Conservation Reserve Program payments in California totaled $116 million from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in California Receiving Conservation Reserve Program payments, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Conservation Reserve Program
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 24th District of California (Rep. Salud Carbajal) | $43,917,029 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2 | 1st District of California (Rep. Doug LaMalfa) | $19,566,668 | 16.9% | 54.9% |
| 3 | 3rd District of California (Rep. John Garamendi) | $16,849,345 | 14.6% | 69.5% |
| 4 | 20th District of California (Rep. Jimmy Panetta) | $4,274,478 | 3.7% | 73.2% |
| 5 | 21st District of California (Rep. TJ Cox) | $1,837,609 | 1.6% | 74.8% |
| 6 | 23rd District of California (Rep. Kevin McCarthy) | $1,329,551 | 1.1% | 75.9% |
| 7 | 6th District of California (Rep. Doris Matsui) | $589,596 | 0.5% | 76.4% |
| 8 | 16th District of California (Rep. Jim Costa) | $529,096 | 0.5% | 76.9% |
| 9 | 4th District of California (Rep. Tom McClintock) | $408,262 | 0.4% | 77.2% |
| 10 | 25th District of California (Rep. Katie Hill) | $357,281 | 0.3% | 77.5% |
| 11 | 10th District of California (Rep. Josh Harder) | $251,464 | 0.2% | 77.8% |
| 12 | 9th District of California (Rep. Jerry McNerney) | $166,512 | 0.1% | 77.9% |
| 13 | 2nd District of California (Rep. Jared Huffman) | $150,565 | 0.1% | 78.0% |
| 14 | 22nd District of California (Rep. Devin Nunes) | $83,862 | 0.1% | 78.1% |
| 15 | 33rd District of California (Rep. Ted Lieu) | $53,424 | 0.0% | 78.1% |
| 16 | 7th District of California (Rep. Ami Bera) | $22,580 | 0.0% | 78.2% |
| 17 | 47th District of California (Rep. Alan Lowenthal) | $15,227 | 0.0% | 78.2% |
| 18 | 8th District of California (Rep. Paul Cook) | $10,870 | 0.0% | 78.2% |
| 19 | 37th District of California (Rep. Karen Bass) | $7,990 | 0.0% | 78.2% |
| 20 | 30th District of California (Rep. Brad Sherman) | $1,752 | 0.0% | 78.2% |
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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