Commodity subsidies in California totaled $10.4 billion from 1995-2021.

From 1995 to 2021, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 70 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2021 Payment per Recipient
Top 1%23%576$2,427,584,839$4,214,557
Top 2%34%1,152$3,500,898,039$3,038,974
Top 3%41%1,729$4,283,234,250$2,477,290
Top 4%47%2,305$4,918,130,668$2,133,679
Top 5%53%2,882$5,460,157,282$1,894,572
Top 6%57%3,458$5,927,608,005$1,714,172
Top 7%61%4,035$6,336,660,956$1,570,424
Top 8%64%4,611$6,693,260,347$1,451,585
Top 9%67%5,188$7,008,135,282$1,350,836
Top 10%70%5,764$7,290,689,408$1,264,866
Top 11%73%6,340$7,543,280,157$1,189,792
Top 12%75%6,917$7,769,789,042$1,123,289
Top 13%77%7,493$7,972,555,279$1,064,000
Top 14%79%8,070$8,154,937,503$1,010,525
Top 15%80%8,646$8,319,687,562$962,259
Top 16%82%9,223$8,469,463,731$918,298
Top 17%83%9,799$8,608,783,718$878,537
Top 18%84%10,376$8,735,978,939$841,941
Top 19%85%10,952$8,851,764,019$808,233
Top 20%86%11,529$8,958,137,606$777,009
Remaining 80% of recips.14%46,116$1,427,509,815$30,955
 

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