Kentucky's 5th congressional district

Kentucky's 5th congressional district
Kentucky's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Hal Rogers R–Somerset
Distribution	76.49% rural[1] 23.51% urban
Population (2019)	689,793[2]
Median household income	$35,636[3]
Ethnicity	96.82% White 1.54% Hispanic 1.51% Black 0.27% Native American 0.26% Asian
Cook PVI	R+31[4]

Kentucky's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the state of Kentucky. The district elects a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is the second most poor district in the United States. The district is in Appalachia and is the most rural district in the United States. The district includes the cities of cities of Pikeville, Prestonsburg, Middlesboro, Hazard, Jackson, Morehead, London, and Somerset.^[5] During the American Civil War one area of the district liked the Republican Party and the Union and the other area liked the Confederate States of America and the Democratic Party. The district is currently represented by Harold D. "Hal" Rogers.

1. ↑ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
2. ↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved 9 April 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
4. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. ↑ "Congressional Districts – 113th Congress Demographics – Urban Rural Patterns". proximityone.com. Retrieved November 12, 2020.