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Texas's 23rd district

Texas's 23rd district has 824,047 residents on 58,788 mi² of land. Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $14.5B in FY2026.

Residents
824,047
Land area
58,788 mi²
Counties
29
Representative
Vacant
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Map of Texas's 23rd 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. Bexar County45% of the district · 18% of the county
  2. El Paso County16% of the district · 15% of the county
  3. Maverick County7.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Medina County6.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Val Verde County5.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Uvalde County3.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Frio County2.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Pecos County1.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Reeves County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Ward County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Brewster County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Zavala County1.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Dimmit County1.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Winkler County0.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. La Salle County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Presidio County0.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Crane County0.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Hudspeth County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Sutton County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Reagan County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Upton County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  22. Kinney County0.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  23. Crockett County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  24. Schleicher County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  25. Culberson County0.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  26. Jeff Davis County0.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  27. Edwards County0.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  28. Terrell County0.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  29. Loving County<0.1% 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
$14.5B
Per resident
$17,649
Rank in Texas
2 of 38
Contract actions
9,313
New awards: 5,318

By fiscal year

  1. 1.3BFY2017
  2. 1.5BFY2018
  3. 1.8BFY2019
  4. 1.8BFY2020
  5. 2.3BFY2021
  6. 4BFY2022
  7. 3BFY2023
  8. 4.2BFY2024
  9. 2.5BFY2025
  10. 14.5BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$12.2B84%
    Department of Homeland Security
  2. Department of the Air Force$1.6B11%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Army$244.4M1.7%
    Department of Defense
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$133.6M0.9%
    Department of Defense
  5. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$107.4M0.7%
    Department of Homeland Security
  6. Defense Commissary Agency$93.7M0.6%
    Department of Defense
  7. Federal Acquisition Service$57.9M0.4%
    General Services Administration
  8. Defense Health Agency$33.7M0.2%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO$4.6B32%
    5 awards
  2. BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED$2.6B18%
    3 awards
  3. SOUTHWEST VALLEY CONSTRUCTORS CO$1.8B12%
    2 awards
  4. AMI METALS, INC$1.6B11%
    1 award
  5. SLS FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$1.1B7.3%
    2 awards
  6. THE BOEING COMPANY$935.8M6.4%
    6 awards
  7. GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$240M1.7%
    2 awards
  8. SPENCER CONSTRUCTION LLC$173.1M1.2%
    1 award
  9. LOYAL SOURCE GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$74.6M0.5%
    1 award
  10. VALERO MARKETING AND SUPPLY CO$69.3M0.5%
    102 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.