Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress

North Carolina's 5th district

North Carolina's 5th district has 757,759 residents on 4,532 mi² of land. Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $76.2M 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
757,759
Land area
4,532 mi²
Counties
12
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. Forsyth County39% of the district · 76% of the county
  2. Surry County9.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Caldwell County9.2% of the district · 86% of the county
  4. Wilkes County8.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Watauga County7.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Stokes County6.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Davie County5.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Yadkin County5.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Ashe County3.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Avery County2.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Mitchell County2.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. 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
$76.2M
Per resident
$101
Rank in North Carolina
12 of 14
Contract actions
9,974
New awards: 9,744

By fiscal year

  1. 57.5MFY2017
  2. 55.3MFY2018
  3. 95.7MFY2019
  4. 239.8MFY2020
  5. 69.6MFY2021
  6. 229.5MFY2022
  7. 104.6MFY2023
  8. 107.5MFY2024
  9. 625.1MFY2025
  10. 76.2MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Federal Highway Administration$48M63%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$23M30%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Navy$18.9M25%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$8.2M11%
  5. National Institutes of Health$5.6M7.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Forest Service$4.7M6.2%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$2.1M2.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$1.8M2.3%
    Department of Justice

Top recipients

  1. ECLIPSE COMPANIES, LLC$19M25%
    1 award
  2. BRYANT'S LAND AND DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIES, INC.$17.2M23%
    2 awards
  3. TEX-TECH ENGINEERED COMPOSITES, LLC$13.7M18%
    5 awards
  4. SCHUYLER LINE NAVIGATION COMPANY LLC$11.6M15%
    1 award
  5. MAYMEAD INC$10.6M14%
    1 award
  6. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES$10.2M13%
    24 awards
  7. SPREZZATURA MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, LLC$6.2M8.2%
    1 award
  8. WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC$5.7M7.5%
    34 awards
  9. MCCALLS GRADING & CONSTRUCTION INC$4.5M6.0%
    1 award
  10. WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC$3.7M4.9%
    2 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.