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Louisiana's 5th district

Louisiana's 5th district has 775,892 residents on 10,457 mi² of land. It is represented by Julia Letlow (R-LA-5). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $71.6M in FY2026.

Residents
775,892
Land area
10,457 mi²
Counties
21
Representative
Julia Letlow
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Map of Louisiana's 5th 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. East Baton Rouge Parish22% of the district · 38% of the county
  2. Livingston Parish17% of the district · 91% of the county
  3. Ouachita Parish13% of the district · 62% of the county
  4. Tangipahoa Parish10% of the district · 59% of the county
  5. Washington Parish5.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Ascension Parish4.5% of the district · 27% of the county
  7. Morehouse Parish3.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Richland Parish2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Avoyelles Parish2.6% of the district · 51% of the county
  10. Franklin Parish2.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. East Feliciana Parish2.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Concordia Parish2.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. West Feliciana Parish2.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. LaSalle Parish1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. St. Helena Parish1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Madison Parish1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Caldwell Parish1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. West Carroll Parish1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Catahoula Parish1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. East Carroll Parish0.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Tensas Parish0.5% 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
$71.6M
Per resident
$92.23
Rank in Louisiana
6 of 6
Contract actions
10.7K
New awards: 10.3K

By fiscal year

  1. 126.6MFY2017
  2. 194.2MFY2018
  3. 155.6MFY2019
  4. 181.4MFY2020
  5. 192.9MFY2021
  6. 219.6MFY2022
  7. 285.1MFY2023
  8. 314.5MFY2024
  9. 137.2MFY2025
  10. 71.6MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Army$24.7M34%
    Department of Defense
  2. Internal Revenue Service$15.2M21%
    Department of the Treasury
  3. Departmental Offices$7.8M11%
    Department of the Interior
  4. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$5.1M7.1%
    Department of Justice
  5. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$4.3M6.0%
    Department of Homeland Security
  6. Defense Logistics Agency$3M4.2%
    Department of Defense
  7. U.S. Coast Guard$1.8M2.5%
    Department of Homeland Security
  8. Environmental Protection Agency$1.5M2.1%

Top recipients

  1. MISSISSIPPI LIMESTONE CORP$15.9M22%
    1 award
  2. COAST PROFESSIONAL, INC.$15.2M21%
    1 award
  3. EVERGREEN FLYING SERVICE INC$7.8M11%
    2 awards
  4. BASCOM HUNTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$6.5M9.1%
    6 awards
  5. CITY OF FAITH PRISON MINISTRIES$5.1M7.1%
    8 awards
  6. GULF SOUTH RESEARCH CORP$4.2M5.9%
    12 awards
  7. APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC$4M5.6%
    21 awards
  8. ROBERTSON PRODUCE OF MONROE, LLC$2.9M4.1%
    10,059 awards
  9. OMEGA FOUNDATION SERVICES, INC.$2M2.9%
    1 award
  10. ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY & HEALTH CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.$1.8M2.5%
    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 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.