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Congressional District Code

Code that identifies the congressional district associated with the vendor’s location in the FPDS record. It is a coded geographic identifier, not a narrative location description, and the value may be abbreviated or normalized to a standard district code format.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
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__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode
Title
Congressional District Code
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/congressionalDistrictCode
Description
Code that identifies the congressional district associated with the vendor’s location in the FPDS record. It is a coded geographic identifier, not a narrative location description, and the value may be abbreviated or normalized to a standard district code format.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of vendor footprint, congressional oversight, and reporting on where awardees are located relative to districts. Analysts use it to aggregate obligations by district, assess local economic impact, and support location-based vendor profiling.
Example Value
01
Observed Non-Null Count
13,037

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/congressionalDistrictCode
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/congressionalDistrictCode' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__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

  • Aggregate obligations or vendor counts by congressional district
  • Map vendor locations for geographic concentration analysis
  • Join to district reference tables for reporting or visualization

Common Mistakes

  • Using the code as a text description of the location
  • Comparing districts across years without accounting for redistricting or format changes

Query Guidance

Use this field as a grouping, filtering, or join key only after normalizing the code format. In SQL, inspect distinct values first, then join to a congressional district reference table or geographic dimension; avoid substring logic unless the source format is confirmed and consistent.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Top values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__congressionalDistrictCode AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__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.