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Indiana 5th Congressional District

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

District by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

German20.2%19.5%12.5%

English14.3%11.3%9.5%

Irish10.8%10.1%9.4%

American7.0%6.9%5.3%

Italian2.9%2.4%4.8%

Polish2.3%2.6%2.2%

Scottish1.8%1.5%1.3%

French1.6%1.3%1.6%

African American†5.0%7.7%9.9%

African0.3%0.5%0.5%

Mexican2.7%5.7%11.3%

Venezuelan0.5%0.2%—

Puerto Rican0.5%0.8%1.8%

Asian Indian1.5%0.8%1.4%

Chinese0.8%0.4%1.3%

Korean0.2%—0.4%

Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%

Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	IN-5	Indiana	United States
Median age	38.8	38.2	39.1
Age 18–24	9.9%	9.6%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	16.5%	16.7%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	IN-5	Indiana	United States
Median household income	$81,223	$71,957	$84,427
Poverty rate	10.4%	12.4%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	41.0%	29.7%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	IN-5	Indiana	United States
Owner-occupied homes	72.8%	70.6%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	27.2%	29.4%	34.8%
Median home value	—	$218,200	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	—	$1,062	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	45.9%	48.1%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	8.0%	8.8%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	IN-5	Indiana	United States
Mean commute	24.4 min	24.1 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	6.2%	6.1%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	73.0%	76.3%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.2%	0.6%	3.2%
Works from home	16.0%	10.7%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	IN-5	Indiana	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	8.1%	10.4%	22.3%
Spanish	2.9%	5.5%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.4%	0.9%	2.0%

Religious landscape

Measure	IN-5	Indiana	United States
Catholic	—	11.5%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	18.0%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	57.9%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	IN-5	Indiana	United States
Foreign-born residents	6.0%	6.3%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	2.9%	2.6%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	3.1%	3.7%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	6.1%	6.3%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	—	0.452	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083) · District housing, commuting and origins figures are constituent-county values weighted by each county’s share of the district — the Census publishes these at 119th-Congress lines and Akashic maps districts on the 2026 (cd:120) lines.

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic40.6%150,101TrumpRepublican57.4%212,119OtherAll other candidates2.0%7,288

R+16.8

Lead: 62,018
Total: 369,508
vs nation: R+15.3

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic41.0%151,394TrumpRepublican57.0%210,206OtherAll other candidates2.0%7,412

R+15.9

Lead: 58,812
Total: 369,012
vs nation: R+20.4

exact aggregate

ClintonDemocratic34.9%113,629TrumpRepublican58.3%189,693OtherAll other candidates6.8%22,098

R+23.4

Lead: 76,064
Total: 325,420
vs nation: R+25.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic38.9%117,866RomneyRepublican58.9%178,616OtherAll other candidates2.2%6,625

R+20.0

Lead: 60,750
Total: 303,107
vs nation: R+23.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic45.4%140,487McCainRepublican53.3%164,756OtherAll other candidates1.3%3,897

R+7.9

Lead: 24,269
Total: 309,140
vs nation: R+15.1

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic33.0%92,293BushRepublican66.2%185,116OtherAll other candidates0.7%2,066

R+33.2

Lead: 92,823
Total: 279,475
vs nation: R+30.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic36.6%87,161BushRepublican61.9%147,299OtherAll other candidates1.5%3,604

R+25.3

Lead: 60,138
Total: 238,064
vs nation: R+25.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic36.4%82,490DoleRepublican52.0%117,928OtherAll other candidates11.6%26,330

R+15.6

Lead: 35,438
Total: 226,748
vs nation: R+24.1

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+16.8MIT Election Lab
Population: 753,7442024 5-year
Population density: 343 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 2,195 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $81,2232024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 81.1%2024 5-year
Black: 5.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 4.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+15.4 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+39.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Most similar: Congressional District 4, IN · twin score 91.3

presidential history

Party record book

Indiana 5th Congressional District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1936

55.7%

82,413 votes · D+13.0 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 55.2%

Republican

Richard Nixon1972

69.6%

141,025 votes · R+39.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 66.7%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Joe Biden2020

151,394votes

41.0% of the vote · R+15.9

Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 150,101 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2024

212,119votes

57.4% of the vote · R+16.8 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 210,206 votes

Best relative to the U.S.

