Issaquena County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 622 votes cast

Trump · R+1

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−1.4%	287	296	622
2020	D	+6.7%	353	308	676
2016	D	+13.9%	395	298	699
2012	D	+22.5%	479	302	787
2008	D	+22.6%	579	364	950
2004	D	+7.9%	516	439	970
2000	D	+20.1%	555	366	941
1996	D	+31.7%	546	269	873
1992	D	+25.5%	550	298	990
1988	D	+8.9%	511	424	973
1984	R	−1.1%	501	512	1,034
1980	D	+25.7%	598	349	968
1976	D	+25.4%	567	325	954
1972	R	−26.5%	395	701	1,153
1968	D	+43.7%	527	44	1,105
1964	R	−86.1%	34	456	490
1960	D	+27.0%	178	64	423
1956	D	+45.0%	172	42	289
1952	D	+14.5%	170	127	297
1948	D	+2.7%	11	5	225
1944	D	+95.5%	215	5	220
1940	D	+92.1%	218	9	227
1936	D	+100.0%	214	0	214
1932	D	+98.8%	159	1	160
1928	D	+91.4%	134	6	140
1924	D	+76.2%	126	17	143
1920	D	+72.9%	83	13	96
1916	D	+81.9%	94	8	105
1912	D	+86.5%	99	3	111
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+66.3%	84	17	101
1896	D	+53.1%	97	29	128
1892	D	+64.8%	119	25	145
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

49.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 49.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

2.0%

4.0%

75–84

2.8%

9.4%

65–74

5.4%

9.7%

55–64

6.1%

11.1%

45–54

2.7%

12.7%

35–44

4.6%

12.4%

25–34

2.8%

4.1%

18–24

3.4%

2.9%

5–17

2.9%

0.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$31,429

Issaquena County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Issaquena County$31,429

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

14.9%

Methodist

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 84.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Issaquena County, hugging the Mississippi River delta, is the state's smallest county by population — yet its near-even 2024 presidential split makes it a persistent outlier in a state that otherwise tilts heavily in one direction.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached 100 points in 1936; the Republican margin reached eighty-six points in 1964. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Issaquena County's demographics — a population of 928, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $31,429 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Surry County and Marlboro County.

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Issaquena County delivered a near-tie in 2024.