† 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
GroupRichlandMississippiUnited States
English14.0%10.6%9.5%
Irish11.0%7.4%9.4%
American8.8%10.0%5.3%
German6.7%5.1%12.5%
Scottish2.2%1.6%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.6%1.0%—
French1.5%1.7%1.6%
Italian1.4%1.7%4.8%
African American†15.4%35.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.8%0.5%
Mexican2.2%1.9%11.3%
Honduran0.4%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Asian Indian1.5%0.1%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.1%1.3%
Filipino0.5%0.1%0.9%
Vietnamese0.5%0.2%0.6%
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
Richland
Mississippi
United States
Median age
36.3
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.5%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Richland
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$66,558
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.7%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.5%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Richland
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.4%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
2.7%
13.6%
Vietnamese
2.1%
0.2%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Richland
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.
Richland, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−65.5%
2008
−60.5%
2012
−56.0%
2016
−54.7%
2020
−46.7%
2024
−49.8%
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
R
24.6%Harris616
74.4%Trump1,862
1.0%
R+49.8
R+3.1
R+48.3
2,502
R
26.0%Biden706
72.6%Trump1,974
1.4%
R+46.7
D+8.0
R+51.1
2,718
R
21.5%Clinton535
76.2%Trump1,897
2.4%
R+54.7
D+1.4
R+56.8
2,491
R
21.4%Obama567
77.5%Romney2,049
1.1%
R+56.0
D+4.4
R+59.9
2,645
R
19.3%Obama525
79.7%McCain2,173
1.0%
R+60.5
D+5.0
R+67.7
2,726
R
16.7%Kerry394
82.1%Bush1,941
1.2%
R+65.5
—
R+63.0
2,363
Richland sits just south of Jackson in fast-growing Rankin County, drawing working-class and middle-income residents whose voting patterns have tracked closely with the county's broader shift toward lopsided Republican margins over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 65.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.8 points.
A population of 7,346, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,558 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Red Chute and Red Bank.
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, Richland, Mississippi voted Republican by 49.8 points (R+49.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,502 votes cast, 616 went Democratic and 1,862 went Republican.
How many people live in Richland, Mississippi?
Richland, Mississippi has a population of 7,346 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Richland, Mississippi?
Median household income in Richland, Mississippi is $66,558 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Richland, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Richland, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
