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Virginia's 5th district

Virginia's 5th district has 795,880 residents on 9,464 mi² of land. It is represented by John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $281.1M in FY2026.

Residents
795,880
Land area
9,464 mi²
Counties
24
Representative
John J. McGuire III
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Map of Virginia's 5th district within Virginia

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. Albemarle County14% of the district · 99.7% of the county
  2. Lynchburg city10.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Pittsylvania County7.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Campbell County6.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  5. Charlottesville city5.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Danville city5.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Louisa County5.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Halifax County4.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Powhatan County4.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Amherst County4.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Mecklenburg County3.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Fluvanna County3.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Bedford County3.4% of the district · 34% of the county
  14. Goochland County3.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Prince Edward County2.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Hanover County2.2% of the district · 15% of the county
  17. Buckingham County2.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Appomattox County2.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Nottoway County2.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Nelson County1.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  21. Amelia County1.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  22. Lunenburg County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  23. Charlotte County1.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  24. Cumberland County1.2% 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
$281.1M
Per resident
$353
Rank in Virginia
11 of 11
Contract actions
3,502
New awards: 2,308

By fiscal year

  1. 491.5MFY2017
  2. 499.3MFY2018
  3. 400.1MFY2019
  4. 341.4MFY2020
  5. 430.8MFY2021
  6. 316.1MFY2022
  7. 546.5MFY2023
  8. 579.9MFY2024
  9. 552.6MFY2025
  10. 281.1MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Navy$50.3M18%
    Department of Defense
  2. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$32.7M12%
    Department of Labor
  3. Federal Acquisition Service$27.9M9.9%
    General Services Administration
  4. Department of the Army$27.6M9.8%
    Department of Defense
  5. Defense Logistics Agency$25.4M9.1%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of State$17.3M6.2%
  7. Department of Energy$17.1M6.1%
  8. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$13.5M4.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Top recipients

  1. GOVSMART, INC.$58.2M21%
    269 awards
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$37.4M13%
    246 awards
  3. SCITECH SERVICES INC$18.3M6.5%
    1 award
  4. BWXT NUCLEAR OPERATIONS GROUP, INC.$16M5.7%
    1 award
  5. LUNA LABS USA LLC$11.5M4.1%
    33 awards
  6. BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT FOR THE$9.8M3.5%
    859 awards
  7. ODLE MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C.$9.2M3.3%
    1 award
  8. MINBURN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC$8.9M3.2%
    1 award
  9. CAPPS SHOE COMPANY, LLC$8.2M2.9%
    8 awards
  10. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$7.9M2.8%
    29 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)
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