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Massachusetts's 2nd district

Massachusetts's 2nd district has 789,917 residents on 1,784 mi² of land. It is represented by James P. McGovern (D-MA-2). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $225M in FY2026.

Residents
789,917
Land area
1,784 mi²
Counties
5
Representative
James P. McGovern
Map of Massachusetts's 2nd district within Massachusetts

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. Worcester County72% of the district · 65% of the county
  2. Hampshire County11% of the district · 54% of the county
  3. Franklin County8.7% of the district · 96% of the county
  4. Middlesex County6.8% of the district · 3.3% of the county
  5. Norfolk County1.7% of the district · 1.8% 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
$225M
Per resident
$285
Rank in Massachusetts
8 of 9
Contract actions
1,927
New awards: 1,061

By fiscal year

  1. 210.8MFY2017
  2. 263.7MFY2018
  3. 267.3MFY2019
  4. 270.3MFY2020
  5. 314MFY2021
  6. 356.4MFY2022
  7. 541.4MFY2023
  8. 277.7MFY2024
  9. 238.8MFY2025
  10. 225MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Justice
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Defense
  6. Department of Defense
  7. Department of Labor

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.