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Where do federal workers live? By far, Democrats represent most of them

The overwhelming majority of congressional districts with a significant number of federal workers and federal retirees are represented by Democrats, according to a First Read analysis.

In fact, 80 percent – 40 of the top 50 – of these districts have Democratic members of Congress, partially explaining why Republicans in the House have been reluctant to budge on re-opening the government without concessions from President Obama on his health-care law.

That also leaves some of those 10 Republicans on the list in a box. They run the gamut from suburban California Republicans like Ed Royce, Buck McKeon, Darrell Issa, and Kevin McCarthy – who also happens to be in House leadership – to Peter Roskam from suburban Chicago, safe-districted Republicans in suburban Texas, and Frank Wolf of Northern Virginia.

Of them, just Wolf has called for the passage of a clean continuing resolution, a funding measure that would keep the government open without strings attached like defunding or delaying the Affordable Care Act.

The main reason for that is Wolf’s 10th congressional district, with about 12 percent federal workers and retirees, was the one President Barack Obama came closest to winning in 2012. Republican Mitt Romney barely won the Northern Virginia district, 50-49 percent, in 2012. Obama won it in 2008 by 3 points.

Wolf’s district is one of four swing districts on the list – ones Obama won in 2008 and Romney won in 2012. But the Republican incumbents in the other three are not seen as endangered and have won comfortably in past elections.

Among them: White House antagonist Issa, representing the San Diego-area California-49, with about 13 percent federal workers; Longtime Congressman McKeon, of California-25 in Northern Los Angeles County, which also has about 13 percent federal workers; and Roskam, elected in 2006 to Illinois-6, a suburban Chicago district that’s about 12 percent federal worker.

In Issa’s district, Romney won it by 6 points in 2012, but Issa carried it easily with 58 percent. McKeon, who won with 55 percent, also outpaced Romney, who barely won the district in 2012. Roskam won with 59 percent. Romney won it with just 53 percent, and Obama won it by 3 in 2008.

The district with the second-most federal workers in the country is California’s 39th congressional district, comprised of nearly 17 percent federal workers. It is represented by Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee, who was first elected in 1992. Romney won Royce’s district by just 4 points; John McCain won it in 2008 by just 2. But Royce won comfortably with 58 percent.

It should be pointed out, however, that the analysis -- culled from data from the Office of Personnel Management and Department of Labor via the website EyeOnWashington.com -- is an approximation, because it relies on county data. In some districts there is significant county overlap, especially, for example, in the Los Angeles suburbs. So Royce’s actual district percentage is probably lower.

That said, Royce’s congressional office acknowledges there are a number of federal workers in his district. Royce has asked that his pay be withheld until the shutdown is over, but he still believes, in part, that the government should not be reopened unless the president cuts back on his health-care law.

“I support a compromise that funds the government and brings everyone to the negotiating table, so we can pass the spending reforms and health care reforms this nation needs,” Royce said in a statement provided by his office.

The district with the most federal workers by percentage in the country is the third congressional district in Maryland, which covers some Baltimore suburbs to Annapolis, represented by John Sarbanes. Nearly one-in-four in the district -- 22.4 percent -- are either federal workers or retirees.

House Speaker John Boehner's Ohio district, by the way, is less than 1 percent federal worker.

The full list of all 435 districts is below:

