Total Livestock Indemnity Program payments in California totaled $35.4 million from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in California Receiving Total Livestock Indemnity Program payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Total Livestock Indemnity Program
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 21st District of California (Rep. TJ Cox) | $9,996,326 | 28.3% | 28.3% |
| 2 | 22nd District of California (Rep. Devin Nunes) | $5,924,748 | 16.8% | 45.0% |
| 3 | 16th District of California (Rep. Jim Costa) | $5,501,051 | 15.6% | 60.6% |
| 4 | 10th District of California (Rep. Josh Harder) | $2,819,370 | 8.0% | 68.5% |
| 5 | 35th District of California (Rep. Norma Torres) | $1,515,763 | 4.3% | 72.8% |
| 6 | 23rd District of California (Rep. Kevin McCarthy) | $1,217,621 | 3.4% | 76.3% |
| 7 | 1st District of California (Rep. Doug LaMalfa) | $1,185,533 | 3.4% | 79.6% |
| 8 | 9th District of California (Rep. Jerry McNerney) | $1,177,217 | 3.3% | 83.0% |
| 9 | 3rd District of California (Rep. John Garamendi) | $835,571 | 2.4% | 85.3% |
| 10 | 2nd District of California (Rep. Jared Huffman) | $806,370 | 2.3% | 87.6% |
| 11 | 51st District of California (Rep. Juan Vargas) | $565,968 | 1.6% | 89.2% |
| 12 | 5th District of California (Rep. Mike Thompson) | $450,434 | 1.3% | 90.5% |
| 13 | 42nd District of California (Rep. Ken Calvert) | $362,811 | 1.0% | 91.5% |
| 14 | 36th District of California (Rep. Raul Ruiz) | $290,198 | 0.8% | 92.3% |
| 15 | 8th District of California (Rep. Paul Cook) | $266,741 | 0.8% | 93.1% |
| 16 | 4th District of California (Rep. Tom McClintock) | $222,930 | 0.6% | 93.7% |
| 17 | 26th District of California (Rep. Julia Brownley) | $109,903 | 0.3% | 94.0% |
| 18 | 25th District of California (Rep. Katie Hill) | $80,600 | 0.2% | 94.2% |
| 19 | 50th District of California (Rep. Duncan Hunter) | $65,865 | 0.2% | 94.4% |
| 20 | 24th District of California (Rep. Salud Carbajal) | $57,297 | 0.2% | 94.6% |
| 21 | 7th District of California (Rep. Ami Bera) | $45,057 | 0.1% | 94.7% |
| 22 | 41st District of California (Rep. Mark Takano) | $32,198 | 0.1% | 94.8% |
| 23 | 31st District of California (Rep. Pete Anguilar) | $15,000 | 0.0% | 94.9% |
| 24 | 19th District of California (Rep. Zoe Lofgren) | $12,180 | 0.0% | 94.9% |
| 25 | 38th District of California (Rep. Linda Sanchez) | $9,828 | 0.0% | 94.9% |
| 26 | 20th District of California (Rep. Jimmy Panetta) | $9,022 | 0.0% | 94.9% |
| 27 | 6th District of California (Rep. Doris Matsui) | $2,463 | 0.0% | 95.0% |
| 28 | 13th District of California (Rep. Barbara Lee) | $1,711 | 0.0% | 95.0% |
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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