Hancock County, Mississippi: Realigner county. In 2024, voted R+59%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+59MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 46,1672024 5-year
- Median household income
- $67,7082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Glascock County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hancock CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hancock County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 4,262 | 16,684 | 21,175 | ||
| R | 4,504 | 16,132 | 20,957 | ||
| R | 3,344 | 13,811 | 17,637 | ||
| R | 3,917 | 12,964 | 17,167 | ||
| R | 3,768 | 13,020 | 17,056 | ||
| R | 5,107 | 12,581 | 17,869 | ||
| R | 4,801 | 9,326 | 14,548 | ||
| R | 4,303 | 5,820 | 11,377 | ||
| R | 4,651 | 6,422 | 13,440 | ||
| R | 3,760 | 7,763 | 11,687 | ||
| R | 2,630 | 7,662 | 10,344 | ||
| R | 3,544 | 5,088 | 8,915 | ||
| D | 3,855 | 3,765 | 7,842 | ||
| R | 745 | 5,133 | 5,949 | ||
| O | 904 | 1,065 | 6,041 | ||
| R | 1,501 | 2,550 | 4,051 | ||
| D | 2,132 | 719 | 3,353 | ||
| R | 1,179 | 1,421 | 2,674 | ||
| D | 1,578 | 1,347 | 2,925 | ||
| O | 222 | 151 | 1,775 | ||
| D | 1,642 | 137 | 1,779 | ||
| D | 1,550 | 197 | 1,748 | ||
| D | 1,284 | 164 | 1,464 | ||
| D | 1,349 | 109 | 1,472 | ||
| D | 1,284 | 456 | 1,740 | ||
| D | 467 | 192 | 709 | ||
| D | 305 | 130 | 438 | ||
| D | 512 | 68 | 582 | ||
| D | 365 | 28 | 452 | ||
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| D | 310 | 71 | 387 | ||
| D | 348 | 48 | 407 | ||
| D | 256 | 11 | 285 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
12.6%
English
12.2%
Irish
11.4%
German
10.9%
French
9.7%
Italian
6.0%
Scottish
1.7%
African American
5.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 46.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$67,708
Hancock County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hancock County$67,708
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.7%
Working age (18–64)13.0%
Seniors (65+)14.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.2%
speak English only
Spanish1.9%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hancock County's R+58.7 margin in 2024 places it among the state's most one-sided presidential results, a pattern rooted in decades of demographic and partisan realignment along the coastal Gulf region.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Hancock County peaked at eighty-six points in 1892; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of seventeen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $67,708 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Glascock County and Holmes County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hancock County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hancock County, Mississippi voted Republican by 58.7 points (R+59), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 21,175 votes cast, 4,262 went Democratic and 16,684 went Republican.
What is Hancock County, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Hancock County, Mississippi as a "Realigner" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did Hancock County, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hancock County, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Hancock County, Mississippi?
Hancock County, Mississippi has a population of 46,167 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hancock County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Hancock County, Mississippi is $67,708 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Hancock County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hancock County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.