   CD                  #feds         Pop.          %

1. MD-3      D    161764    721896    22.4%

2. CA-39  R    118733    711645    16.7%

3. VA-8      D    113934    742531    15.3%

4. MD-5      D    110843    726753    15.3%

5. CA-27  D    97870    709231    13.8%

6. CA-35  D    97870    710704    13.8%

7. CA-38  D    97201    714100    13.6%

8. MD-2      D    98334    727061    13.5%

9. CA-47  D    97201    719805    13.5%

10. CA-23 R    93814    707345    13.3%

11. MD-6  D    95161    731965    13.0%

12. CA-49 R    90790    702141    12.9%

13. MD-4  D    95125    736929    12.9%

14. MD-8  D    94640    747185    12.7%

15. CA-26 D    89703    708300    12.7%

16. CA-25 R    89703    714313    12.6%

17. CA-30 D    89703    726471    12.3%

18. AZ-1  D    87570    724,868 12.1%

19. TX-23 D    86842    725874    12.0%

20. CA-50 R    86422    724472    11.9%

21. VA-3  D    85090    725090    11.7%

22. IL-6  R    83633    712712    11.7%

23. VA-10 R    86624    750886    11.5%

24. TX-21 R    82502    723750    11.4%

25. TX-35 D    81819    724271    11.3%

26. CA-29 D    76338    687063    11.1%

27. CA-32 D    76338    693701    11.0%

28. CA-34 D    76338    698741    10.9%

29. CA-43 D    76338    702983    10.9%

30. CA-28 D    76338    706585    10.8%

31. CA-33 D    76338    707854    10.8%

32. CA-40 D    76338    708460    10.8%

33. CA-44 D    76338    713249    10.7%

34. AZ-3  D    75349    707,336 10.7%

35. IL-11 D    76947    722745    10.6%

36. CA-37 D    76338    719034    10.6%

37. IL-3  D     73483    713092    10.3%

38. TX-28 D    72615    710260    10.2%

39. CA-51 D    72942    717894    10.2%

40. IL-8  D    73357    724644    10.1%

41. IL-10 D    70824    705564    10.0%

42. CA-52 D    69927    699398    10.0%

43. IL-5  D    70324    712292    9.9%

44. VA-11 D    73372    746993    9.8%

45. CA-53 D    69927    723699    9.7%

46. IL-2  D    65719    718507    9.1%

47. IL-1  D    65117    711982    9.1%

48. FL-5  D    64099    701732    9.1%

49. TX-24 R    63680    719185    8.9%

50. TX-26 R    63680    722749    8.8%

51. IL-7  D    61958    703012    8.8%

52. NY-12 D    62077    708096    8.8%

53. IL-9  D    61958    715584    8.7%

54. NY-7  D    62077    724899    8.6%

55. AZ-4  R    60565    707,750 8.6%

56. TX-20 D    60885    716759    8.5%

57. TX-25 R    60575    714682    8.5%

58. IL-4  D    61958    737025    8.4%

59. TX-33 D    59342    710945    8.3%

60. MD-1  R    58487    722628    8.1%

61. WA-8  R    53879    681117    7.9%

62. PA-1  D    52985    678723    7.8%

63. WA-6  D    51483    674679    7.6%

64. OK-4  R    58149    765183    7.6%

65. VA-2  R    55269    730048    7.6%

66. TX-10 R    53682    709456    7.6%

67. GA-6  R    52859    699103    7.6%

68. NY-3  D    54744    724164    7.6%

69. PA-2  D    53954    726364    7.4%

70. WA-9  D    51506    693596    7.4%

71. PA-13 D    53954    728897    7.4%

72. VA-1  R    54572    743824    7.3%

73. MD-7  D    52217    713872    7.3%

74. HI-2  D    49509    684133    7.2%

75. GA-5  D    49373    708828    7.0%

76. SC-6  D    46234    667523    6.9%

77. CA-9  D    46306    707132    6.5%

78. NM-2  R    45345    702936    6.5%

79. HI-1  D    44224    690677    6.4%

80. UT-2  R    44668    705688    6.3%

81. MA-7  D    46341    733814    6.3%

82. FL-17 R    43734    694509    6.3%

83. FL-12 R    44123    701580    6.3%

84. MA-4  D    46117    736769    6.3%

