Congressional district · Boundaries of the 119th Congress

Minnesota's 1st district

Minnesota's 1st district has 714,288 residents on 12,238 mi² of land. It is represented by Brad Finstad (R-MN-1). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $132.9M in FY2026.

Residents
714,288
Land area
12,238 mi²
Counties
21
Representative
Brad Finstad
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Map of Minnesota's 1st district within Minnesota

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. Olmsted County23% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Blue Earth County9.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Winona County7.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Goodhue County6.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Mower County5.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Steele County5.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Nicollet County4.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Rice County4.3% of the district · 45% of the county
  9. Freeborn County4.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Nobles County3.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Wabasha County3.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Fillmore County3.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Dodge County2.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Brown County2.9% of the district · 80% of the county
  15. Martin County2.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Waseca County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Houston County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Faribault County1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Watonwan County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Jackson County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Rock County1.3% 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
$132.9M
Per resident
$186
Rank in Minnesota
7 of 8
Contract actions
849
New awards: 420

By fiscal year

  1. 82.8MFY2017
  2. 113.6MFY2018
  3. 220.2MFY2019
  4. 325.8MFY2020
  5. 229.6MFY2021
  6. 186.1MFY2022
  7. 344.8MFY2023
  8. 229.7MFY2024
  9. 143.2MFY2025
  10. 132.9MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Agricultural Marketing Service$73.5M55%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$30.2M23%
    Department of Justice
  3. Department of the Army$9.4M7.1%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$8.7M6.5%
  5. Defense Logistics Agency$7.9M6.0%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Navy$1.7M1.3%
    Department of Defense
  7. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$325K0.2%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Air Force$135.5K0.1%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. WESCOTT AGRI PRODUCTS, INC$31.5M24%
    33 awards
  2. LAKESIDE FOODS INC$30.7M23%
    37 awards
  3. MAYO CLINIC$30.2M23%
    108 awards
  4. JBS USA FOOD COMPANY$9.1M6.8%
    15 awards
  5. L S MARINE INC$8.6M6.5%
    6 awards
  6. PEERLESS CHAIN COMPANY$3.5M2.6%
    74 awards
  7. BENEDICTINE LIVING COMMUNITY OWATONNA$2.6M2.0%
    1 award
  8. FARIBAULTMILL LLC$1.8M1.3%
    3 awards
  9. MISSISSIPPI WELDERS SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.$1.3M1.0%
    36 awards
  10. SAINT ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL OF WABASHA, INC.$1.2M0.9%
    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.