Factbox: Oil spill claims paid total $3.8 billion

A contract worker rakes oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off a beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana, June 9, 2010.

(Reuters) - The Gulf Coast Claims Facility, created to compensate people and businesses for damages related to BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, has paid $3.8 billion in claims since the organization took over the process from the oil company on August 23.

BP paid $400 million in claims before facility head Kenneth Feinberg began administering the $20 billion fund set up at the insistence of President Barack Obama.

The April 20, 2010 well rupture killed 11 people and caused the world's worst marine crude oil spill. BP said it permanently sealed the well September 19. Below is a breakdown of payments made through April 13:

Number of claims filed:

Individual 404,795

Businesses 98,561

Total 503,356

Claims paid:

Individual $1.6 billion

Business $2.2 billion

Payments made to real estate

brokers and agents as part

of a separate fund: $60 million

Total $3.86 billion

Claim state of residence:

Louisiana: $1.2 billion

Florida: $1.4 billion

Alabama $616 million

Mississippi: $307 million

Texas: $106 million

Others: $164 million

Claims paid for lost wages or profits, by industry for businesses and individuals:

Fishing $616 million

Food, beverage, lodging $1.1 billion

Multiple industry $ 44 million

No industry designation $ 23 million

Rental property $377 million

Retail, sales, service $1.3 billion

Seafood processing $199 million

Tourism and recreation $121 million

Source: GCCF data

(Reporting by Anna Driver in Houston; Editing by Pascal Fletcher and Philip Barbara)