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Federal spending in NC-01: North Carolina's 1st congressional district
USAspending caveat. Figures are obligations reported by federal agencies to USAspending.gov, not payments. In USAspending's words: "An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ('obligated')." "Every agency has a Senior Accountable Official who must officially certify that the quarterly financial data submitted by their agency is accurate and complete." "If there are any discrepancies in procurement data, FPDS is the authoritative source." Contract data for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is published with a 90-day delay. Data loaded 30 Sep 2026.
North Carolina's 1st congressional district received $5.8B in federal award obligations in FY2025: $7,725 for each of its 747,139 residents.
That is below the North Carolina rate of $11,563 per resident and below the national rate of $15,158; it ranks 5 of 14 districts in the state.
The FY2025 mix was 89% direct payments.
Obligations were up 12% on FY2024, and the five-year total since FY2022 is $26B, with $5.7B so far in FY2026.
Over FY2022–FY2025, the largest awarding agencies were Social Security Administration ($15B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($2.8B) and Department of Homeland Security ($645M).
Per resident, by award type FY2025
- Contracts $378M
- Grants $220M
- Direct payments $5.2B
- Loans (subsidy cost) $6.1M
- Other assistance $14M
| Per resident | This district | North Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All award obligations | $7,725 | $11,563 | $15,158 |
| Contracts | $506 | $834 | $2,164 |
| Grants | $294 | $3,961 | $3,542 |
| Direct payments | $6,897 | $6,683 | $9,398 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | $8 | $9 | $1 |
| Other assistance | $19 | $76 | $53 |
| Rank by per-resident rate | 5 of 14 in state · 147 of 436 US | 38 of 51 states | — |
District attribution follows the congressional district USAspending records for the primary place of performance; awards carrying only a state-level location are counted in the state but in no district. Medicare payments are attributed to the district of the administrative contractor.
Obligations by fiscal year
Recipients that dominate the district FY2022–FY2025
A further $18B among the top 40 went to recipients not shown: individuals, aggregated records and names USAspending withholds.
Who funds the district FY2022–FY2025
Awarding agencies
Assistance programs
Contract industries by NAICS sector
Largest awards performed in the district
Counties in the district
- Bertie County 100% of county area
- Camden County 100% of county area
- Chowan County 100% of county area
- Currituck County 100% of county area
- Edgecombe County 100% of county area
- Gates County 100% of county area
- Greene County 100% of county area
- Halifax County 100% of county area
- Hertford County 100% of county area
- Lenoir County 100% of county area
- Martin County 100% of county area
- Nash County 100% of county area
- Northampton County 100% of county area
- Pasquotank County 100% of county area
- Perquimans County 100% of county area
- Tyrrell County 100% of county area
- Vance County 100% of county area
- Warren County 100% of county area
- Washington County 100% of county area
- Wayne County 100% of county area
- Wilson County 100% of county area
- Granville County 6% of county area
Other districts in North Carolina
- NC-02 $9,395
- NC-03 $10,198
- NC-04 $10,330
- NC-05 $5,913
- NC-06 $3,917
- NC-07 $7,450
- NC-08 $3,829
- NC-09 $6,507
- NC-10 $5,317
- NC-11 $12,170
- NC-12 $1,122
- NC-13 $5,041
- NC-14 $5,463
Questions and answers
How much federal spending goes to North Carolina's 1st congressional district?
$5.8B in award obligations in FY2025 and $26B since FY2022, counting awards whose primary place of performance is in the district. Obligations are commitments, not payments.
How much federal spending per person is that?
$7,725 per resident in FY2025 (population 747,139), against $11,563 for North Carolina and $15,158 nationally. Direct payments such as Social Security and Medicare are included; the table on this page splits the rate by award type.
Which recipients dominate North Carolina's 1st congressional district?
By obligations over FY2022–FY2025: Transportation North Carolina Department ($240M), Valiant Solutions, LLC ($119M), Economic Improvement Council, Inc. ($83M), Elizabeth City State University ($75M) and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation ($68M). Individuals are never listed.
Which agencies fund North Carolina's 1st congressional district?
Social Security Administration ($15B), Department of Veterans Affairs ($2.8B), Department of Homeland Security ($645M), Department of Housing and Urban Development ($499M) and Department of Agriculture ($470M), over FY2022–FY2025.
What does "place of performance" mean here?
USAspending records where the work is done or the payment is directed, as reported by the awarding agency. Some awards, especially grants to state governments, carry only a state-level location and are not attributed to any county or district; Medicare payments are attributed to the county of the administrative contractor.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending-by-geography (place of performance, congressional district layer, current districts) by fiscal year and award type, loaded 30 Sep 2026; district population as returned by the same endpoint; recipient and agency cross-tabulations for FY2022–FY2025, fetched 18 Sep 2026. Boundaries and county overlap: Census cartographic boundary and relationship files for the 119th Congress. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.