jquery return only text from filtered results

jquery return only text from filtered results

my html filtered is giving me
$.get(myURL, function(data) {
$(data).find("td.Chats").filter(':gt(5)').appendTo('#regions');
}, 'html')
results:
<td class="Chats">Item 1</td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats">Item 2</td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats">Item 3</td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
<td class="Chats"></td>
How would I just get the elements with text? or every 5th ?