Dan's district is located in south central North Carolina. The total population of district 8 is made up of 760,699 people according to the . The lines drawn for this district have changed several times during the last election cycles. Some cities and constituents are not consistently involved in the voting of District 8. This also means that the demographics and other statistics included below may vary.
2023-2025 (present)
Beginning in 2025 (future)
Religion: Christianity is the predominant religion in North Carolina with 77% of the population identifying as Christian. The range of denomination differs.
Evangelical Protestant, 35%
Mainline Protestant, 19%
Historically Black Protestant, 12%
Catholic, 9%
Morman, 1%
Orthodox Christian, 1%
Jehovah's Witness, 1%
Other Christian, less than 1%
Unaffiliated or none makes up the second largest percentage of the population at 20%. Non Christian makes up 3% of the population of North Carolina, all under this category are under 1% besides for Jewish (1%) and other (1%). Due to the lack of research in this domain, there is no data that represents the religious affiliations of district 8.
Waxhaw, NC. It is consistently included in District 8.
Race and Ethnicity: The total population of District 8 is 760,699. Out of 760,699; 536,698 identify as White; 103, 239 identify as Black or African American; 3,628 as American Native and Alaskan Native; 18,705 as Asian; 451 as Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Native; and 42,125 as other.
Income: The median household income of District 8 is $69,466. The median household income across the whole state is $66,186 and around 12% of the population is in poverty.
Age: The median age in District 8 is 40.5 years old. The largest age group is ages 45-54 with 106,728 people.
Urban vs. Rural: Urban vs. Rural: According to the US Census Bureau, urban areas are densely settled areas consisting of 2,000 or more housing units or 5,000 or more people. All other areas would be considered rural. District 8 includes Union County, Stanly County, Rowan County, Montgomery County, Davidson County, Anson County, part of Cabarrus County and Richmond County. Looking at the map to the right, most of the district's counties are considered rural.
Aerospace & Defense: North Carolina's history with flight makes it no surprise that companies like Honda Jet, GE Aviation, and UTC Aerospace Systems all operate here.
Food Processing & Manufacturing: North Carolina is the second largest state in animal processing and manufacturing.
Furniture: North Carolina is known as the "Furniture Capital of the World!" It is home to the world's largest furniture store, as pictured above! Unfortunately, looking at recent news, it seems that some furniture stores have been shutting down.
In 2018, North Carolina exported $32.8 billion of goods. North Carolina's largest market was Canada, exporting $6.7 billion (20%) of the states total goods exported. Canada was followed by Mexico, China, France, and Japan.
In the state of North Carolina 41% of people say they are Republican or lean Republican and 43% of people say they are Democrat of lean democrat.
In 2022, Dan was reelected with 69.9% of the votes (here is more information on this election.) In previous elections, Republicans have been more likely to win but a democrat has gotten in there a few times. In the 2020 presidential election District 8 had 45% of its voting population vote for Biden and 53% vote for Trump. Trump claims to have helped Dan win his first election into the House, which furthers the claim that District 8 generally leans Republican.
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