Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress

North Carolina's 1st district

North Carolina's 1st district has 753,670 residents on 7,855 mi² of land. Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $372.8M 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
753,670
Land area
7,855 mi²
Counties
19
Representative
Donald G. Davis
Map of North Carolina's 1st district within North Carolina

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. Pitt County21% of the district · 89% of the county
  2. Nash County13% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Wilson County11% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Franklin County9.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Edgecombe County6.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Halifax County6.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Vance County5.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Pasquotank County5.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Martin County2.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Greene County2.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Hertford County2.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Warren County2.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Bertie County2.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Northampton County2.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Chowan County1.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Perquimans County1.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  17. Washington County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Gates County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Tyrrell County0.5% 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
$372.8M
Per resident
$495
Rank in North Carolina
5 of 14
Contract actions
28.3K
New awards: 27.5K

By fiscal year

  1. 223.3MFY2017
  2. 265.1MFY2018
  3. 357MFY2019
  4. 293.6MFY2020
  5. 521.4MFY2021
  6. 249.6MFY2022
  7. 336.3MFY2023
  8. 332.3MFY2024
  9. 429.3MFY2025
  10. 372.8MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Homeland Security
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Homeland Security
  4. Department of Labor
  5. Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Interior

Top recipients

  1. 2 awards
  2. 4 awards
  3. 7 awards
  4. 1 award
  5. 7 awards
  6. 3 awards
  7. SYNCON LLC$17.3M4.6%
    6 awards
  8. 21,757 awards
  9. 9 awards
  10. VECTOR CSP LLC$11.8M3.2%
    3 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.