Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress

North Carolina's 3rd district

North Carolina's 3rd district has 763,709 residents on 7,672 mi² of land. Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $844M 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
763,709
Land area
7,672 mi²
Counties
15
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. Craven County13% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Carteret County9.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Sampson County7.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Lenoir County7.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Wayne County6.6% of the district · 43% of the county
  7. Duplin County6.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Beaufort County5.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Dare County5.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Currituck County4.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Pitt County2.6% of the district · 11% of the county
  12. Pamlico County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Camden County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Jones County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. 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
$844M
Per resident
$1,105
Rank in North Carolina
3 of 14
Contract actions
11.7K
New awards: 9,906

By fiscal year

  1. 892.4MFY2017
  2. 1BFY2018
  3. 1.7BFY2019
  4. 3.2BFY2020
  5. 1.2BFY2021
  6. 1.4BFY2022
  7. 1.7BFY2023
  8. 1.5BFY2024
  9. 1.4BFY2025
  10. 844MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Navy$472.8M56%
    Department of Defense
  2. Federal Acquisition Service$97.8M12%
    General Services Administration
  3. U.S. Special Operations Command$59.9M7.1%
    Department of Defense
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$59.9M7.1%
    Department of Defense
  5. Defense Health Agency$45.2M5.4%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Army$37.8M4.5%
    Department of Defense
  7. U.S. Coast Guard$16M1.9%
    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$57M6.7%
    2 awards
  3. DSC-EMI MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS, LLC$27.1M3.2%
    11 awards
  4. EASTERN AVIATION FUELS, INC.$26.3M3.1%
    8,246 awards
  5. AGILE JV, LLC$25.2M3.0%
    13 awards
  6. NORTH STATE MECHANICAL INC$24.9M3.0%
    17 awards
  7. EASTERN SHAWNEE - BAY WEST JV, LLC$21.9M2.6%
    1 award
  8. MILITARY & FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$21.6M2.6%
    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 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.