New York's 5th congressional district
U.S. House district for New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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New York's 5th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, represented by Democrat Gregory Meeks. The district is located in Queens. A plurality of the district's population is African-American, and a majority of the district's population is non-white.
New York's 5th congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
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Population (2022) | 751,997[1] |
Median household income | $81,621[2] |
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Cook PVI | D+30[3] |
The district includes the entire Rockaway Peninsula as well as the Queens neighborhoods of Broad Channel, Cambria Heights, Hollis, Howard Beach, Jamaica, Kew Gardens, Laurelton, Queens Village, Richmond Hill, Rosedale, South Jamaica, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The district encompasses the African-American majority neighborhoods of east Queens, as well as the Caribbean-American and South Asian American enclaves of southern and eastern Queens, including the neighborhoods of Jamaica, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, and Hollis, home to large Guyanese, Jamaican, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Indian, Bangladeshi, and Haitian populations. As of 2018, the district's Guyanese American population makes up 7.3% of the district, the highest of any congressional district in the country, and its Indian American population stands at 8.35%, the highest of any district in New York. The 5th district also has the second highest percentages of Jamaican Americans, Bangladeshi Americans, Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans, and Haitian Americans out of all of New York's congressional districts.[4]