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Profile of Congressional District 2, SC


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2022 population: 735,646

2022 Census data
White:454,794 61.82%
Black:190,64025.91%
Indian:1,1660.16%
Asian:16,7502.28%
2+ races:21,9452.98%
Hispanic:46,5976.33%
Total non-White:280,85238.18%




    

Age, Family & Household Data for Congressional District 2, SC
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Year:
 
Median Age:
Under 18:
Voting Age Population:
Over 65:
Households:
Persons Per HH:
Families (%HH):
Married Couples (%Fams):
Single Mothers (%Fams):
Non-Family (%HH):

2022
NumberPercent
39.1
167,120 22.7%
568,526 77.3%
122,094 16.6%
290,555
2.47
193,859 66.7%
141,469 73.0%
21,241 11.0%
96,696 33.3%
    

2022 Housing Data for Congressional District 2, SC

Housing Data
 Number%
Housing Units321,546 
Median Value$197,400 
Occupied290,55590.4%
Vacant30,9919.6%
Owned214,86473.9%
Rented75,69126.1%
Median Rent$1,094 
Single-Family Units232,05472.2%
    Detached222,57869.2%
    Attached9,4762.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units28,1868.8%
Mobile Homes48,30515.0%

2022 Income & Employment Data for Congressional District 2, SC

Household Income
RangeNumber%
Less than $10,00015,8505.5%
$10,000 to $14,99910,1013.5%
$15,000 to $19,9999,6433.3%
$20,000 to $24,99910,5813.6%
$25,000 to $29,99911,6044.0%
$30,000 to $34,99912,0874.2%
$35,000 to $39,99912,2634.2%
$40,000 to $44,99911,5604.0%
$45,000 to $49,99912,5894.3%
$50,000 to $59,99923,3278.0%
$60,000 to $74,99927,1159.3%
$75,000 to $99,99940,23313.8%
$100,000 to $124,99927,7099.5%
$125,000 to $149,99919,2016.6%
$150,000 to $199,99922,8557.9%
$200,000 or more23,8378.2%
Median Household Income68,648 
Per Capita Income37,447 
Welfare Households
 Number%
SSI12,4334.3%
Public Assistance3,7381.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps30,77710.6%
Labor Force, Ages 25-64
 Number%
Employed306,44270.1%
Unemployed18,2904.2%
In Armed Forces8,7502.0%
Total Labor Force333,48276.3%
Not in Labor Force103,54023.7%
Real Unemployment Rate 27.9%
Class of Worker
 MaleFemale% Male
Private Sector122,420101,46654.7%
Non-Profit7,76114,47634.9%
Self-Employed18,76912,63359.8%
Local Government8,95215,09937.2%
State Government10,86818,62336.9%
Federal Government8,1515,78158.5%
Total Private + Self141,189114,09955.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.35,73253,97939.8%
Total176,921168,07851.3%
Pct. Govt.19.6%  
Occupation
 Number%
Management, Business, Science, Arts56,53716.3%
Sales and Office Occupations73,71521.3%
Professional, Technical85,99824.9%
Service Occupations53,26915.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing1,1250.3%
All others76,36022.1%
White Collar 62.5%
Industry
 Number%
Retail trade36,93710.7%
Manufacturing36,42610.5%
Educational services and health care34,1519.9%
Public administration23,2086.7%
Construction22,8356.6%
Accommodation, food svcs, recreation22,5146.5%
Professional, scientific, management20,3705.9%
Other services19,3015.6%
Finance, insurance and real estate17,7875.1%
Transportation, warehousing, utilities15,0424.3%
Wholesale trade7,9352.3%
Information5,5341.6%
Farming, forestry, fishing, mining2,5340.7%

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Congressional District 2, SC

