California Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)
According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 1,270,597 (1.27M) loans totaling $103,162,981,309 ($103.16B) to small businesses in California. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 11,337,619 (11.34M).
As at April 2025, 1.14M number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (89.63% of the total number of loans), and a total of $98.28B has been forgiven (95.27% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.
See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.
Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Los Angeles received the highest ($29,977,857,338), followed by Orange ($11,641,091,070), and San Diego ($8,770,909,611).
Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Los Angeles received the highest (433,596), followed by Orange (123,252), and San Diego (100,543).
The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in California counties.
| County | Number of Loans | Total Loan Amount ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 433596 | 29977857338 |
| Orange | 123252 | 11641091070 |
| San Diego | 100543 | 8770909611 |
| Santa Clara | 52112 | 5571598859 |
| Alameda | 56569 | 5555839982 |
| San Francisco | 42770 | 4797942805 |
| Riverside | 57846 | 3853612026 |
| San Bernardino | 56864 | 3594964771 |
| Sacramento | 41569 | 2962486608 |
| San Mateo | 24797 | 2649400970 |
| Contra Costa | 33996 | 2618650727 |
| Ventura | 25600 | 2130296052 |
| Fresno | 21984 | 1866713971 |
| Sonoma | 16706 | 1558203191 |
| Kern | 16134 | 1391030684 |
| Santa Barbara | 14013 | 1280550427 |
| Marin | 14063 | 1210342290 |
| San Joaquin | 16106 | 1197209714 |
| Placer | 12308 | 1054753453 |
| Monterey | 8871 | 959628258 |
| Stanislaus | 10436 | 930877053 |
| San Luis Obispo | 9300 | 754195889 |
| Santa Cruz | 7971 | 719236596 |
| Solano | 9795 | 698076832 |
| Tulare | 6986 | 674272066 |
| Napa | 5128 | 632418015 |
| Yolo | 4694 | 428375175 |
| El Dorado | 5019 | 388274152 |
| Butte | 4534 | 376663450 |
| Shasta | 4298 | 375836170 |
| Merced | 3925 | 316147271 |
| Humboldt | 3081 | 244404878 |
| Nevada | 3276 | 207495008 |
| Imperial | 2304 | 201585379 |
| Madera | 2304 | 196737871 |
| Sutter | 2363 | 182002751 |
| Mendocino | 2123 | 164716434 |
| Kings | 1735 | 150748533 |
| San Benito | 1102 | 105424438 |
| Tehama | 924 | 79845458 |
| Lake | 967 | 74185938 |
| Tuolumne | 1082 | 72345267 |
| Colusa | 458 | 67323123 |
| Yuba | 931 | 63393909 |
| Glenn | 568 | 61536443 |
| Calaveras | 936 | 51796957 |
| Siskiyou | 979 | 50937732 |
| Mono | 603 | 43747925 |
| Inyo | 410 | 40212559 |
| Plumas | 544 | 37104129 |
| Amador | 692 | 35702393 |
| Lassen | 340 | 25882591 |
| Del Norte | 363 | 25265279 |
| Mariposa | 228 | 13191238 |
| 99 | 10981512 | |
| Modoc | 201 | 8878836 |
| Trinity | 123 | 7268509 |
| Sierra | 59 | 2097334 |
| Alpine | 17 | 713409 |
Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Los Angeles had the highest ($28,037,631,027), followed by Orange ($11,197,421,440), and San Diego ($8,438,080,094).
Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Los Angeles had the highest (383,950), followed by Orange (112,677), and San Diego (91,932).
