Congressional district · Boundaries of the 118th Congress

North Carolina's 8th district

North Carolina's 8th district has 770,569 residents on 3,682 mi² of land. Dan Bishop (R-NC-8) held the seat last under these boundaries. Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $144.1M 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
770,569
Land area
3,682 mi²
Counties
8
Representative
Dan Bishop
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Map of North Carolina's 8th 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. Union County33% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Davidson County22% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Rowan County19% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Stanly County8.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Cabarrus County6.6% of the district · 22% of the county
  6. Richmond County4.2% of the district · 77% of the county
  7. Montgomery County3.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. 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
$144.1M
Per resident
$187
Rank in North Carolina
9 of 14
Contract actions
1,726
New awards: 1,385

By fiscal year

  1. 160.9MFY2017
  2. 213.1MFY2018
  3. 123.7MFY2019
  4. 108.2MFY2020
  5. 63.2MFY2021
  6. 105.8MFY2022
  7. 136MFY2023
  8. 108.6MFY2024
  9. 168MFY2025
  10. 144.1MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$89.6M62%
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$35M24%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Navy$7.4M5.1%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of the Army$5M3.5%
    Department of Defense
  5. U.S. Coast Guard$1.6M1.1%
    Department of Homeland Security
  6. Forest Service$1.5M1.1%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1M0.7%
    Department of Justice
  8. Federal Acquisition Service$684K0.5%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. VALIANT CONSTRUCTION LLC$43.9M30%
    3 awards
  2. MCRAE INDUSTRIES INC$24.1M17%
    18 awards
  3. COMMONWEALTH HOME HEALTH CARE, INC.$9.1M6.3%
    1 award
  4. SCOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$9M6.2%
    56 awards
  5. DRI, INC.$5.9M4.1%
    1 award
  6. ACCORD FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC$5.3M3.7%
    2 awards
  7. MEDEX MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICE INC$4.2M2.9%
    3 awards
  8. SANDHILLS UTILITY SERVICES, LLC$3.9M2.7%
    1 award
  9. CIRCOR PUMPS NORTH AMERICA LLC$3.3M2.3%
    29 awards
  10. ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC$3.3M2.3%
    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.