Congressional district · Boundaries of the 119th Congress

Kentucky's 1st district

Kentucky's 1st district has 754,175 residents on 11,499 mi² of land. It is represented by James Comer (R-KY-1). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $281M in FY2026.

Residents
754,175
Land area
11,499 mi²
Counties
35
Representative
James Comer
Map of Kentucky's 1st district within Kentucky

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. Christian County9.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. McCracken County9.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Franklin County6.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Hopkins County6.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Henderson County5.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Calloway County5.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Graves County4.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Marshall County4.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Boyle County4.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Taylor County3.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Logan County3.4% of the district · 93% of the county
  12. Allen County2.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Simpson County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Marion County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Adair County2.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Russell County2.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Casey County2.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Trigg County1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Union County1.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Webster County1.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Caldwell County1.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  22. Todd County1.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  23. Washington County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  24. Monroe County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  25. Metcalfe County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  26. Clinton County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  27. Crittenden County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  28. Livingston County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  29. Lyon County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  30. Ballard County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  31. Fulton County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  32. Cumberland County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  33. Carlisle County0.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  34. Anderson County0.6% of the district · 19% of the county
  35. Hickman County0.6% 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
$281M
Per resident
$373
Rank in Kentucky
4 of 6
Contract actions
1,401
New awards: 748

By fiscal year

  1. 642.7MFY2017
  2. 615.1MFY2018
  3. 557.3MFY2019
  4. 479.7MFY2020
  5. 750.4MFY2021
  6. 1.1BFY2022
  7. 859.5MFY2023
  8. 516MFY2024
  9. 529.2MFY2025
  10. 281MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Defense
  6. Department of Agriculture
  7. Department of the Interior

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.