85. CA-3  D    43556    698044    6.2%

86. MA-5  D    45943    737545    6.2%

87. FL-25 R    44223    723113    6.1%

88. WA-1  D    41271    686848    6.0%

89. FL-24 D    41237    693086    5.9%

90. CO-1  D    43852    739671    5.9%

91. AZ-5  R    42136    711,895 5.9%

92. AZ-8  R    42136    715,893 5.9%

93. FL-23 D    41237    703594    5.9%

94. AZ-9  D    42136    722,896 5.8%

95. AZ-7  D    42136    725,197 5.8%

96. NM-3  D    39166    680847    5.8%

97. TX-9  D    39550    691497    5.7%

98. TX-22 R    41129    720879    5.7%

99. AZ-6  R    42136    743,752 5.7%

100.TX-8  R    40827    720727    5.7%

101.NY-10 D    40209    716172    5.6%

102.OK-5  R    42358    762555    5.6%

103.UT-1  R    38657    699943    5.5%

104.TX-36 R    39236    712433    5.5%

105.GA-13 D    39340    718096    5.5%

106.WA-7  D    37099    683158    5.4%

107.FL-14 D    38434    717231    5.4%

108.TX-32 R    37705    711796    5.3%

109.NC-4  D    39407    758619    5.2%

110.TX-18 D    36716    707139    5.2%

111.TX-29 D    36716    718379    5.1%

112.MA-3  D    37316    732090    5.1%

113.TX-2  R    36716    721185    5.1%

114.TX-7  R    36716    726696    5.1%

115.NY-8  D    36142    715905    5.0%

116.NJ-2  R    37004    736397    5.0%

117.TX-5  R    36063    719368    5.0%

118.AL-5  R    33621    691,438 4.9%

119.GA-8  R    33650    693640    4.9%

120.TX-30 D    33372    694383    4.8%

121.OH-16 R    34721    724108    4.8%

122.CA-21 R    34133    714164    4.8%

123.OH-14 R    34178    716967    4.8%

124.NY-13 D    35180    738943    4.8%

125.GA-11 R    32698    689738    4.7%

126.MA-8  D    34382    732884    4.7%

127.FL-8  R    32643    699857    4.7%

128.OH-9  D    33242    718027    4.6%

129.NY-5  D    33995    740327    4.6%

130.NY-2  R    32876    724053    4.5%

131.NC-2  R    33673    744671    4.5%

132.CA-13 D    31857    712144    4.5%

133.MI-11 R    31453    706645    4.5%

134.MI-14 D    31453    707582    4.4%

135.PA-12 R    30768    703764    4.4%

136.NY-14 D    31113    712053    4.4%

137.MO-6  R    32754    753729    4.3%

138.NM-1  D    30132    698441    4.3%

139.MA-6  D    31215    731681    4.3%

140.OH-10 R    30887    725479    4.3%

141.OH-11 D    29885    705659    4.2%

142.FL-22 D    29734    703505    4.2%

143.AZ-2  D    30449    722,918 4.2%

144.GA-4  D    30235    720228    4.2%

145.FL-20 D    29897    713165    4.2%

146.CO-2  D    30084    727317    4.1%

147.FL-21 D    29734    720995    4.1%

148.SC-1  R    27333    667388    4.1%

149.CA-6  D    29131    713579    4.1%

150.NV-4  D    27698    680935    4.1%

151.MO-1  D    29976    739977    4.1%

152.CA-17 D    29082    724244    4.0%

153.CA-5  D    28452    709544    4.0%

154.PA-7  R    27720    692866    4.0%

155.CA-4  R    28452    711815    4.0%

156.FL-1  R    27989    703033    4.0%

157.PA-18 R    28079    711540    3.9%

158.MI-12 D    27614    703389    3.9%

159.NJ-8  D    29099    746415    3.9%

160.NC-1  D    28761    739665    3.9%

161.AL-7  D    26849    690,499 3.9%

162.TX-12 R    27566    710406    3.9%

163.NV-1  D    25413    659962    3.9%

164.NC-7  D    28656    745559    3.8%

165.NJ-7  R    28699    747216    3.8%

166.PA-4  R    27265    710196    3.8%

167.NC-3  R    28765    749823    3.8%

168.PA-11 R    26836    705197    3.8%

169.MN-5  D    25746    677196    3.8%

170.FL-7  R    26644    702203    3.8%

171.TX-6  R    27389    722452    3.8%

172.NY-27 R    26923    713175    3.8%

