Recovery Tracker

How We Compiled Our Data. Visit our Eye on the Stimulus blog. Data current as of Sept. 30, 2009 (the latest available data as of Dec. 2009).

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California

Check the chart below to compare unemployment and per capita spending among counties. Click on your county to find projects in your area. Data last updated on Sept. 30, 2009 (the latest available data as of Dec. 2009)

U.S. California
Population 304,059,724 36,756,666
Total recovery funding $260,908,876,834 $30,370,171,990
Direct to County (see list) $188,787,799,322 $21,262,466,616
County Funds per Capita $621 $578
Statewide (see project list) $72,076,191,337 $9,107,705,374
Statewide funding per capita $237 $248
Unemployment
(10/09)
10.2 12.5
Median Household Income $50,007 $58,361
Poverty Rate 13.3% 13.0%

Counties (see statewide items)

Note: There still may be overrepresentation of money going to counties where state capitals are because of funding going to state agencies but where the data did not designate that it was to be used statewide.

County Name Population Unemployment Poverty Rate Total Funding Per Capita
06001 Alameda 1,474,368 11.5 11.4 $1,638,104,654 $1,111
06003 Alpine 1,061 18.0 N/A $242,920 $229
06005 Amador 38,238 12.4 9.5 $5,028,171 $131
06007 Butte 220,337 12.8 17.8 $37,982,186 $172
06009 Calaveras 46,843 14.7 11.6 $11,428,169 $244
06011 Colusa 21,204 17.3 14.5 $2,194,013 $103
06013 Contra Costa 1,029,703 11.5 8.3 $97,837,057 $95
06015 Del Norte 29,100 12.4 19.1 $11,417,412 $392
06017 El Dorado 176,075 12.1 8.0 $19,587,913 $111
06019 Fresno 909,153 15.8 20.6 $282,662,816 $311
06021 Glenn 28,237 13.4 18.0 $6,146,881 $218
06023 Humboldt 129,000 11.1 16.9 $64,860,336 $503
06025 Imperial 163,972 30.0 20.5 $61,489,352 $375
06027 Inyo 17,136 9.8 N/A $16,763,772 $978
06029 Kern 800,458 14.5 20.1 $183,327,100 $229
06031 Kings 149,518 15.5 19.4 $45,517,214 $304
06033 Lake 64,866 16.2 17.6 $6,994,475 $108
06035 Lassen 34,574 12.3 13.3 $9,882,509 $286
06037 Los Angeles 9,862,049 12.6 15.4 $3,146,795,904 $319
06039 Madera 148,333 13.8 17.8 $33,722,366 $227
06041 Marin 248,794 8.1 7.2 $34,310,866 $138
06043 Mariposa 17,976 9.9 N/A $2,563,156 $143
06045 Mendocino 86,221 10.6 16.2 $25,595,622 $297
06047 Merced 246,117 16.4 19.7 $43,437,901 $176
06049 Modoc 9,184 12.3 N/A $2,375,643 $259
06051 Mono 12,774 12.2 N/A $934,000 $73
06053 Monterey 408,238 10.6 12.1 $110,418,549 $270
06055 Napa 133,433 9.0 10.1 $72,098,034 $540
06057 Nevada 97,118 11.3 7.3 $16,200,091 $167
06059 Orange 3,010,759 9.6 9.3 $561,167,716 $186
06061 Placer 341,945 11.6 5.8 $48,122,595 $141
06063 Plumas 20,275 14.9 11.1 $1,712,244 $84
06065 Riverside 2,100,516 15.1 12.0 $212,108,499 $101
06067 Sacramento 1,394,154 12.6 12.5 $10,667,802,680 $7,652
06069 San Benito 54,699 13.8 11.1 $7,132,982 $130
06071 San Bernardino 2,015,355 14.0 13.7 $463,426,678 $230
06073 San Diego 3,001,072 10.5 11.3 $986,602,029 $329
06075 San Francisco 808,976 9.9 11.8 $416,615,299 $515
06077 San Joaquin 672,388 16.1 14.4 $175,856,883 $262
06079 San Luis Obispo 265,297 9.1 13.5 $94,192,922 $355
06081 San Mateo 712,690 9.1 6.9 $271,805,028 $381
06083 Santa Barbara 405,396 8.8 13.8 $110,403,007 $272
06085 Santa Clara 1,764,499 11.9 8.7 $317,861,718 $180
06087 Santa Cruz 253,137 10.7 11.3 $75,520,914 $298
06089 Shasta 180,214 15.3 14.5 $106,394,340 $590
06091 Sierra 3,263 14.8 N/A $801,619 $246
06093 Siskiyou 44,542 14.7 17.6 $14,609,401 $328
06095 Solano 407,515 12.0 10.0 $60,142,981 $148
06097 Sonoma 466,741 10.1 9.4 $56,526,186 $121
06099 Stanislaus 510,694 16.6 14.2 $78,871,231 $154
06101 Sutter 92,207 17.3 10.1 $8,553,169 $93
06103 Tehama 61,550 13.9 20.1 $29,273,601 $476
06105 Trinity 14,317 17.9 N/A $1,709,303 $119
06107 Tulare 426,276 15.9 22.7 $86,882,882 $204
06109 Tuolumne 55,644 13.5 10.9 $4,749,459 $85
06111 Ventura 797,740 11.1 9.0 $120,006,935 $150
06113 Yolo 197,658 12.2 16.5 $104,395,238 $528
06115 Yuba 73,067 18.0 17.7 $189,299,997 $2,591

