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North Carolina's 5th district

North Carolina's 5th district has 741,988 residents on 4,201 mi² of land. It is represented by Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $40.9M in FY2026.

Residents
741,988
Land area
4,201 mi²
Counties
10
Representative
Virginia Foxx
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Map of North Carolina's 5th 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. Guilford County35% of the district · 47% of the county
  2. Rockingham County12% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Caldwell County11% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Surry County9.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Wilkes County8.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Watauga County7.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Stokes County6.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Alexander County4.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Ashe County3.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Alleghany County1.5% 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
$40.9M
Per resident
$55.07
Rank in North Carolina
13 of 14
Contract actions
38.1K
New awards: 37.8K

By fiscal year

  1. 135.8MFY2017
  2. 195.8MFY2018
  3. 264.9MFY2019
  4. 204.7MFY2020
  5. 211.3MFY2021
  6. 470.4MFY2022
  7. 242.2MFY2023
  8. 157MFY2024
  9. 515.2MFY2025
  10. 40.9MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$38.8M95%
    Department of Defense
  2. Federal Highway Administration$12.1M30%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Federal Acquisition Service$7.8M19%
    General Services Administration
  4. U.S. Coast Guard$4.8M12%
    Department of Homeland Security
  5. Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$2.9M7.1%
    Department of Justice
  6. U.S. Marshals Service$1.6M3.9%
    Department of Justice
  7. Public Buildings Service$920K2.3%
    General Services Administration
  8. Agricultural Marketing Service$873.2K2.1%
    Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. ISOMETRICS INC$48.2M118%
    43 awards
  2. CENTRAL LAKE ARMOR EXPRESS INC$16.7M41%
    6 awards
  3. DOVE MEDICAL SUPPLY LLC$12.7M31%
    17,603 awards
  4. MAYMEAD INC$10.6M26%
    1 award
  5. FOSTER-CAVINESS CO, INC$4.1M9.9%
    19,728 awards
  6. INDUSTRIES OF THE BLIND INC$2.9M7.1%
    3 awards
  7. DANA SAFETY SUPPLY, INC.$2.4M5.8%
    63 awards
  8. YORKSHIRE INDUSTRIES LLC$1.8M4.5%
    1 award
  9. MTJ AMERICAN LLC$1.4M3.5%
    31 awards
  10. MILLIKEN & COMPANY$1.2M3.0%
    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.