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      Home›Texas›TX-05

      Texas's 5th Congressional District

      R+28.2
      ↑ D+1.9 vs 2022· Texas · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 1 time in 24 elections

      Population807K

      Current Representative

      REPLance GoodenElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Republican landslide with a 27.0% margin

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      Who lives in Texas's 5th Congressional District? 806,900 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      TX-05 vs Texas vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      807K
      State: 30.2M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.24%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      73.3%
      State: 73.0% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      29.7%
      State: 35.1% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      70.3%
      State: 64.9% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $78,587
      State: $80,443 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      11.4%
      State: 13.8% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      24.4%
      State: 33.7% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      73.6%
      State: 62.6% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      37.1 yrs
      State: 35.7 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      14.8%
      State: 16.8% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      14.8%
      State: 13.4% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      16.1%
      State: 17.6% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      TX-05 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 45.8%Hispanic 30.8%Black 14.9%Asian 4.5%Multiracial 3.2%Native American 0.7%
      GroupTX-05StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      45.8%39.1%57.4%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(20)
      30.8%39.7%19.3%
      ▶Black(12)
      14.9%12.2%12.2%
      ▶Asian(6)
      4.5%5.6%6.0%
      Multiracial / Other
      3.2%2.5%4.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      0.9%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(4)
      0.7%0.7%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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