Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress

Alabama's 5th district

Alabama's 5th district has 747,771 residents on 3,362 mi² of land. Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $10.9B in FY2026.

These are the boundaries of the 118th Congress. The newest boundaries of this district are on its main page. See the newest boundaries

Residents
747,771
Land area
3,362 mi²
Counties
5
Representative
Dale W. Strong
Map of Alabama's 5th district within Alabama

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. Madison County54% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Morgan County17% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Limestone County15% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Lauderdale County7.1% of the district · 56% of the county
  5. Jackson County7.1% 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
$10.9B
Per resident
$14,608
Rank in Alabama
1 of 7
Contract actions
13.6K
New awards: 5,956

By fiscal year

  1. 7.6BFY2017
  2. 9.7BFY2018
  3. 10.6BFY2019
  4. 9.9BFY2020
  5. 10.7BFY2021
  6. 9.4BFY2022
  7. 10.8BFY2023
  8. 11.5BFY2024
  9. 12.8BFY2025
  10. 10.9BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. General Services Administration
  5. Department of Defense
  6. Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. 6 awards
  2. 15 awards
  3. 33 awards
  4. 2 awards
  5. 14 awards
  6. 8 awards
  7. 1 award
  8. 20 awards
  9. 157 awards
  10. 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.