173.FL-15 R    26944    714155    3.8%

174.CA-20 D    26798    712087    3.8%

175.MN-6  R    25367    675415    3.8%

176.FL-26 D    27299    728285    3.7%

177.PA-14 D    26071    703257    3.7%

178.CA-14 D    26869    726958    3.7%

179.IN-5  R    27012    731702    3.7%

180.CA-15 D    26063    708580    3.7%

181.OH-15 R    26411    719537    3.7%

182.AL-3  R    25026    683,095 3.7%

183.MO-5  D    27290    747573    3.7%

184.WA-10 D    25002    685260    3.6%

185.CA-7  D    25898    710607    3.6%

186.TN-8  R    25729    706748    3.6%

187.VA-7  R    26559    733911    3.6%

188.NV-3  R    25413    703278    3.6%

189.OR-5  D    27868    772980    3.6%

190.FL-4  R    25239    700499    3.6%

191.FL-27 R    25617    712083    3.6%

192.OH-12 R    26143    727728    3.6%

193.IL-14 R    25766    718232    3.6%

194.CT-2  D    25410    711006    3.6%

195.CA-18 D    25403    717397    3.5%

196.CT-3  D    25410    718549    3.5%

197.CT-5  D    24465    709157    3.4%

198.FL-10 R    25412    741792    3.4%

199.TX-17 R    24020    710793    3.4%

200.NC-13 R    24575    732434    3.4%

201.KY-4  R    24487    731100    3.3%

202.NJ-11 R    24179    724761    3.3%

203.FL-9  D    22820    688665    3.3%

204.NC-12 D    24412    737200    3.3%

205.VA-4  R    23842    736977    3.2%

206.MI-13 D    22460    699214    3.2%

207.CO-4  R    23211    722690    3.2%

208.CA-8  R    22439    699443    3.2%

209.MA-2  D    23077    726061    3.2%

210.AK-AL R    22561    710,231 3.2%

211.NJ-10 D    23069    726382    3.2%

212.NY-6  D    21868    707630    3.1%

213.GA-2  D    21500    699490    3.1%

214.MI-9  D    21718    712540    3.0%

215.PA-17 D    21072    694123    3.0%

216.UT-3  R    21340    708809    3.0%

217.TN-9  D    21301    710874    3.0%

218.NJ-4  R    21893    736007    3.0%

219.CA-24 D    21069    708744    3.0%

220.CA-31 R    21532    727523    3.0%

221.IN-7  D    21464    726771    3.0%

222.PA-6  R    21387    727295    2.9%

223.CA-46 D    20863    710948    2.9%

224.OR-1  D    22733    775806    2.9%

225.CA-48 R    20863    711992    2.9%

226.CO-7  D    21202    729216    2.9%

227.AL-2  R    19737    678,860 2.9%

228.CO-5  R    21323    733850    2.9%

229.UT-4  D    20370    702782    2.9%

230.CA-45 R    20863    721016    2.9%

231.LA-2  D    22195    767984    2.9%

232.NY-1  D    20749    720071    2.9%

233.MO-2  R    21659    752403    2.9%

234.LA-1  R    21783    759507    2.9%

235.MN-3  R    19013    664419    2.9%

236.ME-1  D    18983    668,146 2.8%

237.PA-9  R    20067    707435    2.8%

238.OH-2  R    20104    716833    2.8%

239.NH-1  D    18356    660761    2.8%

240.NJ-1  D    20065    727496    2.8%

241.SC-2  R    18576    676492    2.7%

242.OH-3  D    20072    732258    2.7%

243.FL-11 R    19103    700956    2.7%

244.MT-AL R    26759    989415    2.7%

245.FL-18 D    18564    687695    2.7%

246.GA-1  R    18921    703020    2.7%

247.FL-3  R    18778    700008    2.7%

248.OR-3  D    20972    782486    2.7%

249.WI-1  R    18963    710310    2.7%

250.NC-6  R    19847    749909    2.6%

251.RI-1  D    13803    524097    2.6%

252.GA-10 R    18213    694613    2.6%

253.CA-12 D    18338    700605    2.6%

254.NJ-3  R    18989    732131    2.6%

255.CA-1  R    18066    699301    2.6%

256.TX-16 D    18178    707375    2.6%

257.SD-AL R    20911    814180    2.6%

258.NH-2  D    16771    657433    2.6%

259.NY-18 D    18433    726712    2.5%

