Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress

Louisiana's 6th district

Louisiana's 6th district has 803,139 residents on 3,602 mi² of land. Garret Graves (R-LA-6) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $815.4M 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
803,139
Land area
3,602 mi²
Counties
12
Representative
Garret Graves
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Map of Louisiana's 6th 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 Parish46% of the district · 81% of the county
  2. Livingston Parish18% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Ascension Parish13% of the district · 80% of the county
  4. Lafourche Parish6.9% of the district · 57% of the county
  5. Terrebonne Parish5.9% of the district · 45% of the county
  6. St. Charles Parish2.8% of the district · 44% of the county
  7. West Baton Rouge Parish2.1% of the district · 61% of the county
  8. Assumption Parish1.8% of the district · 70% of the county
  9. Iberville Parish1.5% of the district · 40% of the county
  10. St. John the Baptist Parish1.1% of the district · 22% of the county
  11. St. Mary Parish0.6% of the district · 9.6% of the county
  12. St. Martin Parish0.2% of the district · 2.9% 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
$815.4M
Per resident
$1,015
Rank in Louisiana
2 of 6
Contract actions
2,590
New awards: 1,827

By fiscal year

  1. 307.8MFY2017
  2. 303.3MFY2018
  3. 285MFY2019
  4. 389.5MFY2020
  5. 579.5MFY2021
  6. 730.2MFY2022
  7. 700.2MFY2023
  8. 507.4MFY2024
  9. 446.5MFY2025
  10. 815.4MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Army$265.6M33%
    Department of Defense
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$222.9M27%
    Department of Homeland Security
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$176.5M22%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of the Navy$53.5M6.6%
    Department of Defense
  5. Agricultural Marketing Service$31.2M3.8%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$21.2M2.6%
    Department of Homeland Security
  7. Agricultural Research Service$20.9M2.6%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$9.1M1.1%
    Department of Commerce

Top recipients

  1. BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C.$245.6M30%
    5 awards
  2. PITTMAN-SEALEVEL, L.L.C.$229.6M28%
    1 award
  3. PLACID REFINING COMPANY LLC$151.3M19%
    33 awards
  4. GULF SOUTH RESEARCH CORP$21.2M2.6%
    12 awards
  5. COVINGTON FIRELAKE JV, LLC$20.5M2.5%
    2 awards
  6. CHAND, L.L.C.$20M2.5%
    1,179 awards
  7. CONRAD SHIPYARD, L.L.C$19.8M2.4%
    3 awards
  8. ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY$17.5M2.1%
    6 awards
  9. THOMA-SEA MARINE CONSTRUCTORS, L.L.C.$13.9M1.7%
    17 awards
  10. ADM RICE INC$13.7M1.7%
    5 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.