North Carolina Congressional District 05

Congressional District Profile

Overview

District ID
NC-05
State
North Carolina
District Number
05
Total Candidates
85
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
535,807
Active Voters
464,101 (86.6%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic143,23626.7%
Republican195,59236.5%
Unaffiliated193,85036.2%
Other parties3,1290.6%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–202650,116 (9.4%)8,902 (1.7%)3,330 (0.6%)
2023–2024404,048 (75.4%)42,159 (7.9%)93,349 (17.4%)
2021–2022262,697 (49.0%)36,062 (6.7%)66,510 (12.4%)
2019–2020362,134 (67.6%)74,772 (14.0%)65,413 (12.2%)
2017–2018241,488 (45.1%)27,427 (5.1%)34,642 (6.5%)
2015–2016286,545 (53.5%)62,201 (11.6%)83,166 (15.5%)
2013–2014177,841 (33.2%)25,678 (4.8%)37,283 (7.0%)
2011–2012246,189 (45.9%)55,204 (10.3%)72,179 (13.5%)

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 01/20/2026. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Citizen Population
723,684
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
576,038

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic676,42193.5%
Hispanic47,2666.5%
White514,77871.1%
Black127,32917.6%
Asian12,1631.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native1,0240.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3050.0%
Two or More Races3,5810.5%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic550,52795.6%
Hispanic25,5094.4%
White428,51174.4%
Black105,62118.3%
Asian10,2271.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native5,1000.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2180.0%
Two or More Races1,7780.3%

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

Candidates