Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress
Colorado's 8th district
Colorado's 8th district has 742,449 residents on 1,010 mi² of land. Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $140.6M 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
- 742,449
- Land area
- 1,010 mi²
- Counties
- 3
- Representative
- Yadira Caraveo
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).
- Adams County62% of the district · 87% of the county
- Weld County36% of the district · 75% of the county
- Larimer County2.2% of the district · 4.4% 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
- $140.6M
- Per resident
- $189
- Rank in Colorado
- 8 of 8
- Contract actions
- 1,629
- New awards: 1,335
By fiscal year
- 32MFY2017
- 32.5MFY2018
- 93.3MFY2019
- 81.7MFY2020
- 92.4MFY2021
- 131.3MFY2022
- 56.1MFY2023
- 70.5MFY2024
- 107.9MFY2025
- 140.6MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the Air Force$10.2M7.3%Department of Defense
- Department of the Army$6.7M4.8%Department of Defense
- Departmental Offices$6.3M4.5%Department of the Interior
- Defense Logistics Agency$6.1M4.3%Department of Defense
- Federal Highway Administration$5.1M3.6%Department of Transportation
Top recipients
- ADVANCED SPACE LLC$50.2M36%12 awards
- TRIPLE CANOPY INC$23M16%1 award
- THE GEO GROUP, INC.$16.8M12%1 award
- URSA MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$8.2M5.8%2 awards
- NEXGEN TECHNOLOGIES INC.$6.3M4.5%2 awards
- 11 awards
- ROCKSOL CONSULTING GROUP, INC.$5.1M3.6%12 awards
- UNITED FOOD SERVICE, INC.$4.9M3.5%1,120 awards
- PROTECTION STRATEGIES INC$3M2.1%1 award
- INODE INK CORPORATION$2.6M1.8%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.