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Nebraska's 3rd district

Nebraska's 3rd district has 652,995 residents on 69,614 mi² of land. It is represented by Adrian Smith (R-NE-3). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $162.3M in FY2026.

Residents
652,995
Land area
69,614 mi²
Counties
80
Representative
Adrian Smith
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Map of Nebraska's 3rd district within Nebraska

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. Hall County9.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Buffalo County7.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Scotts Bluff County5.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Lincoln County5.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Adams County4.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Dawson County3.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Gage County3.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Dakota County3.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Washington County3.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Otoe County2.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Saline County2.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. York County2.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Box Butte County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Red Willow County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Custer County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Holt County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Wayne County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Cheyenne County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Hamilton County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Phelps County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Knox County1.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  22. Cedar County1.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  23. Keith County1.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  24. Dawes County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  25. Richardson County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  26. Merrick County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  27. Pierce County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  28. Jefferson County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  29. Nemaha County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  30. Burt County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  31. Kearney County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  32. Thurston County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  33. Howard County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  34. Antelope County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  35. Clay County0.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  36. Dixon County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  37. Fillmore County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  38. Cherry County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  39. Boone County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  40. Johnson County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  41. Sheridan County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  42. Thayer County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  43. Furnas County0.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  44. Morrill County0.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  45. Nuckolls County0.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  46. Valley County0.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  47. Chase County0.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  48. Polk County0.6% of the district · 69% of the county
  49. Webster County0.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  50. Nance County0.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  51. Kimball County0.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  52. Sherman County0.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  53. Brown County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  54. Harlan County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  55. Franklin County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  56. Perkins County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  57. Hitchcock County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  58. Frontier County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  59. Pawnee County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  60. Greeley County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  61. Gosper County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  62. Deuel County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  63. Garden County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  64. Dundy County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  65. Garfield County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  66. Boyd County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  67. Rock County0.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  68. Sioux County0.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  69. Wheeler County0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  70. Hayes County0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  71. Keya Paha County0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  72. Logan County0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  73. Banner County0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  74. Hooker County<0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  75. Grant County<0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  76. Loup County<0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  77. Thomas County<0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  78. Arthur County<0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  79. McPherson County<0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  80. Blaine County<0.1% 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
$162.3M
Per resident
$249
Rank in Nebraska
2 of 3
Contract actions
6,979
New awards: 6,050

By fiscal year

  1. 134.6MFY2017
  2. 107.7MFY2018
  3. 144.4MFY2019
  4. 204.9MFY2020
  5. 228.4MFY2021
  6. 196.8MFY2022
  7. 240.3MFY2023
  8. 285.2MFY2024
  9. 235MFY2025
  10. 162.3MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Army$58.1M36%
    Department of Defense
  2. Agricultural Marketing Service$26.5M16%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Department of State$22.6M14%
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$12.4M7.6%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$7.8M4.8%
  6. Forest Service$6.9M4.2%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$5.3M3.3%
    Department of Homeland Security
  8. Agricultural Research Service$5.2M3.2%
    Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. HENDRICKSON TRANSPORTATION LLC$43.7M27%
    1 award
  2. HCI MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY$16M9.8%
    9 awards
  3. NEBRASKA BEAN, INC.$12.3M7.6%
    13 awards
  4. HORNADY MANUFACTURING COMPANY$11.6M7.2%
    96 awards
  5. APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC$8.5M5.2%
    1 award
  6. KELLEY BEAN CO INC$6.8M4.2%
    7 awards
  7. ALL NATIVE SYNERGIES COMPANY$6.6M4.0%
    3 awards
  8. CASH-WA DISTRIBUTING CO. OF KEARNEY, INC.$5.5M3.4%
    4,790 awards
  9. CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION$3.3M2.0%
    4 awards
  10. GRAIN CRAFT CORN, LLC$2.9M1.8%
    6 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.