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1876–2024
Congressional District 2·North Carolina

North Carolina 2nd Congressional District delivered D+25 in 2024 — Democratic for the long memory.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NC
Latest
D+25
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
697,951
2024 ACS

North Carolina 2nd Congressional District, North Carolina: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+25%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+25MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
697,9512024 5-year
Median household income
$105,7662024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
57.9%2024 5-year
Black
18.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
11.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+78 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+42 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
6 counties · 3 D · 3 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+25.4%
238,635140,180387,023
D
+26.5%
232,922133,941374,145
D
+20.2%
179,273116,108312,439
D
+11.4%
158,267125,295288,044
D
+14.4%
148,572110,732261,881
R
−2.1%
100,617105,002206,573
D
+7.1%
84,37873,114158,830
R
−2.3%
61,33564,415133,685
D
+1.1%
52,69351,399122,857
R
−14.1%
36,33348,32984,981
R
−23.4%
29,80248,11478,092
R
−0.7%
29,01929,47162,294
R
−0.3%
26,05926,22852,571
R
−42.1%
13,50733,64147,843
R
−11.8%
12,42417,13139,771
D
+16.8%
18,74613,35032,095
D
+17.1%
15,42810,91826,346
D
+19.2%
13,2818,99922,280
D
+21.7%
13,8548,91722,771
D
+53.6%
10,6242,87214,464
D
+63.7%
10,6902,36713,056
D
+74.3%
10,7091,57812,288
D
+78.0%
11,7551,45513,210
D
+73.5%
8,8021,28510,233
D
+16.3%
5,5323,9809,512
D
+45.6%
4,9601,7627,010
D
+37.4%
4,7502,1646,913
D
+30.5%
2,7401,4574,201
D
+63.9%
2,3661673,439
D
+11.2%
2,1991,7543,958
D
+45.6%
2,0197502,783
D
+9.5%
2,8272,3375,173
D
+7.1%
3,1952,7685,994
D
+20.1%
2,2051,1775,120
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.7%
German
10.4%
Irish
9.2%
American
5.9%
Italian
4.8%
Scottish
2.6%
Polish
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.8%
1.6%
75–84
2.1%
3.6%
65–74
4.3%
5.6%
55–64
5.9%
6.9%
45–54
7.0%
7.4%
35–44
7.7%
7.2%
25–34
7.5%
4.4%
18–24
4.4%
8.8%
5–17
8.5%
2.9%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$105,766
Congressional District 2 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 2$105,766
North Carolina$72,388
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.6%
Working age (18–64)7.6%
Seniors (65+)8.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.6%
speak English only
Spanish8.5%
Other Indo-European4.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.4%
Other languages1.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
13.8%
Other Christian
12.4%
Baptist
9.1%
Methodist
5.5%
Non-Christian
5.2%
Mainline Protestant
3.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

North Carolina 2nd Congressional District sits in the Carolinas. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in North Carolina 2nd Congressional District reached its widest at seventy-eight points in 1936. The margin in 2024 was twenty-five points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $105,766, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 697,951 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 2, North Carolina — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/3702/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 2, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 2, North Carolina voted Democratic by 25.4 points (D+25), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 387,023 votes cast, 238,635 went Democratic and 140,180 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 2, North Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 2, North Carolina as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 26 times, Republican 8 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 2, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 2, North Carolina voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Congressional District 2, North Carolina?
Congressional District 2, North Carolina has a population of 697,951 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 2, North Carolina?
Median household income in Congressional District 2, North Carolina is $105,766 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Congressional District 2, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 2, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.