 8.9% | 57.1% |
| 4 | 18th District of California (Rep. Anna G. Eshoo) | $495,036,117 | 7.3% | 64.4% |
| 5 | 19th District of California (Rep. Zoe Lofgren) | $352,646,732 | 5.2% | 69.6% |
| 6 | 22nd District of California (Rep. Devin Nunes) | $287,295,555 | 4.2% | 73.8% |
| 7 | 1st District of California (Rep. Doug LaMalfa) | $136,453,077 | 2.0% | 75.8% |
| 8 | 4th District of California (Rep. Tom McClintock) | $123,960,483 | 1.8% | 77.6% |
| 9 | 51st District of California (Rep. Juan Vargas) | $112,023,167 | 1.6% | 79.3% |
| 10 | 11th District of California (Rep. George Miller) | $109,910,655 | 1.6% | 80.9% |
| 11 | 3rd District of California (Rep. John Garamendi) | $93,428,574 | 1.4% | 82.3% |
| 12 | 45th District of California (Rep. John Campbell) | $63,551,000 | 0.9% | 83.2% |
| 13 | 10th District of California (Rep. Jeff Denham) | $48,280,262 | 0.7% | 83.9% |
| 14 | 6th District of California (Rep. Doris O. Matsui) | $24,348,565 | 0.4% | 84.3% |
| 15 | 43nd District of California (Rep. Maxine Waters) | $15,375,760 | 0.2% | 84.5% |
| 16 | 17th District of California (Rep. Mike Honda) | $10,070,035 | 0.1% | 84.7% |
| 17 | 42nd District of California (Rep. Ken Calvert) | $7,010,107 | 0.1% | 84.8% |
| 18 | 44th District of California (Rep. Janice Hahn) | $6,514,418 | 0.1% | 84.9% |
| 19 | 5th District of California (Rep. Mike Thompson) | $5,998,484 | 0.1% | 84.9% |
| 20 | 49th District of California (Rep. Darrell E. Issa) | $5,769,843 | 0.1% | 85.0% |
| 21 | 41st District of California (Rep. Mark Takano) | $5,376,290 | 0.1% | 85.1% |
| 22 | 25th District of California (Rep. Howard P. McKeon) | $2,971,792 | 0.0% | 85.1% |
| 23 | 23rd District of California (Rep. Kevin McCarthy) | $2,013,688 | 0.0% | 85.2% |
| 24 | 7th District of California (Rep. Ami Bera) | $1,429,344 | 0.0% | 85.2% |
| 25 | 24th District of California (Rep. Lois Capps) | $1,253,046 | 0.0% | 85.2% |
| 26 | 26th District of California (Rep. Julia Brownley) | $1,027,534 | 0.0% | 85.2% |
| 27 | 14th District of California (Rep. Jackie Speier) | $719,575 | 0.0% | 85.2% |
| 28 | 52nd District of California (Rep. Scott Peters) | $708,184 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 29 | 16th District of California (Rep. Jim Costa) | $462,394 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 30 | 50th District of California (Rep. Duncan D. Hunter) | $399,625 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 31 | 15th District of California (Rep. Eric Stalwell) | $288,614 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 32 | 38th District of California (Rep. Linda Sanchez) | $175,561 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 33 | 27th District of California (Rep. Judy Chu) | $61,707 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 34 | 30th District of California (Rep. Brad Sherman) | $55,448 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 35 | 13th District of California (Rep. Barbara Lee) | $21,772 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 36 | 40th District of California (Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard) | $11,053 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 37 | 37th District of California (Rep. Karen Bass) | $9,608 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 38 | 53rd District of California (Rep. Susan A. Davis) | $7,802 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 39 | 28th District of California (Rep. Adam Schiff) | $6,346 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 40 | 9th District of California (Rep. Jerry McNerney) | $3,723 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 41 | 33rd District of California (Rep. Henry Waxman) | $3,502 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 42 | 29th District of California (Rep. Tony Cardenas) | $3,259 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 43 | 46th District of California (Rep. Loretta Sanchez) | $2,305 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 44 | 34th District of California (Rep. Xavier Becerra) | $559 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 45 | 35th District of California (Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod) | $404 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
| 46 | 12th District of California (Rep. Nancy Pelosi) | $299 | 0.0% | 85.3% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011 is incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.
The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.
Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 data update.
We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.
Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.
