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South Carolina's 6th district

South Carolina's 6th district has 750,239 residents on 6,926 mi² of land. It is represented by James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $1.8B in FY2026.

Residents
750,239
Land area
6,926 mi²
Counties
14
Representative
James E. Clyburn
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Map of South Carolina's 6th district within South Carolina

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. Charleston County32% of the district · 57% of the county
  2. Richland County26% of the district · 46% of the county
  3. Orangeburg County7.8% of the district · 71% of the county
  4. Dorchester County5.8% of the district · 26% of the county
  5. Colleton County4.9% of the district · 95% of the county
  6. Clarendon County4.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Jasper County4.1% of the district · 95% of the county
  8. Williamsburg County4.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Sumter County3.0% of the district · 22% of the county
  10. Hampton County2.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Calhoun County1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Bamberg County1.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Florence County1.4% of the district · 7.9% of the county
  14. Allendale County1.0% 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
$1.8B
Per resident
$2,410
Rank in South Carolina
2 of 7
Contract actions
5,541
New awards: 2,227

By fiscal year

  1. 1.2BFY2017
  2. 1.8BFY2018
  3. 1.7BFY2019
  4. 1.8BFY2020
  5. 1.6BFY2021
  6. 1.7BFY2022
  7. 1.9BFY2023
  8. 1.9BFY2024
  9. 2.2BFY2025
  10. 1.8BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. U.S. Coast Guard$518.3M29%
    Department of Homeland Security
  2. Department of the Navy$493.5M27%
    Department of Defense
  3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$243.6M13%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Department of the Army$116.6M6.4%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$115.5M6.4%
  6. Department of the Air Force$68.4M3.8%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of State$57.9M3.2%
  8. Defense Logistics Agency$34M1.9%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. BRASFIELD & GORRIE LLC$331.5M18%
    2 awards
  2. DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC$207.3M11%
    20 awards
  3. PALMETTO GBA, LLC$168.6M9.3%
    16 awards
  4. WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE$117.5M6.5%
    2 awards
  5. COMPANION DATA SERVICES LLC$82.5M4.6%
    1 award
  6. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION$55M3.0%
    17 awards
  7. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$33.3M1.8%
    13 awards
  8. INTEGRATED FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS, LLC.$29.7M1.6%
    43 awards
  9. EOS INC$29.6M1.6%
    164 awards
  10. PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION$28.1M1.6%
    10 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.