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Mississippi's 2nd district

Mississippi's 2nd district has 717,707 residents on 17,996 mi² of land. It is represented by Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $482.3M in FY2026.

Residents
717,707
Land area
17,996 mi²
Counties
30
Representative
Bennie G. Thompson
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Map of Mississippi's 2nd district within Mississippi

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. Hinds County27% of the district · 89% of the county
  2. Warren County6.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Washington County6.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Panola County4.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Madison County4.2% of the district · 27% of the county
  6. Bolivar County4.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Adams County4.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Copiah County3.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Leflore County3.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Yazoo County3.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Sunflower County3.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Leake County3.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Grenada County3.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Coahoma County2.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Attala County2.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Holmes County2.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Amite County1.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Yalobusha County1.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Tallahatchie County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Carroll County1.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Montgomery County1.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  22. Tunica County1.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  23. Claiborne County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  24. Wilkinson County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  25. Franklin County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  26. Humphreys County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  27. Jefferson County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  28. Quitman County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  29. Sharkey County0.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  30. Issaquena County0.1% 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
$482.3M
Per resident
$672
Rank in Mississippi
3 of 4
Contract actions
6,375
New awards: 4,543

By fiscal year

  1. 565.3MFY2017
  2. 754MFY2018
  3. 671.8MFY2019
  4. 637MFY2020
  5. 547MFY2021
  6. 674.8MFY2022
  7. 638.4MFY2023
  8. 672.3MFY2024
  9. 652.6MFY2025
  10. 482.3MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Army$224.5M47%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of the Navy$33.2M6.9%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Air Force$30.8M6.4%
    Department of Defense
  4. Agricultural Marketing Service$28.7M6.0%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Public Buildings Service$28.3M5.9%
    General Services Administration
  6. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$27.9M5.8%
    Department of Justice
  7. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$19.1M4.0%
    Department of Labor
  8. Defense Logistics Agency$18.3M3.8%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. V2X AEROSPACE LLC$61.8M13%
    62 awards
  2. BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$47.2M9.8%
    1 award
  3. CIRCLE, LLC$23.9M5.0%
    3 awards
  4. INLAND DREDGING COMPANY, L.L.C.$18.9M3.9%
    4 awards
  5. ROSS GROUP CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, LLC$18.9M3.9%
    1 award
  6. EATON AEROSPACE, LLC$18M3.7%
    30 awards
  7. BOWHEAD MISSION SOLUTIONS, LLC$13.4M2.8%
    1 award
  8. AMERICAS CATCH INC$11.4M2.4%
    2 awards
  9. SEVEN CORNERS INC$10.7M2.2%
    42 awards
  10. ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC$10.5M2.2%
    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.