Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress

Alabama's 7th district

Alabama's 7th district has 721,978 residents on 10,871 mi² of land. Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $892.4M 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
721,978
Land area
10,871 mi²
Counties
14
Representative
Terri A. Sewell
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Map of Alabama's 7th district within Alabama

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. Jefferson County41% of the district · 45% of the county
  2. Tuscaloosa County27% of the district · 81% of the county
  3. Montgomery County8.5% of the district · 27% of the county
  4. Dallas County5.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Clarke County3.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Marengo County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Pickens County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Hale County2.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Choctaw County1.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Sumter County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Wilcox County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Lowndes County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Perry County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Greene County1.0% 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
$892.4M
Per resident
$1,236
Rank in Alabama
4 of 7
Contract actions
64.6K
New awards: 61.6K

By fiscal year

  1. 519.2MFY2017
  2. 513.6MFY2018
  3. 526.9MFY2019
  4. 483.7MFY2020
  5. 490MFY2021
  6. 1BFY2022
  7. 656MFY2023
  8. 730.5MFY2024
  9. 712.3MFY2025
  10. 892.4MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of State$414.2M46%
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$104.5M12%
  3. Department of the Army$89.1M10.0%
    Department of Defense
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$78.6M8.8%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Air Force$69.6M7.8%
    Department of Defense
  6. Federal Bureau of Investigation$26.9M3.0%
    Department of Justice
  7. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$21.1M2.4%
    Department of Justice
  8. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$10.3M1.2%
    Department of Commerce

Top recipients

  1. CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO. (DE), LLC$412.8M46%
    1 award
  2. BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC$54M6.1%
    5 awards
  3. AMERICAN APPAREL, INC.$29M3.3%
    41 awards
  4. FORESTWOOD FARM, INC.$28.8M3.2%
    58,953 awards
  5. CHUGACH LOGISTICS AND FACILITY SERVICES JV, LLC$22.1M2.5%
    1 award
  6. AAECON GENERAL CONTRACTING LLC$20.3M2.3%
    4 awards
  7. BRASFIELD & GORRIE LLC$18.8M2.1%
    5 awards
  8. PINTER MEMORIALS INC$18.6M2.1%
    21 awards
  9. STEWARD MACHINE CO INC$15.7M1.8%
    30 awards
  10. COBURN CONTRACTORS, LLC$12.6M1.4%
    2 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 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.