Washington County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

19 precincts · 14,540 votes cast

Harris · D+35

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+35.0%	9,735	4,649	14,540
2020	D	+39.9%	12,503	5,300	18,034
2016	D	+36.5%	11,380	5,244	16,825
2012	D	+42.3%	13,981	5,651	19,715
2008	D	+34.7%	13,148	6,347	19,583
2004	D	+19.6%	11,569	7,731	19,597
2000	D	+16.6%	10,405	7,367	18,328
1996	D	+18.9%	10,053	6,762	17,440
1992	D	+15.2%	10,588	7,598	19,689
1988	R	−0.0%	10,222	10,229	20,687
1984	R	−7.8%	10,617	12,454	23,414
1980	D	+8.7%	10,722	8,978	20,117
1976	D	+12.0%	9,650	7,474	18,149
1972	R	−33.2%	4,623	9,634	15,104
1968	D	+13.2%	5,520	3,500	15,320
1964	R	−47.4%	2,004	5,611	7,615
1960	D	+12.2%	3,105	2,292	6,655
1956	D	+13.6%	2,722	1,973	5,490
1952	R	−11.5%	2,618	3,301	5,919
1948	R	−0.4%	260	271	2,979
1944	D	+63.2%	2,012	454	2,466
1940	D	+77.9%	2,349	292	2,642
1936	D	+91.4%	2,143	94	2,241
1932	D	+88.6%	1,691	100	1,795
1928	D	+71.8%	1,496	246	1,742
1924	D	+79.7%	1,277	143	1,422
1920	D	+85.5%	776	60	837
1916	D	+89.1%	836	47	886
1912	D	+86.0%	731	20	827
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+65.2%	580	122	702
1896	D	+67.7%	611	98	758
1892	D	+91.8%	600	20	632
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

57.3%

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: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.3%

2.0%

75–84

2.6%

5.2%

65–74

6.4%

6.0%

55–64

7.2%

5.0%

45–54

6.3%

5.5%

35–44

6.2%

5.7%

25–34

6.3%

4.2%

18–24

4.3%

9.4%

5–17

9.5%

3.5%

3.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$42,165

Washington County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Washington County$42,165

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

26.4%

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

43.3%

Other Christian

18.5%

Methodist

4.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.6%

Mainline Protestant

2.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.4%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 24.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Washington County's electorate is majority-Black, a demographic legacy of the Delta's plantation-era settlement patterns, and it has returned Democratic presidential margins above 30 points in every recent cycle.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Washington County peaked at ninety-two points in 1892; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1992 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fifteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Washington County's median household income of $42,165 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 Shelby County and Leflore County.

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