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Georgia's 8th district

Georgia's 8th district has 772,370 residents on 10,928 mi² of land. It is represented by Austin Scott (R-GA-8). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $349.7M in FY2026.

Residents
772,370
Land area
10,928 mi²
Counties
29
Representative
Austin Scott
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Map of Georgia's 8th district within Georgia

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. Houston County16% of the district · 71% of the county
  2. Lowndes County16% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Bibb County6.2% of the district · 31% of the county
  4. Colquitt County6.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Baldwin County5.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Coffee County5.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Tift County5.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Monroe County3.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Jones County3.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Worth County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Dodge County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Crisp County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Berrien County2.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Cook County2.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Ben Hill County2.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Brooks County2.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Jeff Davis County1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Bleckley County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Telfair County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Lanier County1.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Pulaski County1.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  22. Irwin County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  23. Turner County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  24. Wilcox County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  25. Wilkinson County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  26. Atkinson County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  27. Twiggs County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  28. Clinch County0.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  29. Echols County0.5% 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
$349.7M
Per resident
$453
Rank in Georgia
8 of 14
Contract actions
6,118
New awards: 5,509

By fiscal year

  1. 889.2MFY2017
  2. 530MFY2018
  3. 415.7MFY2019
  4. 374.8MFY2020
  5. 333.7MFY2021
  6. 343.5MFY2022
  7. 328MFY2023
  8. 354.1MFY2024
  9. 657.5MFY2025
  10. 349.7MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Air Force$123.6M35%
    Department of Defense
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$110.6M32%
    Department of Defense
  3. Federal Acquisition Service$61.6M18%
    General Services Administration
  4. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$21.8M6.2%
    Department of Labor
  5. Agricultural Marketing Service$11M3.1%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. Department of the Army$7.4M2.1%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Navy$4M1.1%
    Department of Defense
  8. Defense Health Agency$3.1M0.9%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$74M21%
    53 awards
  2. REINHART FOODSERVICE, LLC$65.8M19%
    4,015 awards
  3. BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY$59.7M17%
    345 awards
  4. ODLE MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C.$21.8M6.2%
    1 award
  5. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$17.1M4.9%
    1 award
  6. FOUTS BROS INC$9.9M2.8%
    2 awards
  7. THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY$9.3M2.7%
    15 awards
  8. STRATEGIC ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, CORPORATION$9.1M2.6%
    7 awards
  9. CAPE FOX FEDERAL INTEGRATORS, LLC$7.9M2.2%
    1 award
  10. SOUTH GEORGIA PECAN COMPANY$7.5M2.1%
    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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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.