You have one member of the U.S. House of Representatives, decided by where you live. This guide shows how to find that person in a few seconds and what to do with the result.
Find your representative in one step
Enter your ZIP code or full street address in the lookup on the home page. It matches your address to your congressional district using the U.S. Census geocoder, then shows your current representative. A full street address is more exact than a ZIP code, because some ZIP codes fall in more than one district.
What the result shows
You get your district (for example TX-1), your representative’s name and party, their official website, their Bioguide record, and a phone number for their Washington office. From there you can open the full district page for the map, demographics, and the 2026 candidates. You can also browse all 435 districts.
If a ZIP code returns more than one district
ZIP codes and districts do not line up exactly. If your ZIP spans two districts, use your full street address for an exact match, or check your state election office.
Your representative can change
District lines are redrawn after each census through redistricting, and the person holding the seat can change at each election or through a special election.
What to have ready
A full street address with city, state, and ZIP gives an exact answer. A five digit ZIP alone often does not. If you know your ZIP+4, that helps too, and the Postal Service publishes a free lookup for it.
Why a ZIP code is sometimes not enough
ZIP codes and congressional districts are built for different purposes. The Census Bureau describes ZIP codes as a Postal Service tool for coordinating mail delivery, assigned to delivery routes and stored as points rather than areas. Congressional district boundaries come from state law or court orders. The two were never designed to line up, so a single ZIP can sit in two or more districts.
The House lookup handles this openly. Enter 60613 and it responds that the ZIP overlaps multiple congressional districts, lists Mike Quigley of Illinois’s 5th and Janice Schakowsky of Illinois’s 9th as possibilities, then asks for a street address to settle it.
The official tools
The House runs its own Find Your Representative tool at house.gov. It takes a five digit ZIP first and asks for a street address when the ZIP is split. The Clerk of the House publishes the official list of members by state, a telephone directory, and a live count of current vacancies. The Census Bureau geocoder will resolve a street address to its district directly, returning a geography layer named for the current Congress.
If the answer does not match your ballot
This one catches people in 2026. The House tool shows who represents you right now, under the lines in effect for the current Congress. Several states redrew congressional boundaries partway through this Congress. The House states that those updates may change the district you voted in during the 2026 primary and general elections, but do not change the district you are currently represented in until the new Congress begins in January 2027. A mismatch between your lookup result and your ballot is expected behavior this year, not an error.
If your seat is vacant
Four House seats were vacant as of August 2026: California’s 14th, Florida’s 20th, Georgia’s 13th, and Texas’s 23rd. A vacant district still has a staffed office. Under federal law and House rules the former member’s employees keep running it under the supervision of the Clerk of the House. That office can help with federal agency casework and give general information on the status of legislation, though it cannot take positions on policy, and constituents with an open case have to submit a new privacy release form. The district has no voting representation until the seat is filled.
Sources
District lookup behavior and the redistricting notice come from the House of Representatives Find Your Representative service. The explanation of why ZIP codes do not align with districts comes from the U.S. Census Bureau pages on ZIP Code Tabulation Areas and on congressional districts. Member lists, the vacancy count, and the description of how a vacant office operates come from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Address to district matching comes from the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Checked August 12, 2026.
Related: Find your district, What is a congressional district, U.S. Senators by state, and the 2026 elections tracker.
The representative details behind this lookup come from primary government records. See how we source our data and our editorial standards.
Last updated September 3, 2026.