260.PA-15 R    18304    723086    2.5%

261.TX-31 R    18246    721698    2.5%

262.GA-3  R    17349    687745    2.5%

263.KS-2  R    17846    714459    2.5%

264.WI-5  R    17794    713261    2.5%

265.WI-6  R    17671    709417    2.5%

266.NY-11 R    17939    724434    2.5%

267.CA-16 D    17560    714214    2.5%

268.PA-10 R    17502    712217    2.5%

269.IL-12 D    17528    713289    2.5%

270.CA-22 R    17368    711709    2.4%

271.FL-13 R    16923    694899    2.4%

272.MS-4  R    18208    749289    2.4%

273.NY-16 D    17497    721008    2.4%

274.NY-26 D    17420    719909    2.4%

275.NC-8  R    18145    750059    2.4%

276.WY-AL R    13626    563626    2.4%

277.MA-1  D    17525    728921    2.4%

278.WV-2  R    15004    626469    2.4%

279.IL-17 D    17013    711719    2.4%

280.WV-1  R    14473    614309    2.4%

281.GA-12 D    16587    704537    2.4%

282.ID-1  R    18601    791876    2.3%

283.CA-36 D    16495    713166    2.3%

284.CA-42 R    16495    717412    2.3%

285.AL-6  R    15776    687,709 2.3%

286.CA-41 D    16495    722665    2.3%

287.ID-2  R    18052    793109    2.3%

288.NJ-12 D    16418    732031    2.2%

289.AR-2  R    16567    739,092 2.2%

290.CA-19 D    15563    695402    2.2%

291.RI-2  D    11755    527205    2.2%

292.WI-4  D    15819    715895    2.2%

293.MI-10 R    15492    701831    2.2%

294.NE-2  R    13563    617475    2.2%

295.OR-2  R    16832    770403    2.2%

296.MS-2  D    16205    743249    2.2%

297.WA-5  R    14729    676030    2.2%

298.OH-1  R    15800    729005    2.2%

299.ND-AL R    14489    672591    2.2%

300.MA-9  D    15669    727771    2.2%

301.NJ-9  D    15952    742508    2.1%

302.MO-4  R    16209    755389    2.1%

303.TX-27 R    14693    701765    2.1%

304.PA-8  R    14670    704485    2.1%

305.NJ-6  D    15227    738756    2.1%

306.NE-1  R    12613    616728    2.0%

307.WA-3  R    13915    680915    2.0%

308.MS-3  R    15219    745254    2.0%

309.KY-2  R    14889    733610    2.0%

310.CO-6  R    14959    744526    2.0%

311.CT-4  D    14402    726619    2.0%

312.NY-9  D    14274    739328    1.9%

313.IL-15 R    13803    715066    1.9%

314.ME-2  D    12737    660,042 1.9%

315.OK-2  R    14457    753014    1.9%

316.NY-20 D    13530    720133    1.9%

317.CO-3  R    13310    719526    1.8%

318.IL-13 R    13110    712716    1.8%

319.LA-4  R    13864    758453    1.8%

320.IN-8  R    13079    720783    1.8%

321.TX-34 D    12535    702624    1.8%

322.MI-8  R    12591    706826    1.8%

323.WA-2  D    12062    678014    1.8%

324.PA-16 R    12453    702245    1.8%

325.KY-6  R    12932    733205    1.8%

326.FL-6  R    12376    709868    1.7%

327.AR-4  R    12785    736183    1.7%

328.CA-11 D    12544    722847    1.7%

329.FL-2  R    12146    701463    1.7%

330.WA-4  R    11888    690421    1.7%

331.NC-11 R    12554    730469    1.7%

332.KY-3  D    12470    726812    1.7%

333.NV-2  R    11608    679147    1.7%

334.OR-4  D    13158    770184    1.7%

335.VT-AL D    10624    625741    1.7%

336.NY-4  D    12127    716038    1.7%

337.TN-5  D    12037    713990    1.7%

338.VA-5  R    12169    726376    1.7%

339.WV-3  D    10514    614586    1.7%

340.OK-3  R    12213    745941    1.6%

341.VA-6  R    11995    734204    1.6%

342.NY-21 D    11559    717663    1.6%

343.AL-4  R    10825    682,029 1.6%

344.DE-AL D    14243    897934    1.6%

345.NC-5  R    11502    726638    1.6%

346.WI-7  R    11263    713509    1.6%

