| State: | New York |
| District Number: | 5 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Gregory Meeks |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Queens |
| Percent Urban: | 100 |
| Percent Rural: | 0 |
| Population: | 751,997[1] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $81,621[2] |
| Percent White: | 12.8 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 20.6 |
| Percent Black: | 40.2 |
| Percent Asian: | 14.9 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 5.7 |
| Percent Other Race: | 4.9 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.9 |
| Cpvi: | D+30[3] |
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.
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]
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | President | Clinton 52–35% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 60–32% | |
| 2000 | President | Gore 67–30% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 63–36% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 63–36% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 91–9% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 86–13% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 83–16% |
1789–1913:
Parts of Manhattan1913–45:
Parts of Brooklyn1945–63:
Parts of Queens1963–93:
Parts of Nassau1993–2003:
Parts of Nassau, Queens, Suffolk2003–2023:
Parts of Queens
Various New York districts have been numbered "5" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York. From 2003–13, the district consisted of northeastern Queens County and northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district included the neighborhoods of Bayside, Corona, Douglaston, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, and Whitestone. The Nassau portion of the district included Albertson, Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Sands Point.
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.
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1789 | |||||||
| align=left | Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 | Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Retired. | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 nowrap | Theodorus Bailey | Anti-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Lost re-election. | ||
| Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | |||||
| align=left | David Brooks | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 | Elected in 1796. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Theodorus Bailey | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | Elected in 1798. Retired. | ||
| align=left | Thomas Tillotson | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – August 10, 1801 | Elected in 1800. Resigned to become N.Y. Secretary of State. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | August 10, 1801 – December 7, 1801 | |||||
| align=left | Theodorus Bailey | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 7, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Elected to finish Tillotson's term. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | ||
| align=left | Andrew McCord | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | Elected in 1802. | ||
| align=left | John Blake Jr. | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 | Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. | ||
| align=left | Barent Gardenier | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1808. Retired. | ||
| align=left | Thomas B. Cooke | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | Elected in 1810. | ||
| align=left | Thomas P. Grosvenor | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. | ||
| align=left | Philip J. Schuyler | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Elected in 1816. Retired. | ||
| align=left | James Strong | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1818. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 | Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | ||||
| align=left | Walter Patterson | Federalist | nowrap | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1821. | ||
| align=left | William W. Van Wyck | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1822. | ||
| align=left | Bartow White | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Elected in 1824. Retired. | ||
| align=left | Thomas J. Oakley | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – May 9, 1828 | Elected in 1826. Resigned to become judge of the Superior Court of New York City. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 9, 1828 – December 1, 1828 | |||||
| align=left | Thomas Taber II | Jacksonian | nowrap | December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829 | Elected to finish Oakley's term. Had not run for the next term. | ||
| align=left | Abraham Bockee | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | Elected in 1828. | ||
| align=left | Edmund H. Pendleton | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1830. | ||
| align=left | Abraham Bockee | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. | ||
| align=left | Obadiah Titus | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Elected in 1836. | ||
| align=left | Charles Johnston | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1838. | ||
| align=left | Richard D. Davis | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1840. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | Moses G. Leonard | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Elected in 1842. | ||
| align=left | Thomas M. Woodruff | American | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1844. | ||
| align=left | Frederick A. Tallmadge | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1846. | ||
| align=left | George Briggs | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. | ||
| align=left | William M. Tweed | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. | ||
| align=left | Thomas R. Whitney | American | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. | ||
| align=left | William B. Maclay | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. | ||
| align=left | William Wall | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1860. | ||
| align=left | Fernando Wood | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Elected in 1862. | ||
| align=left | Nelson Taylor | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Elected in 1864. | ||
| align=left | John Morrissey | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. | ||
| align=left | William R. Roberts | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. | ||
| align=left | Edwin R. Meade | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. | ||
| align=left | Nicholas Muller | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. | ||
| align=left | Benjamin Wood | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1880. | ||
| align=left | Nicholas Muller | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | Archibald M. Bliss | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. | ||
| align=left | Thomas F. Magner | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | John H. Graham | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1892. | ||
| align=left | Charles G. Bennett | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. | ||
| align=left | Frank E. Wilson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | Edward M. Bassett | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | Elected in 1902. | ||
| align=left | George E. Waldo | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909 | Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. | ||
| align=left | Richard Young | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 | Elected in 1908. | ||
| align=left | William Cox Redfield | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1910. | ||
| align=left | James P. Maher | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | John B. Johnston | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | Elected in 1918. | ||
| align=left | Ardolph L. Kline | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | Re-elected in 1920. | ||
| align=left | Loring M. Black Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 | Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. | ||
| align=left | Marcellus H. Evans | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941 | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. | ||
| align=left | James J. Heffernan | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 | Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | James A. Roe | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | Elected in 1944. | ||
| align=left | Robert T. Ross | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1946. | ||
| align=left | T. Vincent Quinn | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – December 30, 1951 | Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 31, 1951 – February 18, 1952 | |||||
| align=left | Robert T. Ross | Republican | nowrap | February 19, 1952 – January 3, 1953 | Elected to finish Quinn's term. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Albert H. Bosch | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1960 | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 1961 – January 2, 1961 | |||||
| align=left | Joseph P. Addabbo | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1960. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | Frank J. Becker | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962. | ||
| align=left | Herbert Tenzer | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969 | Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. | ||
| align=left | Allard K. Lowenstein | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | Elected in 1968. | ||
| align=left | Norman F. Lent | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | Elected in 1970. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | John W. Wydler | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Not a candidate for reelection in 1980.[5] | ||
| align=left | Raymond J. McGrath | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1980.[6] Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Not a candidate for re-election in 1992.[7] | ||
Gary Ackerman | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired. | ||||
| 2003–2013 Parts of Nassau, Queens counties | |||||||
Gregory Meeks | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | 2013–2023 Parts of Nassau, Queens counties | |||
| 2023–2025 Parts of Queens | |||||||
| 2025–present --> | |||||||
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").