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      Home›Mississippi›MS-02

      Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District

      D+24.0
      ↑ D+3.8 vs 2022· Mississippi · Latest: 2024

      Safe Democratic — flipped 2 times in 25 elections

      Population713K

      Current Representative

      DEMBennie G ThompsonElected 2024

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

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Democratic in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Democratic landslide with a 20.4% margin

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      2024 House ElectionMississippi Profile

      Who lives in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District? 713,085 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      MS-02 vs Mississippi vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      713K
      State: 2.9M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.21%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      72.2%
      State: 73.7% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      3.1%
      State: 4.3% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      96.9%
      State: 95.7% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $44,511
      State: $57,627 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      25.8%
      State: 19.0% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      21.6%
      State: 25.3% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      63.6%
      State: 70.0% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      38.9 yrs
      State: 38.6 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      15.9%
      State: 16.0% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      17.9%
      State: 17.2% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      1.6%
      State: 2.4% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      MS-02 — Census ACS 2024

      Black 63.8%White (Non-Hispanic) 31.2%Hispanic 2.3%Multiracial 2.0%Asian 0.5%Native American 0.3%
      GroupMS-02StateNational
      ▶Black(7)
      63.8%36.4%12.2%
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      31.2%55.2%57.4%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(13)
      2.3%3.7%19.3%
      Multiracial / Other
      2.0%3.1%4.0%
      ▶Asian(5)
      0.5%1.0%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(5)
      0.4%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(1)
      0.3%0.5%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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