Mississippi's 2nd congressional district

Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Bennie Thompson; D–Bolton
Area	14,519.68 sq mi (37,605.8 km2)
Distribution	62.67% urban; 37.33% rural;
Population (2023)	701,580
Median household; income	$44,887
Ethnicity	62.9% Black; 31.8% White; 2.3% Hispanic; 1.9% Two or more races; 0.6% Asian; 0.5% other;
Cook PVI	D+11

Mississippi's 2nd congressional district (MS-2) covers much of Western Mississippi. It includes most of Jackson, the riverfront cities of Greenville, Natchez and Vicksburg and the interior market cities of Clarksdale, Greenwood and Clinton. The district is approximately 275 miles (443 km) long, 180 miles (290 km) wide and borders the Mississippi River; it encompasses much of the Mississippi Delta, for a total of 28 counties plus parts of Hinds and Madison. It is the only majority-black district in the state. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+11, it is also the only Democratic district in Mississippi.^[2]

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The district is home to five of Mississippi's eight public four-year colleges and universities: Alcorn State University in Lorman; Delta State University in Cleveland; Jackson State University in Jackson; Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson; and Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, a few miles west of Greenwood. All except Delta State are HBCUs and are members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

The district is one of the poorest in Mississippi and the nation,^[3] with 26.2% of people in poverty as of 2017.^[4]

The district's current Representative is Democrat Bennie Thompson.

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Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Gore 59 - 39%
2004	President	Kerry 57 - 40%
2008	President	Obama 66 - 34%
2012	President	Obama 66 - 33%
2016	President	Clinton 64 - 35%
2018	Senate	Baria 61 - 38%
2018	Senate (Spec.)	Espy 68 - 32%
2019	Governor	Hood 66 - 33%
2020	President	Biden 64 - 35%
2020	Senate	Espy 66 - 33%

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The 2nd district includes the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Hinds and Madison, which it shares with the 3rd district. The 2nd district takes in all of Hinds County with the exception of a portion of eastern Jackson, while Madison County communities in the district include Kearney Park and most of Canton, part of Gluckstadt, and part of Flora (all of which are shared with the third district).

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#	County	Seat	Population
1	Adams	Natchez	28,746
5	Amite	Liberty	12,442
7	Attala	Kosciusko	17,359
11	Bolivar	Cleveland, Rosedale	28,968
15	Carroll	Carrollton, Vaiden	9,535
21	Claiborne	Port Gibson	8,617
27	Coahoma	Clarksdale	20,077
29	Copiah	Hazlehurst	27,664
37	Franklin	Meadville	7,610
43	Grenada	Grenada	21,065
49	Hinds	Jackson, Raymond	214,870
51	Holmes	Lexington	15,777
53	Humphreys	Belzoni	7,216
55	Issaquena	Mayersville	1,256
63	Jefferson	Fayette	6,941
79	Leake	Carthage	21,258
83	Leflore	Greenwood	26,378
89	Madison	Canton	112,511
97	Montgomery	Winona	9,600
107	Panola	Batesville, Sardis	32,669
119	Quitman	Marks	5,546
125	Sharkey	Rolling Fork	3,336
133	Sunflower	Indianola	24,468
135	Tallahatchie	Charleston, Sumner	11,837
143	Tunica	Tunica	9,234
149	Warren	Vicksburg	42,298
151	Washington	Greenville	41,946
157	Wilkinson	Woodville	8,058
161	Yalobusha	Water Valley, Coffeeville	12,386
163	Yazoo	Yazoo City	25,796

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List of Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

Jackson – 153,701
Greenville – 29,670
Clinton – 28,100
Vicksburg – 21,573
Clarksdale – 14,903
Natchez – 14,520
Greenwood – 14,490
Grenada – 12,700
Byram – 12,666
Cleveland – 11,199
Canton – 10,948
Yazoo City – 10,316