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Indiana's 8th district

Indiana's 8th district has 753,619 residents on 8,096 mi² of land. It is represented by Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $751.8M in FY2026.

Residents
753,619
Land area
8,096 mi²
Counties
21
Representative
Mark B. Messmer
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Map of Indiana's 8th district within Indiana

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. Vanderburgh County24% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Vigo County14% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Warrick County8.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Dubois County5.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Knox County4.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Daviess County4.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Gibson County4.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Greene County4.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Clay County3.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Posey County3.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Owen County2.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Sullivan County2.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Spencer County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Orange County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Perry County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Parke County2.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Vermillion County2.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Pike County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Crawford County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Martin County1.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Fountain County1.0% of the district · 46% 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
$751.8M
Per resident
$998
Rank in Indiana
2 of 9
Contract actions
7,128
New awards: 5,709

By fiscal year

  1. 648.3MFY2017
  2. 797.7MFY2018
  3. 771.4MFY2019
  4. 807.9MFY2020
  5. 788.2MFY2021
  6. 910.6MFY2022
  7. 985.2MFY2023
  8. 1.1BFY2024
  9. 1.2BFY2025
  10. 751.8MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Navy$245.2M33%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of the Air Force$208.1M28%
    Department of Defense
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$188.4M25%
    Department of Defense
  4. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$24.7M3.3%
    Department of Justice
  5. Agricultural Marketing Service$23.1M3.1%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. Department of the Army$18.7M2.5%
    Department of Defense
  7. Departmental Offices$16.3M2.2%
    Department of the Interior
  8. Federal Acquisition Service$13.7M1.8%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. AMERIQUAL GROUP LLC$166.2M22%
    193 awards
  2. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$83.4M11%
    3 awards
  3. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$72.4M9.6%
    11 awards
  4. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$69.7M9.3%
    21 awards
  5. MANTECH TSG-2 JOINT VENTURE$48.6M6.5%
    6 awards
  6. TRISTAR, INC.$36.6M4.9%
    7 awards
  7. AMERIQUAL GROUP, LLC$23.1M3.1%
    6 awards
  8. PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC.$16.3M2.2%
    7 awards
  9. NAPHCARE LLC$15.4M2.1%
    54 awards
  10. BANNER QUALITY MANAGEMENT INC$14.3M1.9%
    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.