† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBrookhavenMississippiUnited States
African American†51.2%35.3%9.9%
African4.1%0.8%0.5%
English5.2%10.6%9.5%
Irish4.7%7.4%9.4%
American4.6%10.0%5.3%
German2.1%5.1%12.5%
Scottish1.5%1.6%1.3%
French1.3%1.7%1.6%
Dutch0.5%——
Scotch-Irish0.5%1.0%—
Salvadoran0.7%—0.7%
Mexican0.2%1.9%11.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Brookhaven
Mississippi
United States
Median age
42.5
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.4%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brookhaven
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$36,685
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
28.6%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.3%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brookhaven
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.8%
4.3%
22.3%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.3%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brookhaven
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
—
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
40.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Brookhaven, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+2.0%
2008
+9.7%
2012
+11.2%
2016
+9.7%
2020
+12.7%
2024
+4.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
51.7%Harris2,347
47.2%Trump2,147
1.1%
D+4.4
R+8.3
D+5.9
4,544
D
55.7%Biden2,930
43.0%Trump2,263
1.3%
D+12.7
D+3.0
D+8.2
5,260
D
54.2%Clinton2,627
44.5%Trump2,157
1.2%
D+9.7
R+1.5
D+7.6
4,843
D
55.3%Obama3,113
44.1%Romney2,480
0.6%
D+11.2
D+1.5
D+7.4
5,629
D
54.2%Obama3,237
44.5%McCain2,656
1.3%
D+9.7
D+7.7
D+2.5
5,971
D
50.9%Kerry2,565
48.9%Bush2,463
0.2%
D+2.0
—
D+4.5
5,038
Brookhaven's electorate has delivered lopsided Republican margins in recent statewide and federal cycles, reflecting the broader realignment of small, majority-white Mississippi cities away from their historic Democratic roots.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 12.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.4 points.
A population of 11,650, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,685 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Brownsville and Louisville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Brookhaven, Mississippi voted Democratic by 4.4 points (D+4.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,544 votes cast, 2,347 went Democratic and 2,147 went Republican.
How many people live in Brookhaven, Mississippi?
Brookhaven, Mississippi has a population of 11,650 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brookhaven, Mississippi?
Median household income in Brookhaven, Mississippi is $36,685 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Brookhaven, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Brookhaven, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
