Congressional District 2
Oklahoma's Second Congressional District is in the eastern part of the state. The district borders Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, and Texas (along the Red River). The district includes (in whole or in part) 24 counties. The northern half of the district includes most of the area of Oklahoma referred to as Green Country, while the southern half of the district includes a part of Oklahoma often referred to as Little Dixie.
Principal cities in the district include Miami, Claremore, Muskogee, Tahlequah, Okmulgee, McAlester, and Durant.
The district is 35.51 percent urban, 23.95 percent non-white, and has a population that is 2.40 percent Latino and 1.36 percent foreign-born.
As of 2006, the district is represented by Democrat Dan Boren.
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