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      Home›North Carolina›NC-02

      North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District

      D+34.6
      ↑ D+5.3 vs 2022· North Carolina · Latest: 2024

      Safe Democratic — flipped 4 times in 25 elections

      Population766K

      Current Representative

      DEMDeborah K RossElected 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 33.9% margin

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      2024 House ElectionNorth Carolina Profile

      Who lives in North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District? 766,292 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      NC-02 vs North Carolina vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      766K
      State: 10.7M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      76.6%
      State: 75.7% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      19.2%
      State: 13.5% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      80.8%
      State: 86.5% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $92,505
      State: $74,272 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      9.8%
      State: 13.1% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      54.0%
      State: 35.8% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      57.2%
      State: 66.6% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      36.5 yrs
      State: 39.5 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      18.5%
      State: 16.0% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      13.2%
      State: 17.2% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      14.5%
      State: 9.1% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      NC-02 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 53.3%Black 23.1%Hispanic 13.2%Asian 5.7%Multiracial 4.4%
      GroupNC-02StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      53.3%60.0%57.4%
      ▶Black(15)
      23.1%20.3%12.2%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(19)
      13.2%11.3%19.3%
      ▶Asian(6)
      5.7%3.3%6.0%
      Multiracial / Other
      4.4%4.0%4.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(11)
      2.8%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(2)
      0.3%1.1%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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