Congressional district · Boundaries of the 119th Congress
North Carolina's 8th district
North Carolina's 8th district has 767,771 residents on 3,725 mi² of land. It is represented by Mark Harris (R-NC-8). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $77.9M in FY2026.
- Residents
- 767,771
- Land area
- 3,725 mi²
- Counties
- 9
- Representative
- Mark Harris
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.
Thom TillisR-NC
Ted BuddR-NC
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).
- Union County33% of the district · 100% of the county
- Cabarrus County17% of the district · 56% of the county
- Mecklenburg County16% of the district · 10% of the county
- Robeson County9.8% of the district · 65% of the county
- Stanly County8.4% of the district · 100% of the county
- Richmond County5.5% of the district · 100% of the county
- Scotland County4.4% of the district · 100% of the county
- Montgomery County3.4% of the district · 100% of the county
- Anson County2.9% 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
- $77.9M
- Per resident
- $101
- Rank in North Carolina
- 12 of 14
- Contract actions
- 6,591
- New awards: 6,310
By fiscal year
- 130.7MFY2017
- 155.8MFY2018
- 170.2MFY2019
- 143.2MFY2020
- 107.3MFY2021
- 128.8MFY2022
- 162.5MFY2023
- 162.2MFY2024
- 164.7MFY2025
- 77.9MFY2026
Top buyers
- Defense Logistics Agency$35.6M46%Department of Defense
- Department of the Army$18.3M23%Department of Defense
- Department of the Navy$7.4M9.5%Department of Defense
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Justice
- U.S. Coast Guard$1.6M2.1%Department of Homeland Security
- Forest Service$1.5M2.0%Department of Agriculture
- Social Security Administration$1.4M1.8%
Top recipients
- MCRAE INDUSTRIES INC$24.1M31%18 awards
- SANDHILLS UTILITY SERVICES, LLC$15.9M20%1 award
- SCOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$9M12%56 awards
- CAMPBELL FOODSERVICE CO$5M6.5%8 awards
- CIRCOR PUMPS NORTH AMERICA LLC$3.3M4.3%29 awards
- DENTSPLY NORTH AMERICA LLC$2.9M3.7%5,443 awards
- NAPHCARE LLC$2M2.6%17 awards
- FAIRWINDS TECHNOLOGIES LLC$1.9M2.5%1 award
- 15 awards
- STRATCOMM, INC.$1.3M1.6%1 award
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.