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Federal Judicial Circuits: Fifth Circuit
| February 13, 1801 2 Stat. 90 |
Congress established the Fifth Circuit, including Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina (all of which had been in the Southern Circuit) in the circuit. | Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina |
| April 29, 1802 2 Stat. 157 |
After repeal of the 1801 act, Congress reestablished the Fifth Circuit, including Virginia (which had been in the Fourth Circuit) and North Carolina in the circuit but not Georgia and South Carolina, which were included in the Sixth Circuit. | North Carolina, Virginia |
| August 16, 1842 5 Stat. 507 |
Congress included Alabama and Louisiana (both of which had been in the Ninth Circuit) in the Fifth Circuit, transferring North Carolina to the Sixth Circuit and Virginia to the Fourth Circuit. | Alabama, Louisiana |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress included Florida (which had not been included in a circuit), Georgia and South Carolina (both of which had been in the Sixth Circuit), and Mississippi (which had been in the Ninth Circuit) in the Fifth Circuit, transferring Louisiana to the Sixth Circuit. | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina |
| July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209 |
Congress included Louisiana and Texas (both of which had been in the Sixth Circuit) in the Fifth Circuit, transferring South Carolina to the Fourth Circuit. | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas |
| August 24, 1912 37 Stat. 566 |
Congress permitted some appeals and writs of error from the district court for the Canal Zone to go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The statute did not formally change the composition of the Fifth Circuit, however. | No change |
| June 25, 1948 62 Stat. 870 |
Congress included the Canal Zone (which had not been included in a circuit) in the Fifth Circuit. | Alabama, Canal Zone, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas |
| October 14, 1980 94 Stat. 1994 |
Congress established the Eleventh Circuit, transferring Alabama, Florida, and Georgia to the Eleventh Circuit, effective October 1, 1981. | Canal Zone, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas |
| September 27, 1979 93 Stat. 493 |
Congress abolished the district court for the Canal Zone, effective March 31, 1982. | Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas |