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Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

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Population (2000)
  
646,397

Cook PVI
  
R+6

Median income
  
33,254

Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

Current Representative
  
Glenn Thompson (R–Howard)

Distribution
  
46.03% urban53.97% rural

Ethnicity
  
96.5% White1.3% Black1.1% Asian0.8% Hispanic0.2% Native American0.0% other

Pennsylvania's fifth district is the largest in area, and least densely populated, of all of Pennsylvania's congressional districts. It is Republican leaning and is represented by Glenn Thompson (R)

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Geography

The district is mostly rural and includes many small towns with economies based on manufacturing and several important coal mining areas. Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district is located in north central Pennsylvania and includes all or part of the following sixteen counties:

  • Cameron
  • Centre
  • Clarion
  • Clearfield (all but the southwest corner)
  • Clinton
  • Crawford (Eastern corner)
  • Elk
  • Erie (Eastern half)
  • Forest
  • Huntingdon
  • Jefferson
  • McKean
  • Potter
  • Tioga (Chatham Township, Clymer Township, Gaines Township and the majority of Shippen Township)
  • Warren (Southern and eastern half)
  • Venango (all but the southern third)

    • Cities in this district include:

  • Bradford
  • Clarion
  • DuBois
  • Franklin
  • Lock Haven
  • Oil City
  • Ridgway
  • State College
  • St. Marys
  • Titusville

    • 1791–1793: One seat

    District created in 1791 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district

    District redistricted in 1793 to Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district

    1795–1813: One seat

    District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district

    References

    Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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