Quitman County, Mississippi: Realigner county. In 2024, voted D+31%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+31MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,7742024 5-year
- Median household income
- $32,4122024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 24.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 73.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Tunica County, MS · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Quitman CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Quitman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1,725 | 902 | 2,677 | ||
| D | 2,150 | 1,026 | 3,226 | ||
| D | 2,312 | 1,001 | 3,365 | ||
| D | 2,837 | 1,116 | 3,979 | ||
| D | 2,803 | 1,334 | 4,168 | ||
| D | 2,032 | 1,360 | 3,418 | ||
| D | 2,103 | 1,280 | 3,413 | ||
| D | 2,186 | 1,121 | 3,445 | ||
| D | 2,422 | 1,451 | 4,093 | ||
| D | 2,497 | 1,832 | 4,351 | ||
| D | 2,343 | 2,198 | 4,548 | ||
| D | 2,926 | 1,691 | 4,810 | ||
| D | 2,621 | 1,287 | 4,045 | ||
| R | 790 | 2,524 | 3,392 | ||
| O | 1,502 | 434 | 4,379 | ||
| R | 336 | 2,065 | 2,401 | ||
| O | 583 | 299 | 1,556 | ||
| D | 954 | 276 | 1,499 | ||
| D | 1,158 | 492 | 1,650 | ||
| O | 91 | 21 | 1,160 | ||
| D | 1,106 | 59 | 1,165 | ||
| D | 1,152 | 29 | 1,182 | ||
| D | 1,025 | 9 | 1,035 | ||
| D | 720 | 18 | 742 | ||
| D | 793 | 86 | 879 | ||
| D | 574 | 36 | 610 | ||
| D | 377 | 39 | 417 | ||
| D | 272 | 12 | 285 | ||
| D | 195 | 4 | 219 | ||
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| D | 114 | 34 | 149 | ||
| D | 171 | 40 | 211 | ||
| D | 71 | 14 | 94 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
8.7%
Irish
8.1%
German
3.6%
American
2.6%
African American
59.0%
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. 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: 41.2 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
$32,412
Quitman County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Quitman County$32,412
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
29.6%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1843.4%
Working age (18–64)24.8%
Seniors (65+)31.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.3%
speak English only
Other languages0.6%
Spanish0.1%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Quitman County sits in the Mississippi Delta, where a majority-Black population has anchored consistent double-digit Democratic margins in every recent presidential cycle. Its roughly 10,000 residents make it one of the state's smaller counties by population.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Quitman County peaked at ninety-eight points in 1936; 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 thirty-three points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $32,412 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 30% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tunica County and Portsmouth city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Quitman County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Quitman County, Mississippi voted Democratic by 30.7 points (D+31), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,677 votes cast, 1,725 went Democratic and 902 went Republican.
What is Quitman County, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Quitman County, Mississippi as a "Realigner" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 27 times, Republican 2 times, and other 3 times.
When did Quitman County, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Quitman County, Mississippi voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Quitman County, Mississippi?
Quitman County, Mississippi has a population of 5,774 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Quitman County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Quitman County, Mississippi is $32,412 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Quitman County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Quitman County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.