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1876–2024
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi
Jefferson Davis County·Mississippi

Jefferson Davis County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Mississippi's few Democratic-leaning rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+14
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
11,117
2024 ACS
Most similar
Franklin city
VA · similarity 0.99
17 precincts · 5,378 votes cast
Harris · D+14
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+13.7%
3,0412,3025,378
2020D
+17.1%
3,5992,5346,213
2016D
+20.1%
3,7202,4666,237
2012D
+25.6%
4,2672,5076,864
2008D
+21.5%
4,4542,8717,370
2004D
+5.0%
2,9592,6685,765
2000D
+7.5%
2,8352,4375,317
1996D
+15.9%
2,6631,8904,866
1992D
+13.5%
2,9912,2285,633
1988D
+3.5%
2,9482,7455,728
1984R
−4.3%
2,6442,8845,566
1980D
+25.1%
3,8312,2806,187
1976D
+18.7%
2,7471,8684,698
1972R
−47.0%
1,0052,8303,886
1968D
+26.7%
1,4652974,376
1964R
−81.8%
2352,3512,586
1960D
+16.5%
5102251,723
1956D
+62.5%
1,0491561,429
1952D
+54.9%
1,6264732,099
1948R
−0.6%
41511,544
1944D
+87.9%
1,372881,460
1940D
+94.1%
1,289381,330
1936D
+90.2%
1,325671,394
1932D
+93.6%
94030972
1928D
+68.0%
8561631,019
1924D
+78.5%
73288820
1920D
+45.7%
485179669
1916D
+86.2%
63445683
1912D
+76.9%
54243649
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
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%
Polish
0.6%
African American
47.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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.
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
30.0%
Methodist
8.1%
Other Christian
6.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jefferson Davis County's Black majority — roughly 60% of residents — anchors a consistent Democratic lean unusual among Mississippi's predominantly rural, Republican-tilting counties, with Biden and Harris each carrying it by double digits.

The Democratic margin in Jefferson Davis County reached its widest at ninety-four points in 1940. The margin in 2024 was fourteen points — still decisive.

Jefferson Davis County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $38,548, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 11,117 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin city and Clay County.