† 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
GroupRipleyMississippiUnited States
English12.5%10.6%9.5%
Irish9.3%7.4%9.4%
American7.1%10.0%5.3%
German6.4%5.1%12.5%
Scottish1.6%1.6%1.3%
Italian0.9%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.9%1.0%—
French0.6%1.7%1.6%
African American†15.6%35.3%9.9%
African0.8%0.8%0.5%
Mexican9.1%1.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%0.3%1.8%
Honduran0.7%0.2%0.3%
Cuban0.5%—0.7%
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
Ripley
Mississippi
United States
Median age
42.5
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
25.9%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ripley
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$55,444
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.1%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.7%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ripley
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.0%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
10.0%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ripley
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.
Ripley, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−21.9%
2008
−33.6%
2012
−33.4%
2016
−40.4%
2020
−38.9%
2024
−47.4%
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
R
26.0%Harris544
73.4%Trump1,538
0.6%
R+47.4
R+8.5
R+46.0
2,095
R
29.9%Biden682
68.8%Trump1,570
1.3%
R+38.9
D+1.4
R+43.4
2,282
R
28.8%Clinton619
69.2%Trump1,486
2.0%
R+40.4
R+6.9
R+42.5
2,148
R
32.6%Obama673
66.0%Romney1,364
1.4%
R+33.4
D+0.2
R+37.3
2,066
R
32.2%Obama713
65.8%McCain1,457
1.9%
R+33.6
R+11.7
R+40.9
2,213
R
38.8%Kerry826
60.7%Bush1,292
0.5%
R+21.9
—
R+19.4
2,129
Ripley sits in one of Mississippi's most consistently Republican congressional districts, where small-town county-seat dynamics and a manufacturing-dependent workforce shape local electoral patterns more than urban-suburban divides.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 47.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.4 points.
A population of 5,377, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,444 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dayton and Newport.
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, Ripley, Mississippi voted Republican by 47.4 points (R+47.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,095 votes cast, 544 went Democratic and 1,538 went Republican.
How many people live in Ripley, Mississippi?
Ripley, Mississippi has a population of 5,377 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ripley, Mississippi?
Median household income in Ripley, Mississippi is $55,444 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Ripley, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ripley, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
