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Mississippi's 3rd district

Mississippi's 3rd district has 732,426 residents on 11,722 mi² of land. It is represented by Michael Guest (R-MS-3). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $632M in FY2026.

Residents
732,426
Land area
11,722 mi²
Counties
23
Representative
Michael Guest
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Map of Mississippi's 3rd 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. Rankin County22% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Madison County11% of the district · 73% of the county
  3. Lauderdale County9.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Oktibbeha County6.6% of the district · 93% of the county
  5. Pike County5.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Lincoln County4.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Neshoba County4.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Scott County3.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Simpson County3.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Marion County3.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Hinds County3.2% of the district · 11% of the county
  12. Newton County2.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Covington County2.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Winston County2.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Jasper County2.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Clarke County2.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Smith County1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Walthall County1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Lawrence County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Jefferson Davis County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Noxubee County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  22. Jones County1.4% of the district · 15% of the county
  23. Kemper County1.2% 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
$632M
Per resident
$863
Rank in Mississippi
2 of 4
Contract actions
6,005
New awards: 4,648

By fiscal year

  1. 883.6MFY2017
  2. 997.9MFY2018
  3. 775.7MFY2019
  4. 780.5MFY2020
  5. 899MFY2021
  6. 828.4MFY2022
  7. 679.3MFY2023
  8. 341.1MFY2024
  9. 727.2MFY2025
  10. 632MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Air Force$187.2M30%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of the Navy$167.2M26%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Army$86.4M14%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$52.8M8.3%
  5. Forest Service$34.9M5.5%
    Department of Agriculture
  6. Defense Contract Management Agency$24.9M3.9%
    Department of Defense
  7. Drug Enforcement Administration$23.1M3.7%
    Department of Justice
  8. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$12.2M1.9%
    Department of Commerce

Top recipients

  1. V2X AEROSPACE LLC$376.1M60%
    62 awards
  2. TAYLOR DEFENSE PRODUCTS, LLC$70.8M11%
    57 awards
  3. TENAX AEROSPACE LLC$33.3M5.3%
    23 awards
  4. RAYTHEON COMPANY$20M3.2%
    16 awards
  5. PARAMOUNT CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC$16.7M2.6%
    4 awards
  6. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$13.8M2.2%
    16 awards
  7. FULWOOD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC$10.6M1.7%
    1 award
  8. CAMGIAN CORPORATION$9M1.4%
    2 awards
  9. RAYTHEON COMPANY$6.8M1.1%
    3 awards
  10. MERIDIAN AIRPORT AUTHORITY$6.6M1.0%
    4,074 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.