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Tennessee's 8th district

Tennessee's 8th district has 774,017 residents on 9,226 mi² of land. It is represented by David Kustoff (R-TN-8). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $118.3M in FY2026.

Residents
774,017
Land area
9,226 mi²
Counties
20
Representative
David Kustoff
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Map of Tennessee's 8th district within Tennessee

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. Shelby County25% of the district · 21% of the county
  2. Madison County13% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Gibson County6.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Fayette County5.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Dyer County4.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Weakley County4.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Henry County4.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Obion County3.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Tipton County3.8% of the district · 48% of the county
  10. Carroll County3.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Henderson County3.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Hardin County3.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. McNairy County3.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Hardeman County3.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Lauderdale County3.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Chester County2.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Haywood County2.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Crockett County1.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Lake County0.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Benton County0.8% of the district · 36% 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
$118.3M
Per resident
$153
Rank in Tennessee
9 of 9
Contract actions
1,056
New awards: 573

By fiscal year

  1. 138.6MFY2017
  2. 119.9MFY2018
  3. 113.6MFY2019
  4. 197.6MFY2020
  5. 218.1MFY2021
  6. 204.7MFY2022
  7. 249.4MFY2023
  8. 164.9MFY2024
  9. 122.2MFY2025
  10. 118.3MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Agricultural Marketing Service$53.6M45%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Department of the Army$20.7M18%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Navy$13M11%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of the Air Force$10.6M9.0%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$6M5.0%
  6. Federal Acquisition Service$3.8M3.2%
    General Services Administration
  7. Environmental Protection Agency$2.6M2.2%
  8. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1.6M1.4%
    Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. BONGARDS CREAMERIES$53.6M45%
    15 awards
  2. KILGORE FLARES COMPANY LLC$29.1M25%
    11 awards
  3. STRATEGIC DATA SYSTEMS, INC.$4.5M3.8%
    7 awards
  4. AMERICAN ACCESS, INC.$3.3M2.8%
    170 awards
  5. INTEGRATED QUALITY SOLUTIONS, LLC$3M2.5%
    1 award
  6. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$2.5M2.1%
    3 awards
  7. XEBEC INC$2M1.7%
    1 award
  8. KEMRON/ARROWHEAD JV, LLC$1.5M1.3%
    1 award
  9. COASTAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS INC.$1.2M1.0%
    1 award
  10. FIREWATCH CONTRACTING OF FLORIDA LLC$1.2M1.0%
    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.