This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.

Democratic

James M. Cox1920

+7.5pts D vs U.S.

Place R+18.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +3.6 pts

Republican

George W. Bush2004

+30.8pts R vs U.S.

Place R+33.2 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +25.8 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

RVictoria SpartzU.S. House · IN-05+0.49

RTodd YoungU.S. Senate+0.44

RJim BanksU.S. Senate+0.65

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

U.S. House elections · 25 House

Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.

U.S. House

Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC BY 4.0.
Year	District	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	5	R	38.0%136,554	56.6%203,293	359,204
2022	5	R	38.9%93,434	61.1%146,575	240,009
2020	5	R	45.9%191,226	50.0%208,212	416,226
2018	5	R	43.2%137,142	56.8%180,035	317,177
2016	5	R	34.3%123,849	61.5%221,957	361,135
2014	5	R	30.8%49,756	65.2%105,277	161,440
2012	5	R	37.6%125,347	58.4%194,570	333,359
2010	5	R	25.4%60,024	62.1%146,899	236,407
2008	5	R	34.5%123,357	65.5%234,705	358,062
2006	5	R	31.4%64,362	65.0%133,118	204,929
2004	5	R	26.0%82,637	71.8%228,718	318,363
2002	5	R	25.2%45,283	72.0%129,442	179,855
2000	5	R	37.5%81,427	60.9%132,051	216,985
1998	5	R	36.0%58,504	62.5%101,567	162,388
1996	5	R	30.1%63,578	59.3%125,191	211,111
1994	5	R	28.3%45,224	69.5%111,031	159,658
1992	5	R	49.0%107,973	51.0%112,492	220,465
1990	5	D	53.1%81,373	46.9%71,750	153,123
1988	5	D	56.3%116,240	43.7%90,163	206,403
1986	5	D	51.4%80,772	48.1%75,507	157,006
1984	5	R	31.5%66,631	67.9%143,560	211,355
1982	5	R	38.9%67,238	61.1%105,469	172,707
1980	5	R	38.3%80,378	61.7%129,474	209,852
1978	5	R	32.4%45,479	67.6%94,950	140,429
1976	5	R	38.3%78,807	61.7%127,194	206,001

Indiana's 5th stretches from the northern Indianapolis suburbs through Hamilton County, one of the state's wealthiest and fastest-growing areas. A district that once ran double digits Republican now regularly posts margins in the low single digits.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 39.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.8 points.

A population of 753,744, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,223 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 4 and Congressional District 6.

Political twins — districts

The congressional districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Congressional District 4

Indiana

91.3twin score

elasticity2012–2016 trajectory% unaffiliated

Congressional District 6

Indiana

88.4twin score

elasticity2012–2016 trajectory% White≠ college share

Congressional District 3

Missouri

85.8twin score

2012–2020 trajectoryelasticity≠ German ancestry

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Indiana 5th Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Indiana 5th Congressional District voted Republican by 16.8 points (R+16.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 369,508 votes cast, 150,101 went Democratic and 212,119 went Republican.

When did Indiana 5th Congressional District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Indiana 5th Congressional District voted Democratic was 1964.

How many people live in Indiana 5th Congressional District?

Indiana 5th Congressional District has a population of 753,744 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Indiana 5th Congressional District?

Median household income in Indiana 5th Congressional District is $81,223 — above the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.

What is the political history of Indiana 5th Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Indiana 5th Congressional District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.

Measure

IN-5

Indiana

United States

Median age

38.8

38.2

39.1

Age 18–24

9.9%

9.6%

9.2%

Age 65 and older

16.5%

16.7%

17.2%

Measure

IN-5

Indiana

United States

Median household income

$81,223

$71,957

$84,427

Poverty rate

10.4%

12.4%

12.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)

41.0%

29.7%

35.6%

Measure

IN-5

Indiana

United States

Owner-occupied homes

72.8%

70.6%

65.2%

Renter-occupied homes

27.2%

29.4%

34.8%

Median home value

—

$218,200

$332,700

Median gross rent (monthly)

