Massachusetts Congressional District 05

Congressional District Profile

Overview

District ID
MA-05
State
Massachusetts
District Number
05
Total Candidates
77
Election Cycles
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1984, 1982, 1980

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Voters

Registered Voters
513,277
Active Voters
396,886 (77.3%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic154,43530.1%
Republican30,6926.0%
Unaffiliated00.0%
Other parties328,13963.9%
No party recorded110.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–2026123,436 (24.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2023–2024374,455 (73.0%)116,456 (22.7%)52,826 (10.3%)
2021–2022281,275 (54.8%)91,684 (17.9%)20,127 (3.9%)
2019–2020349,234 (68.0%)206,510 (40.2%)28,845 (5.6%)
2017–2018267,830 (52.2%)79,823 (15.6%)19,071 (3.7%)
2015–2016287,725 (56.1%)130,200 (25.4%)46,715 (9.1%)
2013–2014195,788 (38.1%)56,755 (11.1%)8,922 (1.7%)
2011–2012237,899 (46.3%)36,697 (7.1%)27,570 (5.4%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 12/07/2025. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Citizen Population
673,699
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
535,171

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic612,49690.9%
Hispanic61,1999.1%
White486,44972.2%
Black31,3484.7%
Asian71,13710.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native7650.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3220.0%
Two or More Races1,7720.3%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic494,79792.5%
Hispanic40,3727.5%
White403,91375.5%
Black28,1115.3%
Asian59,39111.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native2,1470.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2880.1%
Two or More Races1,1520.2%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation.

Candidates