Tennessee's 5th congressional district

Tennessee's 5th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Andy Ogles R–Columbia
Distribution	88.68% urban[1] 11.32% rural
Population (2023)	793,338[2][3]
Median household income	$92,367[4]
Ethnicity	69.2% White 11.8% Black 10.3% Hispanic 4.2% Asian 3.9% Two or more races 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+9[5]

The 5th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district in Middle Tennessee. It has been represented by Republican Andy Ogles since January 2023.

In the past, the fifth district has been nearly synonymous with Tennessee's capital city, Nashville, as the district has almost always been centered on Nashville throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. The city is a center for the music, healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to numerous colleges and universities (its old nickname was "the Athens of the South"). It is also home to the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, earning it the nickname "Music City".^[6]

Since the 2022 election cycle, there is no longer a congressional district centered on the city of Nashville itself. Democrat Jim Cooper, the prior holder of the office, alleged that the district was gerrymandered to favor Republican candidates.^[7] Prior to the 2020 House Redistricting Cycle, the district contained the entirety of Davidson County (which is coterminous with Nashville), making it a safe seat for the Democratic Party. Following redistricting, Nashville was split into 3 separate districts, effectively diluting the city's heavily Democratic voter base into the surrounding suburban and rural counties, which lean strongly Republican.^{[citation needed]}