Texas's 5th congressional district
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"TX-5" redirects here. The term may also refer to Texas State Highway 5.
Not to be confused with Texas's 5th House of Representatives district.
Texas's 5th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes a northeast portion of the City of Dallas, Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller suburban, exurban and rural counties south and east of Dallas, including Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt, and Kaufman. As of the 2000 census, the 5th district represents 651,620 people.
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Area | 5,043.85 sq mi (13,063.5 km2) | ||
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Population (2022) | 787,249[2] | ||
Median household income | $74,111 | ||
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Cook PVI | R+14[3] |
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The current Representative from the 5th district is Lance Gooden, who won re-election in 2020 by defeating Democratic candidate Carolyn Salter.[4]