Hispanic Breakdown
CountryNumber%
Mexican21,8372.97%
Puerto Rican8,9371.21%
Cuban2,1150.29%
Dominican7820.11%
Total Central American6,0490.82%
Costa Rican5530.08%
Guatemalan1,7260.23%
Honduran2,0650.28%
Nicaraguan3550.05%
Panamanian3910.05%
Salvadoran9380.13%
Other Central American210.00%
Total South American3,3950.46%
Argentinean1130.02%
Bolivian1290.02%
Chilean950.01%
Colombian1,9280.26%
Ecuadorian2590.04%
Peruvian2670.04%
Uruguayan140.00%
Venezuelan5900.08%
Other Hispanic3,4820.47%
Asian Breakdown
CountryNumber%
Indian6,2960.86%
Chinese2,3760.32%
Korean1,8490.25%
Filipino1,7360.24%
Vietnamese1,6330.22%
Japanese6540.09%
Thai3790.05%
Burmese2630.04%
Laotian2270.03%
Language Spoken at Home
LanguageNumber%
English637,99791.9%
Spanish32,1884.6%
Other Indo-European5,6540.8%
Other2,8800.4%
Other Asian2,5440.4%
German, other Germanic2,2050.3%
Chinese1,7260.2%
Korean1,7090.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic1,6180.2%
Ancestry
CountryNumber%
German80,91411.0%
American78,08210.6%
English73,89010.0%
Irish59,1248.0%
Italian19,4552.6%
European16,2452.2%
Scottish15,3672.1%
Scotch-Irish14,7772.0%
French11,3081.5%
Polish10,5881.4%
African10,3241.4%
Dutch5,1820.7%
British3,5980.5%
Norwegian3,5110.5%
Swedish3,3170.5%
Citizenship & Nativity
 Number%
U.S. citizen716,69397.4%
Not a citizen18,9532.6%
Native697,23094.8%
Foreign-born38,4165.2%

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Congressional District 2, SC

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years9-12 YearsH.S. Grad or GEDSome CollegeBach. DegreeGrad Degree
14,187 2.8%28,718 5.7%128,465 25.6%155,174 30.9%106,629 21.2%68,681 13.7%
  Average years of education: 13.8
Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years 14,187 2.8%
9-12 Years 28,718 5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED 128,465 25.6%
Some College 155,174 30.9%
Bach. Degree 106,629 21.2%
Grad Degree 68,681 13.7%
Average years of education: 13.8

Source for the above data: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (1 year-estimates)



Historical U.S. House Election Results for Congressional District 2, SC

Click on the District to view county-level data for that election (where available).
NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.

DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2022-11-08 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 147,699 60.0% Judd Larkins (D) 98,081 39.8% 346 0.1% 246,126
Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2020.
2020-11-03 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 202,715 55.7% Adair Boroughs (D) 155,118 42.6% 6,382 1.8% 364,215
2018-11-06 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 144,642 56.3% Sean Carrigan (D) 109,199 42.5% 3,298 1.3% 257,139
2016-11-08 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 183,746 60.2% Arik Bjorn (D,Grn) 109,452 35.9% 11,798 3.9% 304,996
2014-11-04 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 121,649 62.4% Phil Black (D) 68,719 35.3% 4,440 2.3% 194,808
2012-11-06 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 196,116 96.3% 7,602 3.7% 203,718
Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 8% compared to 2010.
2010-11-02 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 138,861 53.5% Rob Miller (D) 113,625 43.8% 7,186 2.8% 259,672
2008-11-04 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 184,583 53.7% Rob Miller (D) 158,627 46.2% 276 0.1% 343,486
2006-11-07 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 127,811 62.6% Michael Ellisor (D) 76,090 37.3% 151 0.1% 204,052
2004-11-02 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 181,682 64.9% Michael Ellisor (D) 93,249 33.3% 4,939 1.8% 279,870
2002-11-05 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 144,149 84.1% Mark Whittington (United Citizens) 17,189 10.0% 10,021 5.8% 171,359
Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2000.
2001-12-18 sp SC02Joe Wilson (R) 40,355 73.1% Brent Weaver (D) 14,034 25.4% 825 1.5% 55,214
2000-11-07 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 154,338 57.0% Jane Frederick (D) 110,672 40.8% 5,966 2.2% 270,976
1998-11-03 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 119,583 57.8% Jane Frederick (D) 84,864 41.0% 2,316 1.1% 206,763
1996-11-05 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 158,229 89.8% Maurice Raiford (Natural Law) 17,713 10.0% 347 0.2% 176,289
1994-11-08 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 133,307 99.8% 285 0.2% 133,592
1992-11-03 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 148,667 87.6% Geb Sommer (Libertarian) 20,816 12.3% 187 0.1% 169,670
Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 8% compared to 1990.
1990-11-06 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 90,054 88.7% Geb Sommer (Libertarian) 11,101 10.9% 374 0.4% 101,529
1988-11-08 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 94,960 52.8% Jim Leventis (D) 83,978 46.7% 1,061 0.6% 179,999
1986-11-04 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 73,455 53.6% Fred Zeigler (D) 63,592 46.4% 5 0.0% 137,052
1984-11-06 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 108,085 62.1% Ken Mosely (D) 63,932 36.7% 2,010 1.2% 174,027
1982-11-02 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 71,569 58.5% Ken Mosely (D) 50,749 41.5% 0 0.0% 122,318
Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 3% compared to 1980.
1980-11-04 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 92,306 55.7% Tom Turnipseed (D) 73,353 44.3% 19 0.0% 165,678
1978-11-07 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 71,208 57.3% Jack Bass (D) 53,021 42.7% 0 0.0% 124,229
1976-11-02 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 83,426 57.5% Clyde Livingston (D) 60,602 41.8% 967 0.7% 144,995
1974-11-04 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 58,936 56.1% Matthew Perry (D) 45,205 43.0% 950 0.9% 105,091
1972-11-07 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 83,543 99.9% 47 0.1% 83,590
Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1970.
1970-11-03 SC02Floyd Spence (R) 48,093 53.1% Heyward McDonald (D) 42,005 46.4% 486 0.5% 90,584
1968-11-05 SC02Albert Watson* (R) 63,877 57.6% Frank Sloan (D) 47,053 42.4% 5 0.0% 110,935
1966-11-08 SC02Albert Watson* (R) 48,742 64.3% Fred Leclercq (D) 27,013 35.7% 0 0.0% 75,755
1965-06-15 sp SC02Albert Watson* (R) 80,738 59.1% Preston Callison (D) 55,977 40.9% 0 0.0% 136,715
1964-11-03 SC02Albert Watson* (D) 88,682 97.6% 2,209 2.4% 90,891
1962-11-06 SC02Albert Watson (D) 39,149 52.8% Floyd Spence (R) 34,947 47.2% 0 0.0% 74,096
1962-04-10 sp SC02Corrine Riley (D) 3,626 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,626
1960-11-08 SC02John Riley* (D) 63,207 100.0% 5 0.0% 63,212
1958-11-04 SC02John Riley* (D) 13,677 100.0% 1 0.0% 13,678
1956-11-06 SC02John Riley* (D) 49,284 100.0% 3 0.0% 49,287
1954-11-02 SC02John Riley* (D) 44,484 97.7% I.S. Leevy (R) 1,054 2.3% 1 0.0% 45,539
1952-11-04 SC02John Riley* (D) 42,201 100.0% 8 0.0% 42,209
1950-11-07 SC02John Riley (D) 9,747 100.0% 3 0.0% 9,750
1948-11-02 SC02Hugo Sims (D) 27,677 96.4% Edward Moore (R) 1,020 3.6% 0 0.0% 28,697
1946-11-05 SC02John Riley* (D) 4,795 98.6% 68 1.4% 4,863
1944-11-07 SC02John Riley (D) 19,342 98.0% H.G. Willingham (R) 398 2.0% 0 0.0% 19,740
1944-11-07 sp SC02Willa Fulmer (D) 7,943 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,943
1942-11-03 SC02Hampton Fulmer* (D) 4,448 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,448
1940-11-05 SC02Hampton Fulmer* (D) 14,920 98.6% M.B. Cross (R) 206 1.4% 0 0.0% 15,126
1938-11-08 SC02Hampton Fulmer* (D) 7,236 98.8% B.L. Hendrix (R) 60 0.8% 26 0.4% 7,322
1936-11-03 SC02Hampton Fulmer* (D) 21,653 98.3% S.J. Leaphart (Union Republican) 249 1.1% 134 0.6% 22,036
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Historical Presidential Election Results for Congressional District 2, SC


Click on the Year to view presidential county-level data for that election.

YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St) 		Diff
(US) 		PSV
2020 redist Donald Trump* (R) 199,780 54.5% Joe Biden (D) 161,002 43.9% 5,710 1.6% 366,492 -1 8 14.58%
2020 65% Donald Trump* (R) 200,712 55.0% Joe Biden (D) 158,360 43.4% 5,777 1.6% 364,849 0 8 14.52%
2016 58% Donald Trump (R) 175,985 56.3% Hillary Clinton (D) 120,591 38.6% 16,049 5.1% 312,625 1 10 14.87%
2012 54% Mitt Romney (R) 171,829 62.0% Barack Obama* (D) 101,354 36.6% 4,100 1.5% 277,283 7 15 14.12%
2008 57% John McCain (R) 189,874 54.0% Barack Obama (D) 158,044 45.0% 3,567 1.0% 351,485 0 8 18.30%
2004 54% George W. Bush* (R) 174,340 60.1% John Kerry (D) 114,253 39.4% 1,604 0.6% 290,197 2 9 17.94%
2000 53% George W. Bush (R) 165,499 57.7% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 114,090 39.8% 7,201 2.5% 286,790 1 10 20.73%
1996 43% Robert Dole (R) 117,261 53.6% Bill Clinton* (D) 90,871 41.5% 10,827 4.9% 218,959 4 13 19.05%
1992 53% George Bush* (R) 119,658 52.4% Bill Clinton (D) 82,652 36.2% 25,853 11.3% 228,163 4 15 18.97%
1988 40% George Bush (R) 103,577 60.6% Michael Dukakis (D) 67,446 39.4% 0 0.0% 171,023 -1 7 17.34%
1984 43% Ronald Reagan* (R) 105,337 63.2% Walter Mondale (D) 61,368 36.8% 0 0.0% 166,705 0 4 17.21%
1980 45% Ronald Reagan (R) 84,354 52.3% Jimmy Carter* (D) 73,940 45.9% 2,934 1.8% 161,228 3 2 18.11%
1976 43% Jimmy Carter (D) 76,948 52.4% Gerald Ford* (R) 69,827 47.6% 0 0.0% 146,775 4 0 18.29%
1972 43% Richard Nixon* (R) 85,637 69.4% George McGovern (D) 37,756 30.6% 0 0.0% 123,393 -1 9 18.20%
1968 n/a Richard Nixon (R) 47,624 42.7% Hubert Humphrey (D) 36,004 32.2% 28,028 25.1% 111,656 5 -1 16.74%
1964 n/a Barry Goldwater (R) 65.7% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 34.3% 0.0% 7 27 n/a
1960 30% Richard Nixon (R) 52,174 62.1% John Kennedy (D) 31,808 37.9% 0 0.0% 83,982 13 13 21.72%
1956 23% Write-ins (I) 22,862 38.5% Adlai Stevenson (D) 18,661 31.4% 17,912 30.1% 59,435 5 -27 19.77%
1952 26% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 35,094 57.4% Adlai Stevenson (D) 24,326 39.8% 1,746 2.9% 61,166 8 2 17.93%
* incumbent           PSV: percent of state vote
"2020 redist": shows what the results of the 2020 Presidential election would have been under the current (redistricted) boundaries of this district.

Historical Demographic Breakdown for Congressional District 2, SC


NOTE: Data prior to 2022 is for the district which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.

YearPopWhiteBlack IndianAsian2+ RacesHispanic
2021 744,260 60.4% 26.8% 0.1% 2.3% 4.0% 6.0%
2020 722,542 65.2% 24.6% 1.9% 2.4% 5.9%
2012 676,492 66.6% 24.9% 0.2% 1.7% 1.6% 5.0%
2010 825,324 62.7% 26.9% 0.3% 1.7% 1.5% 6.9%
2002 668,668 68.0% 26.2% 0.3% 1.1% 0.9% 3.3%
2000 731,022 66.3% 27.7% 0.3% 1.3% 1.2% 3.2%
1992 581,111 72.0% 25.4% 0.2% 1.0% 1.4%
1990 567,789 63.0% 35.9% 1.1%
1982 522,688 63.4% 34.6% 0.1% 0.6% 1.3%
1980 551,344 36.0% 1.0% 1.0%
1972 446,267 34.0%
1970 436,575 33.0%
1960 531,555
1950 415,893

Voter Registration Data for Congressional District 2, SC

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.