Florida 5th Congressional District (FL) — Elections 1876–2024

Florida 5th Congressional District, Florida: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+15%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1892.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+15MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 514,2182024 5-year
Median household income: $85,4452024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 61.4%2024 5-year
Black: 20.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 11.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+95 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+46 in 1972MIT Election Lab

RUTHERFORD, John HenryCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: LAWSON, Alfred Jr. (2021–2023), LAWSON, Alfred Jr. (2019–2021), LAWSON, Alfred Jr. (2017–2019), BROWN, Corrine (2015–2017)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

2 counties · 0 D · 2 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−14.9%	114,020	154,345	271,283
2020	R	−8.7%	119,597	142,611	265,398
2016	R	−13.5%	91,928	121,885	221,595
2012	R	−15.6%	84,209	115,606	201,598
2008	R	−11.7%	86,448	109,544	197,333
2004	R	−22.8%	66,676	106,442	174,264
2000	R	−21.7%	46,357	72,824	121,715
1996	R	−10.1%	46,001	57,179	110,676
1992	R	−14.3%	36,846	51,732	104,071
1988	R	−29.1%	28,753	52,556	81,725
1984	R	−28.0%	28,730	51,081	79,824
1980	R	−7.2%	33,008	38,283	73,760
1976	D	+15.4%	38,235	27,943	66,887
1972	R	−45.9%	16,362	44,326	60,880
1968	O	+0.6%	19,125	18,789	60,049
1964	R	−4.2%	27,914	30,375	58,289
1960	D	+9.4%	25,720	21,320	47,040
1956	R	−2.1%	19,316	20,145	39,461
1952	D	+2.4%	19,839	18,901	38,740
1948	D	+18.8%	10,310	6,022	22,860
1944	D	+48.6%	14,038	4,859	18,897
1940	D	+61.4%	15,573	3,720	19,293
1936	D	+62.7%	10,362	2,374	12,737
1932	D	+49.8%	8,111	2,717	10,828
1928	R	−13.4%	4,997	6,573	11,742
1924	D	+23.9%	2,508	1,365	4,776
1920	D	+29.7%	5,454	2,859	8,737
1916	D	+50.4%	2,432	626	3,584
1912	D	+69.8%	1,632	105	2,189
1908	D	+41.1%	1,224	416	1,965
1904	D	+40.7%	978	339	1,570
1900	D	+43.3%	1,061	390	1,549
1896	D	+28.8%	950	496	1,574
1892	D	+95.4%	821	0	861
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	R	−14.1%	1,048	1,393	2,442
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	R	42.8%	55.6%	10,757,428
2022	R	41.3%	57.7%	7,758,014
2018	R	49.9%	50.1%	8,190,005
2016	R	44.3%	52.0%	9,301,820
2012	D	55.2%	42.2%	8,189,946
2010	R	20.2%	48.9%	5,411,106
2006	D	60.3%	38.1%	4,793,534
2004	R	48.3%	49.4%	7,429,894
2000	D	51.0%	46.2%	5,856,731
1998	D	62.5%	37.5%	3,900,162
1994	R	29.5%	70.5%	4,106,816
1992	D	65.4%	34.6%	4,962,290
1988	R	49.6%	50.4%	4,068,209
1986	D	54.7%	45.3%	3,429,996
1982	D	61.7%	38.3%	2,653,419
1980	R	48.3%	51.7%	3,528,028
1976	D	63.0%	37.0%	2,857,534

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

10.9%

Irish

10.3%

German

10.0%

American

7.0%

Italian

5.3%

Polish

2.0%

Scottish

1.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.1%

2.3%

75–84

2.9%

4.8%

65–74

5.7%

6.2%

55–64

6.8%

6.1%

45–54

6.3%

6.7%

35–44

7.0%

6.7%

25–34

6.8%

4.0%

18–24

3.9%

8.3%

5–17

8.1%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$85,445

Congressional District 5 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 5$85,445

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.3%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1814.5%

Working age (18–64)10.3%

Seniors (65+)11.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

85.5%

speak English only

Spanish7.0%

Other Indo-European4.0%

Asian & Pacific Islander2.5%

Other languages1.0%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

19.2%

Baptist

13.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

13.6%

Methodist

2.9%

Mainline Protestant

2.9%

Non-Christian

1.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored in Jacksonville's urban core, FL-5 returned an 18-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it one of the state's strongest blue-leaning districts and a consistent baseline for tracking Black voter turnout in northeast Florida.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Florida 5th Congressional District, by a seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-six points in 1972. The 2024 margin was fifteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Florida 5th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 61% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $85,445, and a 11% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 5, Florida vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 5, Florida voted Republican by 14.9 points (R+15), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 271,283 votes cast, 114,020 went Democratic and 154,345 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 5, Florida's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 5, Florida as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 17 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 5, Florida last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 5, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.

How many people live in Congressional District 5, Florida?

Congressional District 5, Florida has a population of 514,218 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 5, Florida?

Median household income in Congressional District 5, Florida is $85,445 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.

What is the political history of Congressional District 5, Florida?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 5, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Florida 5th Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 15 points.

Key facts

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