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Louisiana's 3rd district

Louisiana's 3rd district has 773,610 residents on 7,625 mi² of land. It is represented by Clay Higgins (R-LA-3). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $639.9M in FY2026.

Residents
773,610
Land area
7,625 mi²
Counties
11
Representative
Clay Higgins
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Map of Louisiana's 3rd 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. Lafayette Parish25% of the district · 77% of the county
  2. Calcasieu Parish16% of the district · 60% of the county
  3. Terrebonne Parish14% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Iberia Parish8.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Vermilion Parish7.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Acadia Parish7.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. St. Martin Parish6.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. St. Mary Parish6.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Lafourche Parish4.4% of the district · 35% of the county
  10. Jefferson Davis Parish4.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Cameron Parish0.6% 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
$639.9M
Per resident
$827
Rank in Louisiana
3 of 6
Contract actions
5,184
New awards: 4,293

By fiscal year

  1. 216.4MFY2017
  2. 321.1MFY2018
  3. 463.2MFY2019
  4. 499.3MFY2020
  5. 683.4MFY2021
  6. 407.4MFY2022
  7. 819.6MFY2023
  8. 424.6MFY2024
  9. 552MFY2025
  10. 639.9MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Navy$260.8M41%
    Department of Defense
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$208.4M33%
    Department of Homeland Security
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$35.7M5.6%
    Department of Commerce
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$28.9M4.5%
    Department of Defense
  5. Agricultural Marketing Service$26.3M4.1%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. Department of the Army$23.7M3.7%
    Department of Defense
  7. Agricultural Research Service$20.8M3.3%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. Department of Veterans Affairs$8.3M1.3%

Top recipients

  1. BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C.$269.6M42%
    5 awards
  2. CONRAD SHIPYARD, L.L.C$158.4M25%
    3 awards
  3. THOMA-SEA MARINE CONSTRUCTORS, L.L.C.$41.1M6.4%
    17 awards
  4. COVINGTON FIRELAKE JV, LLC$20.6M3.2%
    2 awards
  5. GRAVOIS ALUMINUM BOATS LLC$18.5M2.9%
    23 awards
  6. SUPREME RICE, LLC$18.1M2.8%
    28 awards
  7. CHAND, L.L.C.$16.4M2.6%
    1,179 awards
  8. ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY & HEALTH CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.$12.3M1.9%
    13 awards
  9. WEEKS MARINE, INC.$11.9M1.9%
    1 award
  10. ONSHORE MATERIALS, L.L.C.$9.2M1.4%
    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.