Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress

Louisiana's 1st district

Louisiana's 1st district has 762,223 residents on 3,676 mi² of land. Steve Scalise (R-LA-1) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $2.9B 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
762,223
Land area
3,676 mi²
Counties
8
Representative
Steve Scalise
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Map of Louisiana's 1st district within Louisiana

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. St. Tammany Parish36% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Jefferson Parish31% of the district · 55% of the county
  3. Terrebonne Parish7.7% of the district · 55% of the county
  4. Orleans Parish6.2% of the district · 13% of the county
  5. St. Bernard Parish5.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Lafourche Parish5.4% of the district · 43% of the county
  7. Tangipahoa Parish5.2% of the district · 29% of the county
  8. Plaquemines Parish3.0% 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
$2.9B
Per resident
$3,775
Rank in Louisiana
1 of 6
Contract actions
5,276
New awards: 3,417

By fiscal year

  1. 1BFY2017
  2. 950.6MFY2018
  3. 1.1BFY2019
  4. 1.3BFY2020
  5. 1.2BFY2021
  6. 996.8MFY2022
  7. 1.2BFY2023
  8. 859.4MFY2024
  9. 1.1BFY2025
  10. 2.9BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. U.S. Coast Guard$2.1B73%
    Department of Homeland Security
  2. Department of Energy$369.5M13%
  3. Department of the Navy$161.7M5.6%
    Department of Defense
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$88.2M3.1%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Army$47.2M1.6%
    Department of Defense
  6. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement$34.7M1.2%
    Department of the Interior
  7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$16.8M0.6%
    Department of Commerce
  8. Department of Veterans Affairs$12.4M0.4%

Top recipients

  1. BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C.$2.1B72%
    5 awards
  2. STRATEGIC STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC.$417.9M15%
    1 award
  3. HORNBECK OFFSHORE OPERATORS LLC$80.2M2.8%
    6 awards
  4. CHAND, L.L.C.$33.3M1.2%
    1,179 awards
  5. COUVILLION GROUP LLC$32.8M1.1%
    1 award
  6. JGILS, LLC$28.9M1.0%
    1,520 awards
  7. BIRDON AMERICA INC$27.7M1.0%
    1 award
  8. PROMETHEAN OPERATING I LLC$27.6M1.0%
    4 awards
  9. THOMA-SEA MARINE CONSTRUCTORS, L.L.C.$27.2M0.9%
    17 awards
  10. ALPHA MARINE SERVICES LLC$25.8M0.9%
    3 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.