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1876–2024
Congressional District 5·Arizona

Arizona 5th Congressional District delivered R+6 in 2024 — Republican for the long memory.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AZ
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
128,360
2024 ACS

Arizona 5th Congressional District, Arizona: Republican loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+6%. Republican peak: R+43 in 1984.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+6MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
128,3602024 5-year
Median household income
$88,2112024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
59.0%2024 5-year
Black
5.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
31.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+40 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+43 in 1984MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−5.7%
26,92330,22057,973
D
+0.1%
28,24428,18257,519
R
−4.5%
18,98220,90543,089
R
−11.2%
16,37320,61337,774
R
−10.9%
16,36820,44037,253
R
−14.6%
13,39818,04231,716
R
−9.8%
10,22112,54623,685
R
−1.5%
9,6579,98721,454
R
−7.5%
7,5779,29922,920
R
−29.5%
6,17511,44517,835
R
−43.1%
4,22710,74115,112
R
−38.7%
3,2688,23312,820
R
−25.1%
3,9306,70211,049
R
−41.2%
2,5676,4059,318
R
−25.4%
2,3794,2447,336
R
−6.0%
3,3483,7737,125
R
−16.9%
2,3883,3595,751
R
−24.3%
1,5042,4713,981
R
−19.7%
1,3942,0773,471
D
+6.6%
1,1209792,150
D
+13.9%
8976781,581
D
+23.5%
1,0136261,650
D
+39.5%
9083791,339
D
+32.9%
8124061,234
R
−22.6%
348551900
R
−5.7%
260298666
R
−11.9%
260330590
D
+13.8%
230170434
D
+34.1%
7619167
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.6%
English
9.8%
Irish
8.9%
Italian
4.3%
American
4.1%
Polish
2.2%
French
1.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.1%
2.6%
75–84
2.9%
4.5%
65–74
5.2%
5.7%
55–64
6.0%
6.1%
45–54
6.1%
6.9%
35–44
6.5%
7.5%
25–34
7.0%
4.7%
18–24
4.4%
8.6%
5–17
8.2%
2.9%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$88,211
Congressional District 5 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 5$88,211
Arizona$79,964
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.3%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)10.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
74.9%
speak English only
Spanish18.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.5%
Other Indo-European2.2%
Other languages1.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
23.2%
Other Christian
14.8%
Non-Christian
2.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Baptist
1.6%
Methodist
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Arizona 5th Congressional District sits in the desert Southwest. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Republican margin in Arizona 5th Congressional District reached its widest at forty-three points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was six points, in line with the district's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $88,211, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 128,360 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 5, Arizona — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/0405/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 5, Arizona vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 5, Arizona voted Republican by 5.7 points (R+6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 57,973 votes cast, 26,923 went Democratic and 30,220 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 5, Arizona's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 5, Arizona as a "Republican loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 5, Arizona last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 5, Arizona voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Congressional District 5, Arizona?
Congressional District 5, Arizona has a population of 128,360 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 5, Arizona?
Median household income in Congressional District 5, Arizona is $88,211 — above the national median of $80,734. The Arizona state median is $79,964.
What is the political history of Congressional District 5, Arizona?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 5, Arizona from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.