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California's 42nd district

California's 42nd district has 739,356 residents on 212 mi² of land. It is represented by Robert Garcia (D-CA-42). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $624.3M in FY2026.

Residents
739,356
Land area
212 mi²
Counties
1
Representative
Robert Garcia
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Map of California's 42nd 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 · 7.5% 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
$624.3M
Per resident
$844
Rank in California
24 of 52
Contract actions
5,876
New awards: 3,002

By fiscal year

  1. 382.7MFY2017
  2. 552.8MFY2018
  3. 565.4MFY2019
  4. 448.3MFY2020
  5. 576.4MFY2021
  6. 1.2BFY2022
  7. 1.6BFY2023
  8. 1.5BFY2024
  9. 2BFY2025
  10. 624.3MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Air Force$298M48%
    Department of Defense
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$163.4M26%
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$101.7M16%
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$52.9M8.5%
    Department of Defense
  5. Maritime Administration$20.2M3.2%
    Department of Transportation
  6. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$18.6M3.0%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Army$7.1M1.1%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Navy$4.8M0.8%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY$282.5M45%
    28 awards
  2. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$147M24%
    393 awards
  3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$26.5M4.2%
    29 awards
  4. OCEAN DUCHESS, INC.$20.2M3.2%
    46 awards
  5. IAW CONSTRUCTION, INC.$16.6M2.7%
    49 awards
  6. SAWASAWA LLC$15.8M2.5%
    57 awards
  7. ROCKET LAB USA INC$12.3M2.0%
    5 awards
  8. AMERICAN POLYMERS LLC$9.5M1.5%
    24 awards
  9. MERRIMAC PETROLEUM, INC$7.9M1.3%
    537 awards
  10. AMERIGUARD SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.$6.2M1.0%
    3 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.