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Texas's 18th district

Texas's 18th district has 794,623 residents on 231 mi² of land. It is represented by Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $653M in FY2026.

Residents
794,623
Land area
231 mi²
Counties
1
Representative
Christian D. Menefee
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Map of Texas's 18th district within Texas

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. Harris County100% of the district · 16% 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
$653M
Per resident
$822
Rank in Texas
23 of 38
Contract actions
34K
New awards: 32.2K

By fiscal year

  1. 981.9MFY2017
  2. 1.2BFY2018
  3. 928.1MFY2019
  4. 808.7MFY2020
  5. 1.4BFY2021
  6. 1.9BFY2022
  7. 799.1MFY2023
  8. 899.8MFY2024
  9. 1.4BFY2025
  10. 653MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$330.8M51%
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$133.9M21%
    Department of Defense
  3. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$38.6M5.9%
    Department of Homeland Security
  4. Food and Nutrition Service$30.6M4.7%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Office of Procurement Operations$29.4M4.5%
    Department of Homeland Security
  6. Department of the Air Force$26.8M4.1%
    Department of Defense
  7. Federal Acquisition Service$19.9M3.0%
    General Services Administration
  8. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$9.5M1.5%
    Department of Justice

Top recipients

  1. VETERANS EVALUATION SERVICES, INC$328.7M50%
    22 awards
  2. LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS LLC$96.2M15%
    315 awards
  3. CORECIVIC, INC.$36.8M5.6%
    3 awards
  4. MCLANE GROUP INTERNATIONAL, L.P.$30.6M4.7%
    1 award
  5. PARAGON SYSTEMS INC$28.5M4.4%
    16 awards
  6. HOUSTON FREIGHTLINER, INC.$19.4M3.0%
    278 awards
  7. DON INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC$16.1M2.5%
    711 awards
  8. KBR SERVICES, LLC$8.5M1.3%
    13 awards
  9. ACADEMY MEDICAL INC.$6.5M1.0%
    319 awards
  10. FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC.$5.6M0.9%
    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.