| State: | Indiana |
| District Number: | 5 |
| Image Name: | Indiana's 5th congressional district (since 2023).png |
| Image Width: | 400 |
| Image Caption: | Indiana's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Victoria Spartz |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Noblesville |
| English Area: | 3,266.14 |
| Metric Area: | 8,459.3 |
| Percent Urban: | 74.53 |
| Percent Rural: | 25.47 |
| Population: | 772,783 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $75,915[1] |
| Percent White: | 81.1 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 4.6 |
| Percent Black: | 5.8 |
| Percent Asian: | 3.6 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.2 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.6 |
| Cpvi: | R+11[2] |
Indiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana comprising Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, Grant, and Tipton counties, as well as the large majority of Howard County. Much of its population is located in the northern suburbs of Indianapolis, including the cities of Carmel, Noblesville, and Fishers, while other population centers include Muncie, Kokomo, Anderson, and Marion. The district is predominantly white and is the wealthiest congressional district in Indiana, as measured by median income.
The district is currently represented by Republican Victoria Spartz.
According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools[3] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 585,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 84% are White and 8% are Black. Immigrants make up 4% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $76,700, while 7% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 45% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Delaware | Muncie | 112,031 | |
| 53 | Grant | Marion | 66,022 | |
| 57 | Hamilton | Noblesville | 364,921 | |
| 67 | Howard | Kokomo | 83,574 | |
| 95 | Madison | Anderson | 131,744 | |
| 73 | Tipton | Tipton | 15,361 |
As of 2022, Indiana's 5th congressional district is located in central Indiana. It includes Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, and Tipton Counties.
| Year | U.S. President | U.S. Senator[4] | Governor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Bush (R): 69 – 30% | [Data unknown/missing] | [Data unknown/missing] | |||
| 2004 | Bush (R): 71 – 28% | [Data unknown/missing] | [Data unknown/missing] | |||
| 2008 | McCain (R): 59 – 40% | — | [Data unknown/missing] | |||
| 2012 | Romney (R): 58 – 41% | Donnelly (D): 47 – 46% | Pence (R): 55 – 40% | |||
| 2016 | Trump (R): 53 – 41% | [Data unknown/missing] | [Data unknown/missing] | |||
| 2018 | — | Braun (R): 48 – 48% | — | |||
| 2020 | Trump (R): 50 – 48% | — | [Data unknown/missing] | |||
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1833 | ||||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Johnathan McCarty | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Lost re-election. | 1833–1843 | ||
| Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||||||
| align=left | James Rariden | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Andrew Kennedy | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | William J. Brown | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Elected in 1843. Retired. | 1843–1853 | ||
| align=left | William W. Wick | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired. | |||
| align=left | William J. Brown | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Elected in 1849. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Thomas A. Hendricks | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1851. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Samuel W. Parker | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852. Retired. | 1853–1863 | ||
| align=left | David P. Holloway | People's | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. Retired. | |||
| align=left | David Kilgore | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired. | |||
George W. Julian | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1869 | Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| 1863–1873 | ||||||||
John Coburn | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | |||||
| 1873–1883 | ||||||||
| align=left | William S. Holman | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1874. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Thomas M. Browne | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Redistricted to the . | |||
Courtland C. Matson | Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired to run for Governor of Indiana. | |||||
| 1883–1893 | ||||||||
George W. Cooper | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1893–1903 | ||||||||
| align=left | Jesse Overstreet | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1894. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | George W. Faris | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired. | |||
Elias S. Holliday | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1909 | Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Retired. | |||||
| 1903–1913 | ||||||||
Ralph Wilbur Moss | Democratic | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917 | Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1913–1933 | ||||||||
| align=left | Everett Sanders | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1925 | Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Noble J. Johnson | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Courtland C. Gillen | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1930. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Glenn Griswold | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election. | 1933–1943 | ||
Forest Harness | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1943–1953 | ||||||||
| align=left | John R. Walsh | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | Elected in 1948. Lost re-election. | |||
John V. Beamer | Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959 | Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1953–1963 | ||||||||
| align=left | J. Edward Roush | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | Elected in 1958. Seat vacant until election challenge resolved. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 3, 1961 – June 14, 1961 | ||||||
J. Edward Roush | Democratic | June 14, 1961 – January 3, 1969 | Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | |||||
| 1963–1973 | ||||||||
| align=left | Richard L. Roudebush | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1968. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||
Elwood Hillis | Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1987 | Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired. | |||||
| 1973–1983 | ||||||||
| 1983–2003 | ||||||||
| align=left | Jim Jontz | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Steve Buyer | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 | Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Dan Burton | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired. | 2003–2013 | ||
| align=left | Susan Brooks | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021 | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired. | 2013–2023 | ||
Victoria Spartz | Republican | January 3, 2021 – present | Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||||
| 2023–present | ||||||||