New York's 5th congressional district

New York's 5th congressional district
Current Representative		Gary Ackerman (D)
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$51,156
Ethnicity	55.7% White, 5.6% Black, 24.6% Asian, 23.5% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% other
Cook PVI	D+12

The 5th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that lies along the North Shore of Long Island. It consists of Northeastern Queens County and Northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district includes the neighborhoods of Bayside, Corona, Douglaston, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, and Whitestone. The Nassau portion of the distinct includes Albertson, Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Sands Point. It is the only district to include both parts of New York City and suburban portions of Long Island not located inside the city. The district is currently represented by Democrat Gary Ackerman.

The district is very racially diverse. Although it is plurality White, it includes a large Hispanic population and the largest Asian-American population in any congressional district outside Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Voting

Components: past and present

2003-present:

Parts of Nassau, Queens

1993-2003:

Parts of Nassau, Queens, Suffolk

1963-1993:

Parts of Nassau

1945-1963:

Parts of Queens

1913-1945:

Parts of Brooklyn

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List of representatives

Prior to 1992 the 5th District was centered on the south shore of Nassau County including towns mostly now in the 3rd and 4th District. The Queens portions of the 5th had been previously primarily in the 8th District of the 1980s. In general, the present 5th District greatly mirrors the 6th District from 1972 to 1982. The 1990s version of this district included northeast Nassau and northwest Suffolk counties; these areas were placed in the 2nd and 3rd District in 2002 and the 5th District gained areas in Queens formerly in the 18th District.

Election results

Note that in New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties normally endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").

Notes

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 1996 House election data "