Congressional district · Boundaries of the 119th Congress
Texas's 8th district
Texas's 8th district has 834,780 residents on 2,848 mi² of land. It is represented by Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $165.9M in FY2026.
- Residents
- 834,780
- Land area
- 2,848 mi²
- Counties
- 5
- Representative
- Morgan Luttrell
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.
Ted CruzR-TX
John CornynR-TX
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).
- Harris County50% of the district · 8.6% of the county
- Montgomery County38% of the district · 46% of the county
- Polk County6.3% of the district · 100% of the county
- San Jacinto County3.4% of the district · 100% of the county
- Walker County2.4% of the district · 25% 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
- $165.9M
- Per resident
- $199
- Rank in Texas
- 33 of 38
- Contract actions
- 1,114
- New awards: 837
By fiscal year
- 94.7MFY2017
- 120.7MFY2018
- 269.2MFY2019
- 195.9MFY2020
- 140.9MFY2021
- 187MFY2022
- 219.3MFY2023
- 150MFY2024
- 227.2MFY2025
- 165.9MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Navy$135.4M82%Department of Defense
- U.S. Coast Guard$12.7M7.7%Department of Homeland Security
- Forest Service$11M6.6%Department of Agriculture
- Defense Logistics Agency$2.1M1.3%Department of Defense
- U.S. Marshals Service$1.2M0.7%Department of Justice
- Department of Veterans Affairs$1.1M0.7%
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$842.7K0.5%Department of Justice
- Department of Transportation
Top recipients
- OCEAN SHIPS, INC.$133.6M81%6 awards
- VARD MARINE US INC$13.9M8.4%2 awards
- 1 award
- SOUTHERN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, L.L.C$970.2K0.6%4 awards
- VPRIME TECH INC$961.2K0.6%32 awards
- SOUTHERN GULF SOLUTIONS LLC$933.9K0.6%1 award
- ORE FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC$860.4K0.5%1 award
- GEO REENTRY INC$789.7K0.5%2 awards
- HERDAIR GROUP LLC$576.5K0.3%503 awards
- RING AVIATION CORP$549K0.3%34 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.