Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress
Alabama's 6th district
Alabama's 6th district has 715,300 residents on 3,217 mi² of land. Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $339.8M 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
- 715,300
- Land area
- 3,217 mi²
- Counties
- 5
- Representative
- Gary J. Palmer
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.
Tommy TubervilleR-AL
Katie Boyd BrittR-AL
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).
- Jefferson County52% of the district · 55% of the county
- Shelby County32% of the district · 100% of the county
- Blount County8.3% of the district · 100% of the county
- Chilton County4.6% of the district · 72% of the county
- Bibb County3.1% of the district · 100% 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
- $339.8M
- Per resident
- $475
- Rank in Alabama
- 6 of 7
- Contract actions
- 64K
- New awards: 61.8K
By fiscal year
- 210.5MFY2017
- 237.2MFY2018
- 231MFY2019
- 220.4MFY2020
- 219MFY2021
- 540.3MFY2022
- 249.5MFY2023
- 265.6MFY2024
- 235MFY2025
- 339.8MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Justice
- Department of State$74M22%
- Department of Veterans Affairs$43.4M13%
- Defense Logistics Agency$36.8M11%Department of Defense
- Federal Acquisition Service$8.4M2.5%General Services Administration
- U.S. Secret Service$7.8M2.3%Department of Homeland Security
- Federal Bureau of Investigation$4.3M1.3%Department of Justice
Top recipients
- NAPHCARE LLC$144.2M42%783 awards
- CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO. (DE), LLC$71.4M21%1 award
- C & C CONTRACTORS LLC$31.1M9.2%1 award
- SYSCO CENTRAL ALABAMA INC$12.7M3.7%1,156 awards
- ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.$12.3M3.6%40 awards
- FORESTWOOD FARM, INC.$10.3M3.0%58,953 awards
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$9.1M2.7%38 awards
- 3 awards
- EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC$6.5M1.9%18 awards
- DRI, INC.$2.4M0.7%1 award
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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.