—

$1,062

$1,413

Renters paying 30%+ of income

45.9%

48.1%

51.1%

Vacant housing units

8.0%

8.8%

10.1%

Measure

IN-5

Indiana

United States

Mean commute

24.4 min

24.1 min

26.4 min

Commutes 60 minutes or more

6.2%

6.1%

8.6%

Drives alone to work

73.0%

76.3%

68.8%

Takes public transit

0.2%

0.6%

3.2%

Works from home

16.0%

10.7%

15.1%

Measure

IN-5

Indiana

United States

Speaks a non-English language at home

8.1%

10.4%

22.3%

Spanish

2.9%

5.5%

13.6%

Other Indo-European

1.4%

0.9%

2.0%

Measure

IN-5

Indiana

United States

Catholic

—

11.5%

18.6%

Evangelical Protestant

—

18.0%

16.5%

Unclaimed / not counted

—

57.9%

51.5%

Measure

IN-5

Indiana

United States

Foreign-born residents

6.0%

6.3%

14.1%

Naturalized citizens

2.9%

2.6%

7.4%

Not U.S. citizens

3.1%

3.7%

6.8%

Veterans (18+)

6.1%

6.3%

6.2%

Income inequality (Gini)

—

0.452

0.483

Key facts

2024 presidential margin

R+16.8MIT Election Lab

Population

753,7442024 5-year

Population density

343 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line

Land area

2,195 sq miTIGER/Line

Median household income

$81,2232024 5-year

White (non-Hispanic)

81.1%2024 5-year

Black

5.9%2024 5-year

Hispanic / Latino

4.6%2024 5-year

Peak Democratic margin

D+15.4 in 1912MIT Election Lab

Peak Republican margin

R+39.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab

Most similar

Congressional District 4, IN · twin score 91.3

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC BY 4.0.

Year

District

Won

Democratic

Republican

Total

2024

38.0%136,554

56.6%203,293

359,204

2022

38.9%93,434

61.1%146,575

240,009

2020

45.9%191,226

50.0%208,212

416,226

2018

43.2%137,142

56.8%180,035

317,177

2016

34.3%123,849

61.5%221,957

361,135

2014

30.8%49,756

65.2%105,277

161,440

2012

37.6%125,347

58.4%194,570

333,359

2010

25.4%60,024

62.1%146,899

236,407

2008

34.5%123,357

65.5%234,705

358,062

2006

31.4%64,362

65.0%133,118

204,929

2004

26.0%82,637

71.8%228,718

318,363

2002

25.2%45,283

72.0%129,442

179,855

2000

37.5%81,427

60.9%132,051

216,985

1998

36.0%58,504

62.5%101,567

162,388

1996

30.1%63,578

59.3%125,191

211,111

1994

28.3%45,224

69.5%111,031

159,658

1992

49.0%107,973

51.0%112,492

220,465

1990

53.1%81,373

46.9%71,750

153,123

1988

56.3%116,240

43.7%90,163

206,403

1986

51.4%80,772

48.1%75,507

157,006

1984

31.5%66,631

67.9%143,560

211,355

1982

38.9%67,238

61.1%105,469

172,707

1980

38.3%80,378

61.7%129,474

209,852

1978

32.4%45,479

67.6%94,950

140,429

1976

38.3%78,807

61.7%127,194

206,001

Frequently asked questions

How did Indiana 5th Congressional District vote in 2024?

When did Indiana 5th Congressional District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Indiana 5th Congressional District voted Democratic was 1964.

How many people live in Indiana 5th Congressional District?

Indiana 5th Congressional District has a population of 753,744 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Indiana 5th Congressional District?

Median household income in Indiana 5th Congressional District is $81,223 — above the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.

What is the political history of Indiana 5th Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Indiana 5th Congressional District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.

President margin by year

President results by year

Key facts

Party record book

Highest vote share

Most votes

Best relative to the U.S.

Current officeholders

U.S. House

District research tools

Places within Indiana 5th Congressional District

Frequently asked questions

President margin by year

President results by year

Key facts

Party record book

Highest vote share

Most votes

Best relative to the U.S.

Current officeholders

U.S. House

District research tools

Places within Indiana 5th Congressional District

Frequently asked questions