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Missouri's 8th district

Missouri's 8th district has 773,196 residents on 18,315 mi² of land. It is represented by Jason Smith (R-MO-8). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $210.3M in FY2026.

Residents
773,196
Land area
18,315 mi²
Counties
28
Representative
Jason Smith
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Map of Missouri's 8th district within Missouri

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. Jefferson County21% of the district · 70% of the county
  2. Cape Girardeau County11% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. St. Francois County8.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Phelps County5.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Butler County5.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Howell County5.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Scott County4.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Stoddard County3.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Dunklin County3.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Texas County3.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Perry County2.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Wright County2.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Ste. Genevieve County2.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. New Madrid County2.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Pemiscot County1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Dent County1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Madison County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Douglas County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Mississippi County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Wayne County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Ripley County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  22. Bollinger County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  23. Iron County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  24. Ozark County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  25. Oregon County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  26. Shannon County0.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  27. Reynolds County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  28. Carter County0.7% 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
$210.3M
Per resident
$272
Rank in Missouri
6 of 8
Contract actions
4,099
New awards: 3,236

By fiscal year

  1. 190.8MFY2017
  2. 157.2MFY2018
  3. 206.2MFY2019
  4. 232.9MFY2020
  5. 257MFY2021
  6. 316.4MFY2022
  7. 256.6MFY2023
  8. 208.7MFY2024
  9. 219.9MFY2025
  10. 210.3MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Army$75.9M36%
    Department of Defense
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$39.3M19%
    Department of Defense
  3. Agricultural Marketing Service$34.3M16%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. Department of the Navy$14.2M6.8%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$13.3M6.3%
  6. Forest Service$10.6M5.0%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. U.S. Geological Survey$5.5M2.6%
    Department of the Interior
  8. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$5.4M2.6%
    Department of Justice

Top recipients

  1. DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS, INC$50.4M24%
    4 awards
  2. US FOODS INC$33.8M16%
    2,612 awards
  3. EAST BAKING COMPANY, INC.$23.3M11%
    6 awards
  4. ARNOLD DEFENSE & ELECTRONICS, LLC$11.9M5.6%
    7 awards
  5. PARAGON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC$11.4M5.4%
    3 awards
  6. SEMO MILLING LLC$10.8M5.1%
    21 awards
  7. DYNAMIC WALLCOVERING LLC$5.7M2.7%
    1 award
  8. RANDY KINDER EXCAVATING INC$5.6M2.7%
    2 awards
  9. H & G MARINE SERVICE INC$5.3M2.5%
    19 awards
  10. ENGINEERED COIL COMPANY$4M1.9%
    277 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.