Statewide and Non-County Specific Projects

(see county list)

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Type Description Agency Date
CA Dept. of Social Services $379,988,196.00 Grant Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food and Nutrition Service (30) 4/01/2009
CA Dept. of Social Services $10,795,187.00 Grant State Administrative Matching Grants for Supplemen Food and Nutrition Service (30) 3/17/2009
CA Dept. of Social Services $10,795,187.00 Grant State Administrative Matching Grants for Supplemen Food and Nutrition Service (30) 3/17/2009
CA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT $1,858,012,326.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance Federal Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compen Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor 8/31/2009
CA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT $830,000,000.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance Federal Increase in Unemployment Compensation Bene Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor 8/31/2009
CA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT $764,644,823.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance Federal Extended Unemployment Compensation Benefit Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor 8/31/2009
CA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT $59,905,736.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance ARRA Funds - Transfer to State UI Accounts from Em Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor 3/21/2009
CA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT $18,406.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance Unemployment Insurance Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor 6/18/2009
CA ST OFFICE OF STATEWIDE HEALTH PLANNING & D $104,775.00 Grant ARRA- State Primary Care Offices ARRA - STATE PRIMARY CARE OFFICES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 9/10/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $246,424,703.00 Grant ARRA - Emergency Contingency Fund for Temporary Assistance for Needy Famil 2009 TANFS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 5/20/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $21,938,206.00 Grant Child Support Enforcement (CSE) 2009 OCSE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4/01/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $21,938,206.00 Grant Child Support Enforcement (CSE) 2009 OCSE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4/09/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $21,938,206.00 Grant Child Support Enforcement (CSE) 2009 OCSE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 6/20/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $20,887,020.00 Grant Child Support Enforcement (CSE) 2009 OCSE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 7/16/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $10,180,400.00 Grant Adoption Assistance FY 2009 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4/01/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $10,031,600.00 Grant Adoption Assistance FY 2009 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 3/16/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $9,941,751.00 Grant Adoption Assistance FY 2009 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 7/01/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $9,873,004.00 Grant Adoption Assistance FY 2009 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 3/16/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $7,068,000.00 Grant Foster Care: Title IV-E FY 2009 FOSTER CARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 3/16/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $6,820,000.00 Grant Foster Care: Title IV-E FY 2009 FOSTER CARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 3/16/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $6,743,120.00 Grant Foster Care: Title IV-E FY 2009 FOSTER CARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4/18/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $5,615,895.00 Grant Foster Care: Title IV-E FY 2009 FOSTER CARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 7/06/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $791,006.00 Grant Foster Care: Title IV-E FY 2009 FOSTER CARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 6/03/2009
CA ST DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $319,015.00 Grant Adoption Assistance FY 2009 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 5/13/2009
CALIFORNIA TRIBAL TANF PARTNERSHIP ROBINSON R $2,380,526.00 Grant ARRA - Emergency Contingency Fund for Temporary Assistance for Needy Famil 2009 TANFS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 7/21/2009
Department of Health Care Services $1,339,259,000.00 Grant Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR CALIFORNIA - FY 2009 QUAR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4/01/2009
Department of Health Care Services $1,158,868,222.00 Grant Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR CALIFORNIA - FY 2009 QUAR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2/24/2009
Department of Health Care Services $1,045,398,000.00 Grant Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR CALIFORNIA - FY 2009 QUAR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 7/01/2009
Department of Health Care Services $833,039,312.00 Grant Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR CALIFORNIA - FY 2009 QUAR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2/24/2009
Department of Health Care Services $26,950,333.00 Grant State Children's Insurance Program (SCHIP) MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR CALIFORNIA - FY 2009 QUAR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 7/29/2009
Department of Health Care Services $6,320,623.00 Grant Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR CALIFORNIA - FY 2009 QUAR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 8/25/2009
Department of Health Care Services $1,156,520.00 Grant Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR CALIFORNIA - FY 2009 QUAR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4/27/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $66,262,189.00 Grant Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food and Nutrition Service (30) 9/01/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $65,362,120.00 Grant Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food and Nutrition Service (30) 8/01/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $64,425,922.00 Grant Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food and Nutrition Service (30) 7/01/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $62,241,734.00 Grant Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food and Nutrition Service (30) 6/01/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $61,336,025.00 Grant Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food and Nutrition Service (30) 5/01/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $59,930,080.00 Grant Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food and Nutrition Service (30) 4/01/2009

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