Dairy Program Subsidies in San Luis Obispo County, California totaled $73,410 from 1995-2020‡.
Congressional Districts in San Luis Obispo County, California Receiving dairy program subsidies, 1995-2020‡
| Rank |
District |
Dairy Program Subsidies
1995-2020‡ | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 21st District of California (Rep. TJ Cox) | $117,927,397 | 20.5% | 20.5% |
| 2 | 16th District of California (Rep. Jim Costa) | $106,379,260 | 18.5% | 39.0% |
| 3 | 10th District of California (Rep. Josh Harder) | $88,367,601 | 15.4% | 54.3% |
| 4 | 22nd District of California (Rep. Devin Nunes) | $77,888,670 | 13.5% | 67.8% |
| 5 | 2nd District of California (Rep. Jared Huffman) | $37,254,057 | 6.5% | 74.3% |
| 6 | 9th District of California (Rep. Jerry McNerney) | $32,104,009 | 5.6% | 79.9% |
| 7 | 35th District of California (Rep. Norma Torres) | $25,269,489 | 4.4% | 84.3% |
| 8 | 3rd District of California (Rep. John Garamendi) | $15,144,206 | 2.6% | 86.9% |
| 9 | 42nd District of California (Rep. Ken Calvert) | $8,373,326 | 1.5% | 88.4% |
| 10 | 5th District of California (Rep. Mike Thompson) | $7,850,556 | 1.4% | 89.7% |
| 11 | 1st District of California (Rep. Doug LaMalfa) | $7,738,703 | 1.3% | 91.1% |
| 12 | 23rd District of California (Rep. Kevin McCarthy) | $5,970,477 | 1.0% | 92.1% |
| 13 | 36th District of California (Rep. Raul Ruiz) | $4,584,579 | 0.8% | 92.9% |
| 14 | 7th District of California (Rep. Ami Bera) | $3,249,018 | 0.6% | 93.5% |
| 15 | 8th District of California (Rep. Paul Cook) | $2,934,007 | 0.5% | 94.0% |
| 16 | 50th District of California (Rep. Duncan Hunter) | $1,593,908 | 0.3% | 94.3% |
| 17 | 20th District of California (Rep. Jimmy Panetta) | $1,213,999 | 0.2% | 94.5% |
| 18 | 41st District of California (Rep. Mark Takano) | $823,628 | 0.1% | 94.6% |
| 19 | 51st District of California (Rep. Juan Vargas) | $780,302 | 0.1% | 94.8% |
| 20 | 4th District of California (Rep. Tom McClintock) | $522,597 | 0.1% | 94.8% |
| 21 | 24th District of California (Rep. Salud Carbajal) | $511,200 | 0.1% | 94.9% |
| 22 | 25th District of California (Rep. Katie Hill) | $313,659 | 0.1% | 95.0% |
| 23 | 27th District of California (Rep. Judy Chu) | $275,214 | 0.0% | 95.0% |
| 24 | 52nd District of California (Rep. Scott Peters) | $151,426 | 0.0% | 95.1% |
| 25 | 31st District of California (Rep. Pete Anguilar) | $147,032 | 0.0% | 95.1% |
| 26 | 38th District of California (Rep. Linda Sanchez) | $134,328 | 0.0% | 95.1% |
| 27 | 19th District of California (Rep. Zoe Lofgren) | $118,940 | 0.0% | 95.1% |
| 28 | 6th District of California (Rep. Doris Matsui) | $85,456 | 0.0% | 95.1% |
| 29 | 39th District of California (Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.) | $58,917 | 0.0% | 95.2% |
| 30 | 49th District of California (Rep. Mike Levin) | $52,905 | 0.0% | 95.2% |
| 31 | 11th District of California (Rep. Mark DeSaulnier) | $18,894 | 0.0% | 95.2% |
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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