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California's 27th district

California's 27th district has 741,563 residents on 1,516 mi² of land. It is represented by George Whitesides (D-CA-27). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $476.4M in FY2026.

Residents
741,563
Land area
1,516 mi²
Counties
1
Representative
George Whitesides
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Map of California's 27th district within California

Members for this district

Members who held this seat while these boundaries were in force, newest first.

Senators

The state's senators today, or on the last day of these boundaries for an older plan.

Counties

Share of the district's residents living in each county, and share of the county's residents living in the district (2020 census tracts weighted by their overlap).

  1. Los Angeles County100% of the district · 7.6% of the county

Federal contracts

Contract obligations attributed to the district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines.

Obligations · FY2026
$476.4M
Per resident
$642
Rank in California
27 of 52
Contract actions
13.3K
New awards: 10K

By fiscal year

  1. 613MFY2017
  2. 727.5MFY2018
  3. 813.2MFY2019
  4. 639.6MFY2020
  5. 562.4MFY2021
  6. 573.1MFY2022
  7. 648.4MFY2023
  8. 551MFY2024
  9. 571.7MFY2025
  10. 476.4MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$151.3M32%
  2. Department of the Air Force$128.3M27%
    Department of Defense
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$93.6M20%
    Department of Defense
  4. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$25.5M5.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Department of the Navy$22.7M4.8%
    Department of Defense
  6. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$18.6M3.9%
    Department of Defense
  7. Forest Service$15.5M3.2%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. Federal Acquisition Service$6.2M1.3%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$147.5M31%
    393 awards
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$99.9M21%
    30 awards
  3. WOODWARD HRT INC$41M8.6%
    116 awards
  4. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$26.6M5.6%
    29 awards
  5. AVITA MEDICAL AMERICAS, LLC$25.5M5.4%
    1 award
  6. ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$20.3M4.3%
    225 awards
  7. HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$16.9M3.5%
    702 awards
  8. ADEPT FASTENERS INC$11.3M2.4%
    499 awards
  9. HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC$10.6M2.2%
    1 award
  10. NOREX GROUP, LLC$5.4M1.1%
    6,176 awards

Other boundaries

District lines change between plans; each plan keeps its own page.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.