Yazoo County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

23 precincts · 8,971 votes cast

Trump · R+2

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−2.4%	4,342	4,558	8,971
2020	D	+6.4%	5,496	4,832	10,436
2016	D	+7.7%	5,369	4,598	10,070
2012	D	+14.3%	6,603	4,941	11,620
2008	D	+7.2%	6,116	5,290	11,477
2004	R	−6.0%	5,013	5,672	10,987
2000	R	−2.4%	4,997	5,254	10,516
1996	D	+6.5%	4,754	4,152	9,333
1992	R	−2.2%	4,880	5,113	10,745
1988	R	−4.8%	4,989	5,538	11,530
1984	R	−10.8%	5,037	6,275	11,412
1980	D	+6.2%	5,468	4,819	10,498
1976	R	−2.4%	4,053	4,255	8,471
1972	R	−46.3%	2,008	5,555	7,654
1968	D	+15.0%	2,163	958	8,060
1964	R	−91.8%	204	4,801	5,005
1960	R	−1.9%	715	778	3,340
1956	D	+17.5%	911	370	3,088
1952	D	+0.6%	1,702	1,683	3,385
1948	D	+1.8%	70	26	2,393
1944	D	+93.4%	2,301	78	2,379
1940	D	+96.3%	2,390	45	2,435
1936	D	+98.3%	2,141	17	2,161
1932	D	+97.4%	1,995	24	2,024
1928	D	+89.5%	2,029	112	2,141
1924	D	+91.9%	1,348	57	1,405
1920	D	+89.6%	948	46	1,007
1916	D	+95.2%	1,146	25	1,178
1912	D	+94.2%	887	7	934
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+93.9%	916	15	960
1896	D	+95.5%	1,159	24	1,189
1892	D	+86.1%	738	3	854
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%

Polish

0.6%

African American

46.0%

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: 38.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

1.6%

75–84

2.6%

4.3%

65–74

4.8%

5.7%

55–64

5.8%

6.9%

45–54

5.0%

10.4%

35–44

6.0%

9.0%

25–34

5.0%

4.5%

18–24

3.7%

8.8%

5–17

8.2%

3.1%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$39,295

Yazoo County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Yazoo County$39,295

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

30.8%

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

24.4%

Methodist

12.3%

Other Christian

5.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.4%

Mainline Protestant

0.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.6%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Yazoo County sits at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta, where a majority-Black population and a historically agriculture-dependent economy produce one of the state's most competitive presidential margins, with 2024's R+2.4 result among Mississippi's closest.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-eight points in 1936; the Republican margin reached ninety-two points in 1964. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Yazoo County's demographics — a population of 24,835, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $39,295 — 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 Kusilvak Census Area and San Joaquin County.

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Yazoo County delivered a near-tie in 2024.