Congressional district · Boundaries of the 119th Congress
New Jersey's 8th district
New Jersey's 8th district has 771,213 residents on 51 mi² of land. It is represented by Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $185M in FY2026.
- Residents
- 771,213
- Land area
- 51 mi²
- Counties
- 3
- Representative
- Robert Menendez
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.
Andy KimD-NJ
Cory A. BookerD-NJ
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).
- Hudson County67% of the district · 72% of the county
- Union County18% of the district · 24% of the county
- Essex County15% of the district · 13% 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
- $185M
- Per resident
- $240
- Rank in New Jersey
- 11 of 12
- Contract actions
- 768
- New awards: 348
By fiscal year
- 90.9MFY2017
- 107.7MFY2018
- 140.7MFY2019
- 129.8MFY2020
- 156.9MFY2021
- 122.8MFY2022
- 164.8MFY2023
- 219.5MFY2024
- 208.1MFY2025
- 185MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Justice
- Department of Homeland Security
- Defense Logistics Agency$20.8M11%Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Federal Emergency Management Agency$11.2M6.0%Department of Homeland Security
- Washington Headquarters Services$10.7M5.8%Department of Defense
- U.S. Coast Guard$6.1M3.3%Department of Homeland Security
- Agricultural Marketing Service$5.9M3.2%Department of Agriculture
Top recipients
- EFFECTUAL PUBLIC SECTOR INC$45.8M25%3 awards
- THE GEO GROUP, INC.$21M11%1 award
- BETHEL INDUSTRIES INC$19.3M10%14 awards
- SCYNEXIS INC$16.4M8.9%1 award
- INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE, INC.$11.9M6.4%3 awards
- 16 awards
- CORECIVIC, INC.$7.9M4.3%1 award
- EDESIA, INC.$5.9M3.2%4 awards
- GOTENNA, INC.$4.5M2.4%4 awards
- C & S BUILDING SERVICES INC$3.9M2.1%4 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.