Oilseed Program payments in California totaled $3.1 million from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in California Receiving Oilseed Program payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Oilseed Program
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 3rd District of California (Rep. John Garamendi) | $1,882,958 | 61.6% | 61.6% |
| 2 | 21st District of California (Rep. TJ Cox) | $368,399 | 12.1% | 73.7% |
| 3 | 9th District of California (Rep. Jerry McNerney) | $270,818 | 8.9% | 82.6% |
| 4 | 1st District of California (Rep. Doug LaMalfa) | $96,877 | 3.2% | 85.7% |
| 5 | 6th District of California (Rep. Doris Matsui) | $67,317 | 2.2% | 87.9% |
| 6 | 23rd District of California (Rep. Kevin McCarthy) | $43,144 | 1.4% | 89.3% |
| 7 | 24th District of California (Rep. Salud Carbajal) | $25,601 | 0.8% | 90.2% |
| 8 | 15th District of California (Rep. Eric Swalwell) | $21,211 | 0.7% | 90.9% |
| 9 | 22nd District of California (Rep. Devin Nunes) | $20,657 | 0.7% | 91.6% |
| 10 | 10th District of California (Rep. Josh Harder) | $17,691 | 0.6% | 92.1% |
| 11 | 19th District of California (Rep. Zoe Lofgren) | $16,721 | 0.5% | 92.7% |
| 12 | 20th District of California (Rep. Jimmy Panetta) | $14,534 | 0.5% | 93.2% |
| 13 | 7th District of California (Rep. Ami Bera) | $12,982 | 0.4% | 93.6% |
| 14 | 16th District of California (Rep. Jim Costa) | $12,742 | 0.4% | 94.0% |
| 15 | 51st District of California (Rep. Juan Vargas) | $10,847 | 0.4% | 94.4% |
| 16 | 4th District of California (Rep. Tom McClintock) | $7,880 | 0.3% | 94.6% |
| 17 | 8th District of California (Rep. Paul Cook) | $1,570 | 0.1% | 94.7% |
| 18 | 11th District of California (Rep. Mark DeSaulnier) | $1,482 | 0.0% | 94.7% |
| 19 | 36th District of California (Rep. Raul Ruiz) | $646 | 0.0% | 94.7% |
| 20 | 5th District of California (Rep. Mike Thompson) | $45 | 0.0% | 94.7% |
NOTE: Not all recipients were able to be placed into Congressional Districts
so the District total may not total 100%. Nationally 96% of all program monies were designated into a Congressional District
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
‡ Data for 2020 includes payments made by USDA through June 30, 2020 and does not include crop insurance premium subsidies.
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