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Louisiana's 2nd district

Louisiana's 2nd district has 759,094 residents on 2,005 mi² of land. It is represented by Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $755.4M in FY2026.

Residents
759,094
Land area
2,005 mi²
Counties
10
Representative
Troy A. Carter
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Map of Louisiana's 2nd 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. Orleans Parish41% of the district · 83% of the county
  2. Jefferson Parish26% of the district · 46% of the county
  3. Ascension Parish9.1% of the district · 53% of the county
  4. St. John the Baptist Parish5.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Iberville Parish3.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. St. Charles Parish3.6% of the district · 54% of the county
  7. St. Bernard Parish3.3% of the district · 56% of the county
  8. Assumption Parish2.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. St. James Parish2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Lafourche Parish2.5% 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
$755.4M
Per resident
$995
Rank in Louisiana
2 of 6
Contract actions
3,282
New awards: 1,671

By fiscal year

  1. 433.4MFY2017
  2. 450.1MFY2018
  3. 570.2MFY2019
  4. 627.7MFY2020
  5. 658.6MFY2021
  6. 450.2MFY2022
  7. 763.6MFY2023
  8. 563.6MFY2024
  9. 758.9MFY2025
  10. 755.4MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Army$465.9M62%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of the Navy$85.3M11%
    Department of Defense
  3. Maritime Administration$37.1M4.9%
    Department of Transportation
  4. USTRANSCOM$32.9M4.4%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$31.5M4.2%
  6. Department of Energy$17.6M2.3%
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$14.3M1.9%
  8. Office of Procurement Operations$13.5M1.8%
    Department of Homeland Security

Top recipients

  1. PITTMAN-SEALEVEL, L.L.C.$419.7M56%
    1 award
  2. US OCEAN LLC$31.4M4.2%
    5 awards
  3. TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORP$25.5M3.4%
    6 awards
  4. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$23.4M3.1%
    1 award
  5. PACIFIC-GULF MARINE, INC.$22.9M3.0%
    40 awards
  6. STRATEGIC STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC.$20M2.6%
    1 award
  7. NOVA SPACE SOLUTIONS, LLC$12.8M1.7%
    5 awards
  8. PATRIOT CONTRACT SERVICES, LLC$11.5M1.5%
    9 awards
  9. PARAGON SYSTEMS INC$10.5M1.4%
    19 awards
  10. PINE BLUFF SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY$9.1M1.2%
    6 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 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.