North Carolina's 2nd congressional district
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| Population (2000) | 619,178 |
| Median income | $36,510 |
| Ethnic composition | 61.8% White, 30.4% Black, 0.6% Asian, 7.9% Hispanic, 0.9% Native American, 0.3% other |
| Cook PVI | R+3 |
The Second Congressional district of North Carolina, in the central and eastern parts of the state, has existed probably since 1814, when elections for the 14th United States Congress were held. The 1812 election was the last in North Carolina in which members of the U.S. House of Representatives were elected at large, rather than by district. In 1814, Joseph Hunter Bryan, a Democratic-Republican, was elected to represent the 2nd district.
Today, the district, which typically favors the Democratic Party and has elected Congressman Bob Etheridge numerous times, includes all or parts of Chatham, Cumberland, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Nash, Sampson, Vance, and Wake counties.
In the nineteenth century, the district was known as "The Black Second," because it elected all four of North Carolina's African-American congressmen from that era (ending with George H. White). [1]
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