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      Home›Virginia›VA-05

      Virginia's 5th Congressional District

      R+15.0
      → Even vs 2022· Virginia · Latest: 2024

      Leans Republican — flipped 3 times in 25 elections

      Population799K

      Current Representative

      REPJohn Joseph McGuire IIIElected 2024

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

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      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections

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      2024 House ElectionVirginia Profile

      Who lives in Virginia's 5th Congressional District? 798,638 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      VA-05 vs Virginia vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      799K
      State: 8.7M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.24%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      75.4%
      State: 75.6% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      6.7%
      State: 17.4% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      93.3%
      State: 82.6% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $72,558
      State: $99,933 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      12.9%
      State: 10.0% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      34.3%
      State: 42.3% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      70.0%
      State: 67.3% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      41.5 yrs
      State: 39.3 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      16.9%
      State: 15.9% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      20.7%
      State: 16.7% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      4.7%
      State: 13.1% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      VA-05 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 68.8%Black 19.9%Hispanic 4.6%Multiracial 4.4%Asian 2.0%
      GroupVA-05StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      68.8%58.4%57.4%
      ▶Black(12)
      19.9%18.6%12.2%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(19)
      4.6%11.0%19.3%
      Multiracial / Other
      4.4%4.7%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      2.0%6.9%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(10)
      0.8%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(1)
      0.2%0.4%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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