Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress

California's 49th district

California's 49th district has 753,263 residents on 496 mi² of land. Mike Levin (D-CA-49) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $766.1M in FY2026.

These are the boundaries of the 118th Congress. The newest boundaries of this district are on its main page. See the newest boundaries

Residents
753,263
Land area
496 mi²
Counties
2
Representative
Mike Levin
Map of California's 49th 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. San Diego County69% of the district · 16% of the county
  2. Orange County31% of the district · 7.4% 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
$766.1M
Per resident
$1,017
Rank in California
20 of 52
Contract actions
7,992
New awards: 5,160

By fiscal year

  1. 946.1MFY2017
  2. 1.3BFY2018
  3. 1.1BFY2019
  4. 1.4BFY2020
  5. 1.1BFY2021
  6. 1.3BFY2022
  7. 1.7BFY2023
  8. 1.2BFY2024
  9. 1.8BFY2025
  10. 766.1MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Justice
  6. Department of Defense
  7. Department of Defense
  8. Department of Justice

Top recipients

  1. VIASAT INC$146.4M19%
    46 awards
  2. 1 award
  3. 2 awards
  4. 3 awards
  5. 3 awards
  6. 2 awards
  7. 11 awards
  8. 2 awards
  9. 14 awards
  10. 35 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.