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Texas's 28th district

Texas's 28th district has 790,299 residents on 11,357 mi² of land. It is represented by Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $4.8B in FY2026.

Residents
790,299
Land area
11,357 mi²
Counties
9
Representative
Henry Cuellar
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Map of Texas's 28th 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. Webb County34% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Bexar County34% of the district · 13% of the county
  3. Guadalupe County14% of the district · 59% of the county
  4. Starr County8.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Atascosa County6.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Zapata County1.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Duval County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Jim Hogg County0.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. McMullen 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
$4.8B
Per resident
$6,092
Rank in Texas
5 of 38
Contract actions
6,007
New awards: 4,996

By fiscal year

  1. 429.2MFY2017
  2. 473.3MFY2018
  3. 1BFY2019
  4. 1.7BFY2020
  5. 276.5MFY2021
  6. -88.8MFY2022
  7. 715.5MFY2023
  8. 1.1BFY2024
  9. 605.8MFY2025
  10. 4.8BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$4.4B91%
    Department of Homeland Security
  2. Department of the Air Force$197.6M4.1%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Army$57.5M1.2%
    Department of Defense
  4. U.S. Marshals Service$49.5M1.0%
    Department of Justice
  5. Federal Acquisition Service$34.2M0.7%
    General Services Administration
  6. Defense Logistics Agency$21.8M0.5%
    Department of Defense
  7. Public Buildings Service$19.5M0.4%
    General Services Administration
  8. Department of Veterans Affairs$12.6M0.3%

Top recipients

  1. SPENCER CONSTRUCTION LLC$1.9B40%
    3 awards
  2. COCHRANE USA INC$641.3M13%
    1 award
  3. SOUTHWEST VALLEY CONSTRUCTORS CO$521.5M11%
    2 awards
  4. GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY$512.3M11%
    1 award
  5. CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC$455.6M9.5%
    2 awards
  6. ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION$158M3.3%
    1 award
  7. THE GEO GROUP, INC.$57.4M1.2%
    3 awards
  8. AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$49.3M1.0%
    3 awards
  9. FEDERAL CONTRACTING INC$48.7M1.0%
    1 award
  10. SLSCO, LTD.$36.4M0.8%
    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.