Congressional district · Boundaries of the 119th Congress
Virginia's 3rd district
Virginia's 3rd district has 775,895 residents on 252 mi² of land. It is represented by Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $8.1B in FY2026.
- Residents
- 775,895
- Land area
- 252 mi²
- Counties
- 5
- Representative
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
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.
Tim KaineD-VA
Mark R. WarnerD-VA
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).
- Norfolk city30% of the district · 100% of the county
- Newport News city24% of the district · 100% of the county
- Hampton city18% of the district · 100% of the county
- Chesapeake city16% of the district · 49% of the county
- Portsmouth city13% 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
- $8.1B
- Per resident
- $10,429
- Rank in Virginia
- 4 of 11
- Contract actions
- 23.2K
- New awards: 13.1K
By fiscal year
- 7.6BFY2017
- 7.9BFY2018
- 8.6BFY2019
- 9.3BFY2020
- 9.2BFY2021
- 9.4BFY2022
- 9.8BFY2023
- 9.9BFY2024
- 10.3BFY2025
- 8.1BFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Navy$6B74%Department of Defense
- Department of the Air Force$506.7M6.3%Department of Defense
- Department of Energy$264.2M3.3%
- Department of the Army$184.9M2.3%Department of Defense
- U.S. Coast Guard$143.7M1.8%Department of Homeland Security
- Defense Logistics Agency$142.7M1.8%Department of Defense
- Maritime Administration$142M1.8%Department of Transportation
Top recipients
- HUNTINGTON INGALLS INC$3B37%44 awards
- BAE SYSTEMS MARITIME SOLUTIONS NORFOLK INC.$519.8M6.4%10 awards
- METRO MACHINE CORP.$421M5.2%23 awards
- SURATECH LLC$310.3M3.8%1 award
- MEB GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC$171.6M2.1%3 awards
- AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.$147M1.8%10 awards
- AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC$139.4M1.7%27 awards
- EAST COAST REPAIR & FABRICATION, LLC$118.5M1.5%22 awards
- 21 awards
- 11 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.