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1876–2024
Noxubee County, Mississippi
Noxubee County·Mississippi

For twenty years, Noxubee County voted Republican. Then it stopped.

One of Mississippi's most Democratic counties by a wide margin

18762024·38 elections
Noxubee County, Mississippi · R. Stephens (Rdstephens at en.wikipedia) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+48
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
10,025
2024 ACS
Most similar
Petersburg city
VA · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 4,449 votes cast
Harris · D+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+47.6%
3,2691,1514,449
2020D
+52.4%
4,0401,2405,339
2016D
+56.5%
4,3471,2005,574
2012D
+57.4%
4,9201,3256,264
2008D
+53.2%
5,0301,5256,589
2004D
+43.0%
4,3461,7236,097
2000D
+37.4%
3,3831,5304,954
1996D
+35.2%
2,8011,2874,298
1992D
+31.1%
3,1881,6235,037
1988D
+18.4%
2,7221,8704,631
1984D
+15.6%
2,9282,1235,149
1980D
+26.4%
3,4341,9705,555
1976D
+6.3%
2,1211,8604,136
1972R
−35.1%
1,0522,2393,378
1968D
+31.6%
1,3872323,659
1964R
−93.2%
701,9802,050
1960R
−4.4%
2773421,489
1956D
+32.8%
6902571,320
1952R
−7.8%
7588871,645
1948D
+5.1%
74171,122
1944D
+81.2%
9941031,097
1940D
+91.5%
1,152511,203
1936D
+96.0%
1,332271,360
1932D
+92.2%
1,052411,096
1928D
+83.7%
1,1531021,255
1924D
+91.3%
966441,010
1920D
+93.3%
70124726
1916D
+96.6%
65610669
1912D
+96.2%
6465666
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900D
+95.8%
6267646
1896D
+94.5%
71512744
1892D
+90.9%
4922539
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
58.9%
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
19.1%
Methodist
12.7%
Mainline Protestant
8.9%
Other Christian
2.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Noxubee County's electorate is roughly 70% Black, producing presidential margins that routinely exceed 40 points Democratic — an outlier even within a state where statewide results lean heavily Republican.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Noxubee County peaked at ninety-seven points in 1916; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1976 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Noxubee County's median household income of $33,833 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 26% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Petersburg city and Allendale County.