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New Jersey's 5th district

U.S. House district profile: the sitting representative, 2024 Census demographics (119th-district boundaries), partisan lean, and 2026 race rating.

Representative

Official portrait of Josh Gottheimer

Josh Gottheimer

NJ · District 5
DemocratRanking Member, National Security Agency and Cyber
Raised $4,765,145 · 64K followers (office + personal) · missed 3.5% of votes
9.7 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · House Committee on Financial Services +5 more
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Cook PVI: D+2

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population794,119
Median household income$130,387
Median age43.2
Bachelor's degree or higher55.5%
White alone54.4%
Black alone5.5%
Hispanic or Latino19.1%
Asian alone17.5%
Unemployment rate4.0%
Population density (per sq mi)1,223

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B01003, B01002, B19013 and related), 119th Congress district boundaries, released September 2025; land area from the 2025 Gazetteer.