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Congressional District Code

Code identifying the congressional district associated with the vendor location recorded in the award. It is a geographic classification field, not a narrative address, and typically stores a standardized district code such as a state/district combination.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode
Title
Congressional District Code
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/congressionalDistrictCode
Description
Code identifying the congressional district associated with the vendor location recorded in the award. It is a geographic classification field, not a narrative address, and typically stores a standardized district code such as a state/district combination.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts tie federal procurement activity to congressional geography for oversight, reporting, and geographic distribution analysis. It is useful for examining where vendors are located relative to award concentration, district-level spending patterns, and representation impacts.
Example Value
05
Observed Non-Null Count
80,947,747

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/congressionalDistrictCode
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/congressionalDistrictCode' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • District-level spend summaries
  • Geographic joins to congressional district reference tables
  • Filtering awards by vendor location geography

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the code is a human-readable district name
  • Comparing values without normalizing formatting or handling blanks/non-standard codes

Query Guidance

Use this field as a grouping or join key after normalizing the code format. In SQL, filter with exact matches, aggregate by the district code, and left join to a district lookup table for labels; do not use string parsing unless the dataset documentation confirms the encoding scheme.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode AS congressional_district_code
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.