Missouri's 8th congressional district

Missouri's 8th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Jason Smith R–Salem
Distribution	61.71% rural 38.29% urban
Population (2022)	775,424
Median household income	$53,903[1]
Ethnicity	86.8% White 4.8% Two or more races 4.5% Black 2.4% Hispanic 0.8% Asian 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+28[2]

Missouri's 8th congressional district is one of 435 congressional districts in the United States and one of eight congressional districts in the state of Missouri. The district encompasses rural Southeast Missouri and South Central Missouri as well as some counties in Southwest Missouri. The district stretches from the Bootheel in the south to the St. Louis southern exurbs of Festus, Hillsboro, and surrounding areas in the Lead Belt; it ranges in the east to counties along the Mississippi River and in the west to counties along the Ozark Plateau near Branson. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+28, it is the most Republican district in Missouri.^[2]