Illinois's 2nd congressional district

Illinois's 2nd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Robin Kelly D–Matteson
Area	3,935.9 sq mi (10,194 km2)
Population (2023)	720,502
Median household income	$61,221[1]
Ethnicity	47.0% Black 33.3% White 15.3% Hispanic 3.0% Two or more races 0.9% Asian 0.5% other
Cook PVI	D+19[2]

Illinois's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Illinois. Based in the south suburbs of Chicago, the district includes southern Cook county, eastern Will county, and Kankakee county, as well as the city of Chicago's far southeast side.

Illinois's 2nd congressional district is adjacent to the 1st congressional district to the north and west, the 16th congressional district to the south, and Indiana's 1st congressional district to the east. The district's northeast border follows Lake Michigan's shoreline for several miles. The district was created following the 1830 U.S. census and came into existence in 1833, five months before Chicago was organized as a town. The 2nd congressional district initially included Southeastern Illinois until 1853^[3][4] and stretches of Northern Illinois until 1873.^[5][6] It has been based in Chicago since 1853, and part of the southeast side since 1903. Redistricting following the 2000 U.S. census placed a majority of the district's population outside Chicago for the first time in 100 years, and moved the district's borders beyond Cook County for the first time since 1873. As in the neighboring 1st District, a majority of this district's residents (62.4%) are African American. The district has been reliably Democratic since the 1960s; it has been in Democratic hands for all but two terms since 1935, and last elected a Republican to Congress in 1950. Democratic congressional candidates regularly receive over 80% of the vote here. It has been held by black representatives since 1981.