† 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
GroupRulevilleMississippiUnited States
African American†88.8%35.3%9.9%
African0.6%0.8%0.5%
American3.3%10.0%5.3%
English2.9%10.6%9.5%
Irish1.4%7.4%9.4%
German0.9%5.1%12.5%
Italian0.3%1.7%4.8%
Scottish0.2%1.6%1.3%
Mexican0.7%1.9%11.3%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
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
Ruleville
Mississippi
United States
Median age
29.7
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
13.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.4%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ruleville
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$33,480
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
34.0%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.1%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ruleville
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.0%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ruleville
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.
Ruleville, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+48.0%
2008
+58.2%
2012
+64.2%
2016
+60.8%
2020
+60.1%
2024
+58.0%
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
78.6%Harris692
20.7%Trump182
0.7%
D+58.0
R+2.1
D+59.4
880
D
79.4%Biden831
19.3%Trump202
1.3%
D+60.1
R+0.7
D+55.6
1,047
D
80.0%Clinton867
19.2%Trump208
0.8%
D+60.8
R+3.4
D+58.7
1,084
D
81.7%Obama1,020
17.5%Romney218
0.9%
D+64.2
D+6.0
D+60.4
1,249
D
78.0%Obama1,015
19.8%McCain258
2.2%
D+58.2
D+10.2
D+50.9
1,301
D
72.9%Kerry820
24.9%Bush280
2.2%
D+48.0
—
D+50.5
1,125
Ruleville sits in Sunflower County, deep in the Mississippi Delta, where a majority-Black population and a history of civil rights mobilization continue to shape local electoral participation and community politics.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.0 points.
A population of 2,632, a 11% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $33,480 describe the city.
In 2024, Ruleville, Mississippi voted Democratic by 58.0 points (D+58.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 880 votes cast, 692 went Democratic and 182 went Republican.
How many people live in Ruleville, Mississippi?
Ruleville, Mississippi has a population of 2,632 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ruleville, Mississippi?
Median household income in Ruleville, Mississippi is $33,480 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Ruleville, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ruleville, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