The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for California counties.
| County | Number of Loans Completely Forgiven | Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 383950 | 28037631027 |
| Orange | 112677 | 11197421440 |
| San Diego | 91932 | 8438080094 |
| Santa Clara | 47407 | 5323192110 |
| Alameda | 50461 | 5300845443 |
| San Francisco | 38472 | 4498273644 |
| Riverside | 50279 | 3657190221 |
| San Bernardino | 48139 | 3373250295 |
| Sacramento | 36260 | 2838311967 |
| San Mateo | 22798 | 2525692738 |
| Contra Costa | 30426 | 2521213619 |
| Ventura | 23635 | 2065117874 |
| Fresno | 19214 | 1791720443 |
| Sonoma | 15866 | 1527681454 |
| Kern | 14216 | 1351710789 |
| Santa Barbara | 13321 | 1250269663 |
| Marin | 13209 | 1164828827 |
| San Joaquin | 14053 | 1151456713 |
| Placer | 11435 | 1022113916 |
| Monterey | 8234 | 939526326 |
| Stanislaus | 9476 | 913342129 |
| San Luis Obispo | 8819 | 739044871 |
| Santa Cruz | 7518 | 711395189 |
| Solano | 8343 | 663338440 |
| Tulare | 6304 | 646030310 |
| Napa | 4813 | 623835387 |
| Yolo | 4332 | 419812460 |
| El Dorado | 4703 | 377519790 |
| Butte | 4200 | 354063547 |
| Shasta | 4035 | 373910233 |
| Merced | 3502 | 304357731 |
| Humboldt | 2933 | 243549294 |
| Nevada | 3083 | 204246782 |
| Imperial | 2100 | 198171572 |
| Madera | 2090 | 188744762 |
| Sutter | 2210 | 175478188 |
| Mendocino | 2014 | 158637257 |
| Kings | 1545 | 147584213 |
| San Benito | 1016 | 100294035 |
| Tehama | 874 | 79393127 |
| Lake | 877 | 72491460 |
| Tuolumne | 1016 | 71095371 |
| Colusa | 439 | 67601369 |
| Yuba | 819 | 62125150 |
| Glenn | 544 | 61312617 |
| Calaveras | 873 | 50563411 |
| Siskiyou | 925 | 50375598 |
| Mono | 571 | 43010204 |
| Inyo | 386 | 39341998 |
| Plumas | 515 | 36767796 |
| Amador | 631 | 34927339 |
| Lassen | 314 | 25700685 |
| Del Norte | 347 | 24937777 |
| Mariposa | 210 | 13051652 |
| 92 | 10445836 | |
| Modoc | 191 | 8760680 |
| Trinity | 119 | 7272698 |
| Sierra | 51 | 1799785 |
| Alpine | 16 | 715873 |
Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Los Angeles had the highest (3,326,278), followed by Orange (1,278,720), and San Diego (992,134).
The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for California counties.
| County | Number of Jobs Saved |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 3326278 |
| Orange | 1278720 |
| San Diego | 992134 |
| Santa Clara | 526827 |
| Alameda | 524999 |
| San Francisco | 405323 |
| Riverside | 477155 |
| San Bernardino | 447691 |
| Sacramento | 336500 |
| San Mateo | 240896 |
| Contra Costa | 266728 |
| Ventura | 252700 |
| Fresno | 242936 |
| Sonoma | 158548 |
| Kern | 180381 |
| Santa Barbara | 151661 |
| Marin | 110490 |
| San Joaquin | 145628 |
| Placer | 117970 |
| Monterey | 113456 |
| Stanislaus | 108641 |
| San Luis Obispo | 92009 |
| Santa Cruz | 83732 |
| Solano | 74207 |
| Tulare | 102707 |
| Napa | 63003 |
| Yolo | 50603 |
| El Dorado | 43539 |
| Butte | 45422 |
| Shasta | 43495 |
| Merced | 43666 |
| Humboldt | 29589 |
| Nevada | 24184 |
| Imperial | 29527 |
| Madera | 26562 |
| Sutter | 26797 |
| Mendocino | 21056 |
| Kings | 20960 |
| San Benito | 13012 |
| Tehama | 9745 |
| Lake | 10770 |
| Tuolumne | 8713 |
| Colusa | 7645 |
| Yuba | 7279 |
| Glenn | 6871 |
| Calaveras | 7483 |
| Siskiyou | 7368 |
| Mono | 6316 |
| Inyo | 5255 |
| Plumas | 3402 |
| Amador | 5158 |
| Lassen | 2519 |
| Del Norte | 3885 |
| Mariposa | 1584 |
| 1747 | |
| Modoc | 797 |
| Trinity | 908 |
| Sierra | 328 |
| Alpine | 114 |
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