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New Jersey's 2nd district

U.S. House district profile: the sitting representative, 2024 Census demographics (119th-district boundaries), partisan lean, and 2026 race rating.

Representative

Official portrait of Jefferson Van Drew

Jefferson Van Drew

NJ · District 2
RepublicanChair, Oversight
Raised $1,930,058 · 49K followers (office + personal) · missed 1.9% of votes
7.7 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · House Committee on the Judiciary +5 more
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Cook PVI: R+5

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population794,193
Median household income$84,183
Median age43.6
Bachelor's degree or higher31.8%
White alone62.2%
Black alone10.0%
Hispanic or Latino19.3%
Asian alone4.3%
Unemployment rate6.0%
Population density (per sq mi)398

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B01003, B01002, B19013 and related), 119th Congress district boundaries, released September 2025; land area from the 2025 Gazetteer.