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      Home›Arkansas›AR-02

      Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District

      R+17.9
      ↑ D+6.9 vs 2022· Arkansas · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 3 times in 25 elections

      Population762K

      Current Representative

      REPJ French HillElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      “How has Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District voted in House elections since 2000?”

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      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections

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      2024 House ElectionArkansas Profile

      Who lives in Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District? 761,775 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      AR-02 vs Arkansas vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      762K
      State: 3.0M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      75.2%
      State: 74.2% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      6.9%
      State: 8.3% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      93.1%
      State: 91.7% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $65,200
      State: $61,888 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      14.4%
      State: 16.0% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      33.3%
      State: 25.9% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      64.3%
      State: 66.4% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      38.3 yrs
      State: 38.8 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      16.1%
      State: 15.7% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      17.4%
      State: 17.6% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      4.4%
      State: 5.4% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      AR-02 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 66.8%Black 20.6%Hispanic 6.4%Multiracial 4.3%Asian 1.6%
      GroupAR-02StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      66.8%67.4%57.4%
      ▶Black(10)
      20.6%14.7%12.2%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(17)
      6.4%9.0%19.3%
      Multiracial / Other
      4.3%6.3%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      1.6%1.6%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      0.5%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(5)
      0.2%0.6%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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