Corn Subsidies in Kern County, California totaled $11.7 million from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in Kern County, California Receiving corn subsidies, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Corn Subsidies
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 3rd District of California (Rep. John Garamendi) | $75,479,386 | 20.3% | 20.3% |
| 2 | 21st District of California (Rep. TJ Cox) | $51,930,660 | 13.9% | 34.2% |
| 3 | 16th District of California (Rep. Jim Costa) | $51,657,220 | 13.9% | 48.1% |
| 4 | 9th District of California (Rep. Jerry McNerney) | $45,800,511 | 12.3% | 60.4% |
| 5 | 22nd District of California (Rep. Devin Nunes) | $43,979,820 | 11.8% | 72.2% |
| 6 | 10th District of California (Rep. Josh Harder) | $37,788,142 | 10.1% | 82.3% |
| 7 | 1st District of California (Rep. Doug LaMalfa) | $8,349,147 | 2.2% | 84.6% |
| 8 | 7th District of California (Rep. Ami Bera) | $4,400,880 | 1.2% | 85.8% |
| 9 | 23rd District of California (Rep. Kevin McCarthy) | $3,887,231 | 1.0% | 86.8% |
| 10 | 6th District of California (Rep. Doris Matsui) | $2,865,385 | 0.8% | 87.6% |
| 11 | 4th District of California (Rep. Tom McClintock) | $1,486,940 | 0.4% | 88.0% |
| 12 | 15th District of California (Rep. Eric Swalwell) | $1,015,855 | 0.3% | 88.2% |
| 13 | 19th District of California (Rep. Zoe Lofgren) | $533,608 | 0.1% | 88.4% |
| 14 | 11th District of California (Rep. Mark DeSaulnier) | $427,218 | 0.1% | 88.5% |
| 15 | 36th District of California (Rep. Raul Ruiz) | $157,676 | 0.0% | 88.5% |
| 16 | 51st District of California (Rep. Juan Vargas) | $128,049 | 0.0% | 88.6% |
| 17 | 2nd District of California (Rep. Jared Huffman) | $92,923 | 0.0% | 88.6% |
| 18 | 20th District of California (Rep. Jimmy Panetta) | $79,255 | 0.0% | 88.6% |
| 19 | 42nd District of California (Rep. Ken Calvert) | $76,215 | 0.0% | 88.6% |
| 20 | 5th District of California (Rep. Mike Thompson) | $68,834 | 0.0% | 88.7% |
| 21 | 41st District of California (Rep. Mark Takano) | $15,333 | 0.0% | 88.7% |
| 22 | 24th District of California (Rep. Salud Carbajal) | $8,822 | 0.0% | 88.7% |
| 23 | 35th District of California (Rep. Norma Torres) | $3,510 | 0.0% | 88.7% |
| 24 | 8th District of California (Rep. Paul Cook) | $5 | 0.0% | 88.7% |
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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