Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress
Connecticut's 3rd district
Connecticut's 3rd district has 724,628 residents on 474 mi² of land. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $3.2B 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
- 724,628
- Land area
- 474 mi²
- Counties
- 4
- Representative
- Rosa L. DeLauro
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).
- South Central Connecticut Planning Region68% of the district · 86% of the county
- Naugatuck Valley Planning Region20% of the district · 32% of the county
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region7.3% of the district · 16% of the county
- Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region5.0% of the district · 20% 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
- $3.2B
- Per resident
- $4,411
- Rank in Connecticut
- 3 of 5
- Contract actions
- 19.6K
- New awards: 16.8K
By fiscal year
- 1BFY2017
- 990.8MFY2018
- 1.1BFY2019
- 2.1BFY2020
- 862.3MFY2021
- 907.9MFY2022
- 2.5BFY2023
- 2.3BFY2024
- 5.3BFY2025
- 3.2BFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Navy$2.1B66%Department of Defense
- Department of the Army$585.4M18%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$232.1M7.3%Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs$101.9M3.2%
- Department of the Air Force$54.9M1.7%Department of Defense
- U.S. Coast Guard$36M1.1%Department of Homeland Security
- Federal Bureau of Investigation$11.7M0.4%Department of Justice
- Department of Health and Human Services
Top recipients
- SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$2.8B88%12,195 awards
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$69.2M2.2%39 awards
- RTX CORPORATION$30.5M1.0%368 awards
- BRICAN, INC.$27.2M0.9%4 awards
- TRIUMPH ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS LLC$24.3M0.8%1 award
- SEVENSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.$19.4M0.6%6 awards
- REGAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP$12.6M0.4%56 awards
- YALE UNIV$11M0.3%62 awards
- 1 award
- NUMET ACQUISITION NUMET, INC.$7.9M0.2%4 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.