Marshall County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

24 precincts · 14,983 votes cast

Trump · R+7

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−7.3%	6,888	7,977	14,983
2020	D	+3.1%	8,057	7,566	15,817
2016	D	+9.7%	8,023	6,587	14,839
2012	D	+19.6%	9,650	6,473	16,240
2008	D	+18.2%	9,685	6,683	16,478
2004	D	+17.9%	8,591	5,975	14,649
2000	D	+23.9%	7,735	4,723	12,592
1996	D	+37.5%	7,521	3,272	11,340
1992	D	+32.5%	7,913	3,847	12,512
1988	D	+19.7%	6,982	4,668	11,751
1984	D	+14.2%	5,845	4,389	10,278
1980	D	+34.1%	7,153	3,455	10,848
1976	D	+49.1%	6,769	2,242	9,226
1972	R	−27.1%	1,875	3,326	5,356
1968	D	+37.1%	2,907	577	6,278
1964	R	−73.6%	343	2,251	2,594
1960	D	+15.5%	681	404	1,785
1956	D	+53.4%	1,192	287	1,694
1952	D	+50.7%	1,847	604	2,451
1948	D	+8.8%	152	29	1,397
1944	D	+91.6%	1,441	63	1,504
1940	D	+93.4%	1,403	48	1,451
1936	D	+96.0%	1,111	22	1,134
1932	D	+94.2%	1,281	38	1,320
1928	D	+86.9%	1,422	100	1,522
1924	D	+93.2%	1,142	40	1,182
1920	D	+92.6%	823	30	856
1916	D	+98.3%	1,017	8	1,026
1912	D	+92.1%	779	9	836
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+84.5%	1,085	91	1,177
1896	D	+88.1%	1,286	72	1,378
1892	D	+84.2%	1,097	22	1,276
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

34.3%

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: 41.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.1%

2.6%

75–84

3.1%

5.5%

65–74

6.4%

7.1%

55–64

7.2%

6.6%

45–54

6.1%

5.8%

35–44

5.3%

6.7%

25–34

6.0%

4.7%

18–24

4.6%

7.8%

5–17

7.4%

2.8%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$53,458

Marshall County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Marshall County$53,458

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

23.0%

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

33.1%

Methodist

16.6%

Other Christian

6.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.0%

Mainline Protestant

0.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Marshall County's population is roughly 45% Black, yet its presidential margin shifted sharply rightward between 2012 and 2024, reflecting a statewide realignment pattern that analysts are still working to explain.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-eight points in 1916; the Republican margin reached seventy-four points in 1964. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Marshall County's demographics — a population of 33,979, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $53,458 — 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 Jasper County and Lee County.

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Marshall County delivered a near-tie in 2024.