Total Dairy Program payments in California totaled $460 million from 1995-2020‡.

Counties in California Receiving Total Dairy Program payments, 1995-2020‡

Rank County Total Dairy Program
1995-2020‡		Pct of
Total		Running
Percentage
1Tulare County, California$89,866,31319.5%19.5%
2Merced County, California$74,129,76616.1%35.6%
3Stanislaus County, California$62,648,12613.6%49.2%
4Kings County, California$38,293,6128.3%57.6%
5San Joaquin County, California$31,649,3796.9%64.4%
6San Bernardino County, California$28,844,2786.3%70.7%
7Fresno County, California$27,413,8646.0%76.7%
8Riverside County, California$16,233,0943.5%80.2%
9Sonoma County, California$16,053,8153.5%83.7%
10Kern County, California$14,737,9653.2%86.9%
11Madera County, California$12,252,0672.7%89.5%
12Humboldt County, California$11,488,5142.5%92.0%
13Sacramento County, California$9,226,9732.0%94.0%
14Glenn County, California$8,348,5411.8%95.8%
15Marin County, California$5,710,1411.2%97.1%
16Tehama County, California$3,523,9560.8%97.9%
17Del Norte County, California$1,475,3770.3%98.2%
18San Diego County, California$1,279,7520.3%98.4%
19Yuba County, California$919,6160.2%98.6%
20Imperial County, California$874,2780.2%98.8%
21Solano County, California$821,9570.2%99.0%
22Siskiyou County, California$592,0350.1%99.1%
23Mendocino County, California$522,7070.1%99.3%
24San Benito County, California$496,6840.1%99.4%
25Yolo County, California$485,8000.1%99.5%
26Monterey County, California$437,1750.1%99.6%
27Los Angeles County, California$398,4330.1%99.7%
28Butte County, California$372,9920.1%99.7%
29Placer County, California$289,7550.1%99.8%
30Santa Barbara County, California$279,3940.1%99.9%
31Sutter County, California$219,7660.0%99.9%
32Contra Costa County, California$152,2850.0%99.9%
33Santa Clara County, California$110,5280.0%100.0%
34Shasta County, California$55,5220.0%100.0%
35San Luis Obispo County, California$39,9190.0%100.0%
36Colusa County, California$34,7060.0%100.0%
37Santa Cruz County, California$18,8750.0%100.0%
38Napa County, California$18,8200.0%100.0%

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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