347.CT-1  D    11155    715378    1.6%

348.KS-1  R    11131    718350    1.5%

349.FL-19 R    10780    696776    1.5%

350.IA-3  R    11909    770819    1.5%

351.IL-18 R    10878    707238    1.5%

352.MN-7  D    10082    661532    1.5%

353.OH-13 D    10814    723713    1.5%

354.NC-9  R    11069    750582    1.5%

355.CA-10 R    10503    713912    1.5%

356.MI-3  R    10404    709467    1.5%

357.AR-1  R    10671    729,510 1.5%

358.NJ-5  R    10595    731055    1.4%

359.KS-4  R    10282    715456    1.4%

360.CA-2  D    10147    707530    1.4%

361.AL-1  R    9864    689,110 1.4%

362.IA-2  D    10780    766120    1.4%

363.TN-1  R    9933    707424    1.4%

364.PA-3  R    9878    705049    1.4%

365.WI-3  D    9930    710796    1.4%

366.NY-19 R    9919    710597    1.4%

367.TX-4  R    9781    704984    1.4%

368.TX-13 R    9646    698612    1.4%

369.NY-17 D    9914    724191    1.4%

370.MN-8  D    9017    661995    1.4%

371.TX-15 D    9800    722529    1.4%

372.FL-16 R    9508    702795    1.4%

373.KS-3  R    9773    722973    1.4%

374.NC-10 R    9971    740773    1.3%

375.MN-4  D    8993    669310    1.3%

376.VA-9  R    9713    725764    1.3%

377.NY-22 R    9633    720201    1.3%

378.WI-2  D    9627    720334    1.3%

379.SC-3  R    8735    666024    1.3%

380.LA-5  R    10017    765180    1.3%

381.OH-7  R    9463    726076    1.3%

382.MI-1  R    9215    708797    1.3%

383.IN-9  R    9396    726570    1.3%

384.MO-8  R    9655    747756    1.3%

385.PA-5  R    9009    706147    1.3%

386.NY-15 D    9245    731101    1.3%

387.OH-6  R    9056    717143    1.3%

388.TN-7  R    8999    714187    1.3%

389.AR-3  R    9210    733194    1.3%

390.GA-9  R    8966    714378    1.3%

391.NE-3  R    7454    608438    1.2%

392.NY-23 R    8746    717909    1.2%

393.MN-2  R    8112    668891    1.2%

394.MI-7  R    8442    701436    1.2%

395.NY-24 D    8545    713010    1.2%

396.MO-3  R    9128    762347    1.2%

397.MO-7  R    8950    751514    1.2%

398.TN-4  R    8389    708356    1.2%

399.OK-1  R    9039    764815    1.2%

400.IL-16 R    8396    713840    1.2%

401.SC-7  R    7851    667752    1.2%

402.TN-2  R    8270    712089    1.2%

403.KY-1  R    8280    720774    1.1%

404.SC-5  R    7606    662829    1.1%

405.TX-19 R    7989    708642    1.1%

406.IA-4  R    8483    761467    1.1%

407.MI-2  R    7602    709073    1.1%

408.GA-7  R    7211    687296    1.0%

409.TN-3  R    7489    715757    1.0%

410.MS-1  R    7554    740720    1.0%

411.KY-5  R    7285    723855    1.0%

412.TX-14 R    7126    708198    1.0%

413.OH-4  R    7095    721717    1.0%

414.TX-11 R    6844    700744    1.0%

415.LA-6  R    7443    763016    1.0%

416.TN-6  R    6836    713928    1.0%

417.OH-8  R    6778    726266    0.9%

418.OH-5  R    6536    714435    0.9%

419.MI-5  D    5945    698753    0.9%

420.MI-4  R    5943    703259    0.8%

421.MN-1  D    5546    666103    0.8%

422.TX-1  R    5739    703177    0.8%

423.WI-8  R    5553    718245    0.8%

424.IA-1  D    5872    763903    0.8%

425.SC-4  R    5097    671222    0.8%

426.IN-4  R    5530    729244    0.8%

427.NY-25 D    5205    717475    0.7%

428.IN-6  R    5133    720186    0.7%

429.IN-3  R    5073    722205    0.7%

430.IN-2  R    4949    717237    0.7%

431.LA-3  R    4820    760696    0.6%

432.TX-3  R    4333    728269    0.6%

433.MI-6  R    4096    707375    0.6%

434.IN-1  D    4148    722224    0.6%

435.GA-14 R    3732    694398    0.5%