Lauderdale County, Mississippi: Old Confederacy county. In 2024, voted R+21%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 71,5042024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,8172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 40.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Dorchester County, SC · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lauderdale CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lauderdale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 10,677 | 16,487 | 27,407 | ||
| R | 12,960 | 17,967 | 31,247 | ||
| R | 11,269 | 17,741 | 29,506 | ||
| R | 13,814 | 18,700 | 32,777 | ||
| R | 13,332 | 19,582 | 33,114 | ||
| R | 10,292 | 19,736 | 30,170 | ||
| R | 8,412 | 17,315 | 25,970 | ||
| R | 8,668 | 15,055 | 24,834 | ||
| R | 8,489 | 17,098 | 27,466 | ||
| R | 7,967 | 18,302 | 26,529 | ||
| R | 7,534 | 18,807 | 27,257 | ||
| R | 9,918 | 14,727 | 26,119 | ||
| R | 9,813 | 14,273 | 24,446 | ||
| R | 3,453 | 18,337 | 22,420 | ||
| O | 3,195 | 2,328 | 20,365 | ||
| R | 1,583 | 13,291 | 14,874 | ||
| O | 3,755 | 2,836 | 10,745 | ||
| D | 5,414 | 2,817 | 9,127 | ||
| D | 5,841 | 4,137 | 9,978 | ||
| O | 578 | 171 | 6,079 | ||
| D | 6,036 | 379 | 6,415 | ||
| D | 5,936 | 303 | 6,246 | ||
| D | 6,075 | 67 | 6,154 | ||
| D | 4,830 | 191 | 5,039 | ||
| D | 3,558 | 1,798 | 5,356 | ||
| D | 3,204 | 320 | 4,113 | ||
| D | 2,539 | 228 | 2,893 | ||
| D | 3,058 | 157 | 3,300 | ||
| D | 2,204 | 50 | 2,440 | ||
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| D | 1,390 | 57 | 1,495 | ||
| D | 1,978 | 98 | 2,136 | ||
| D | 1,366 | 24 | 1,772 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
10.6%
English
10.0%
Irish
7.5%
German
5.0%
Italian
1.3%
Scottish
1.2%
French
1.0%
African American
32.6%
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. 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: 39.7 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
$50,817
Lauderdale County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Lauderdale County$50,817
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
26.3%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1841.4%
Working age (18–64)22.2%
Seniors (65+)15.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.2%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other languages1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 24.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lauderdale County's largest city, Meridian, once gave Democrats a foothold in east-central Mississippi, but the county's presidential margins have widened consistently since 2000, reaching R+21.2 in 2024.
The shift began with civil rights. The realignment unfolded over the late twentieth century. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
The political shift has tracked, in Lauderdale County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $50,817, and a 26% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dorchester County and Lancaster County.
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Lauderdale County, Mississippi — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://akashic.app/county/28075/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lauderdale County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lauderdale County, Mississippi voted Republican by 21.2 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,407 votes cast, 10,677 went Democratic and 16,487 went Republican.
What is Lauderdale County, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lauderdale County, Mississippi as a "Old Confederacy" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 15 times, and other 3 times.
When did Lauderdale County, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lauderdale County, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1956.
How many people live in Lauderdale County, Mississippi?
Lauderdale County, Mississippi has a population of 71,504 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lauderdale County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Lauderdale County, Mississippi is $50,817 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Lauderdale County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lauderdale County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.