North Carolina
14 congressional districts.
Map
- Very compact (0 to 19)
- Compact (20 to 39)
- Middle (40 to 59)
- Irregular (60 to 79)
- Very irregular (80 to 100)
Select a district for details.
The areas outlined with dashes, enlarged so their smaller districts can be seen.
Map used in 2026
2025 enacted plan (SB 249 / S.L. 2025-95)
- Drawn by
- the state legislature
- Enacted
- 2025-10-22
- Changed since 2024
- Yes, new lines for 2026
Source: North Carolina General Assembly (checked 2026-11-04)
Districts
| District | Irregularity | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| NC-01 | Irregularity score 53 Middle of the pack | 191st least compact |
| NC-02 | Irregularity score 45 Middle of the pack | 234th least compact |
| NC-03 | Irregularity score 41 Middle of the pack | 257th least compact |
| NC-04 | Irregularity score 54 Middle of the pack | 187th least compact |
| NC-05 | Irregularity score 58 Middle of the pack | 164th least compact |
| NC-06 | Irregularity score 57 Middle of the pack | 172nd least compact |
| NC-07 | Irregularity score 32 Compact | 311th least compact |
| NC-08 | Irregularity score 29 Compact | 328th least compact |
| NC-09 | Irregularity score 76 Irregular | 81st least compact |
| NC-10 | Irregularity score 69 Irregular | 112th least compact |
| NC-11 | Irregularity score 15 Very compact | 395th least compact |
| NC-12 | Irregularity score 31 Compact | 321st least compact |
| NC-13 | Irregularity score 81 Very irregular | 57th least compact |
| NC-14 | Irregularity score 74 Irregular | 91st least compact |
Scores describe shape, not intent. How scores work
North Carolina's senators
- Ted Budd, Republican
- Thom Tillis, RepublicanSeat on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Roy Cooper, Democrat, won and takes office January 3, 2027.
Senators are elected by the whole state, so district lines don't change who they are. Senators serving as of November 6, 2026. Senators elected in November 2026 take office January 3, 2027. Where this comes from
Partisan fairness
How the 2024 presidential vote splits across these districts. Kamala Harris (Democrat) won 48.4% of the two-party vote and carried 3 of 14 districts.
- Efficiency gap
- 25.7% Favors Republicans
Counts each party's wasted votes: votes for a losing candidate, plus a winner's votes beyond the half needed to win. The gap is the difference between the two parties' wasted votes, as a share of all votes.
- Mean-median difference
- 5.8 points Favors Republicans
The gap between a party's average vote share across the districts and its share in the middle (median) district. When the middle district leans away from a party's average, that party's voters are packed into a few lopsided districts.
- Declination
- 0.58 Favors Republicans
Compares how lopsided each party's wins are. A party that wins a few districts by huge margins and loses the rest narrowly is at a disadvantage. Runs from 0 (even) to 1.
Votes are the state's official 2024 results, reported for its new 2026 districts. These measures show how a map turns one election's votes into seats. They don't show why the lines were drawn, and they shift from one election to the next. How fairness scores work