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maxsolomon

(39,140 posts)
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 12:45 PM Aug 2025

Oh, no, the mean streets of Chocolate City.

The center of TN's 2nd district is Knoxville. Must not be used to seeing Teh Blacks.

Congressional District 2, TN is home to a population of 781k people, from which 97% are citizens. As of 2023, 5.05% of Congressional District 2, TN residents were born outside of the country (39.5k people).

In 2023, there were 14.8 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (653k people) in Congressional District 2, TN than any other race or ethnicity. There were 44.2k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 20.1k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary language in households in Congressional District 2, TN are Spanish (26,916 households), Arabic (3,031 households), and Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) (1,980 households).


https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-2-tn
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