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North Carolina's 3rd district

North Carolina's 3rd district has 760,590 residents on 6,850 mi² of land. It is represented by Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $864M in FY2026.

Residents
760,590
Land area
6,850 mi²
Counties
11
Representative
Gregory F. Murphy
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Map of North Carolina's 3rd 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. Onslow County27% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Pitt County23% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Craven County13% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Carteret County9.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Duplin County6.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Sampson County6.0% of the district · 77% of the county
  7. Beaufort County5.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Dare County5.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Pamlico County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Jones County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Hyde County0.6% 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
$864M
Per resident
$1,136
Rank in North Carolina
2 of 14
Contract actions
37.2K
New awards: 35.5K

By fiscal year

  1. 927.3MFY2017
  2. 1BFY2018
  3. 1.8BFY2019
  4. 3.2BFY2020
  5. 1.3BFY2021
  6. 1.4BFY2022
  7. 1.8BFY2023
  8. 1.5BFY2024
  9. 1.4BFY2025
  10. 864MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Navy$472.7M55%
    Department of Defense
  2. Federal Acquisition Service$99.2M11%
    General Services Administration
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$87.7M10%
    Department of Defense
  4. U.S. Special Operations Command$59.9M6.9%
    Department of Defense
  5. Defense Health Agency$44.8M5.2%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Army$37.5M4.3%
    Department of Defense
  7. U.S. Coast Guard$15.9M1.8%
    Department of Homeland Security
  8. National Park Service$13.8M1.6%
    Department of the Interior

Top recipients

  1. SODEXO MANAGEMENT INC.$93M11%
    1 award
  2. VIASAT INC$57M6.6%
    2 awards
  3. DSC-EMI MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS, LLC$27.1M3.1%
    11 awards
  4. EASTERN AVIATION FUELS, INC.$26.3M3.0%
    8,246 awards
  5. AGILE JV, LLC$25.2M2.9%
    13 awards
  6. NORTH STATE MECHANICAL INC$24.9M2.9%
    17 awards
  7. EASTERN SHAWNEE - BAY WEST JV, LLC$21.9M2.5%
    1 award
  8. MILITARY & FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$21.6M2.5%
    9 awards
  9. ENCON DESBUILD JV 2 LLC$21.4M2.5%
    8 awards
  10. APPLIED SOLUTIONS LOGISTICS, LLC$21.4M2.5%
    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 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.