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Jackson, MS
presidential margin
2008D+0.92012D+3.32016R+0.92020D+0.82024R+5.0
full record · 1892 → 2024
R+5.0
2024
median income$58,412U.S. $80,734 · MS $56,447
median age39.0U.S. 39.1 · MS 38.6
poverty rate19.5%U.S. 12.5% · MS 19.0%
bachelor’s+ (25+)28.0%U.S. 35.6% · MS 25.3%
non-english4.3%U.S. 22.3% · MS 4.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
African American†46.3%
African1.1%
English8.6%
American7.7%
Irish6.7%
Mexican1.5%
Guatemalan0.3%
Honduran0.2%
Chinese0.2%
Asian Indian0.2%
Vietnamese0.1%
religion
other traditions
Black Protestant11.2%
Mainline7.0%
Other Christian0.8%
Latter-day Saints0.7%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Jackson, MS, Mississippi

Akashic
Jackson, MSTrumpR+5.0
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2024 presidential margin by county for Jackson, MS, MSA map of the constituent counties of Jackson, MS, MS, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Warren County, MS · R+4.0Yazoo County, MS · R+2.4Madison County, MS · R+17.3Franklin County, MS · R+39.8Adams County, MS · D+13.9Leake County, MS · R+23.4Attala County, MS · R+23.3Lincoln County, MS · R+45.4Lawrence County, MS · R+36.6Rankin County, MS · R+47.1Pike County, MS · R+3.5Scott County, MS · R+24.0Copiah County, MS · R+6.1Humphreys County, MS · D+41.9Smith County, MS · R+60.7Simpson County, MS · R+36.7Holmes County, MS · D+62.1Sharkey County, MS · D+36.8Jefferson County, MS · D+66.3Claiborne County, MS · D+67.6Walthall County, MS · R+26.9Jefferson Davis County, MS · D+13.7Issaquena County, MS · R+1.4Hinds County, MS · D+46.1
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican52.0%197,801
Kamala HarrisDemocratic47.0%178,800
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Other1.0%3,962
D+60
R+60
24 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (24 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Jackson, MS, MS — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Adams County, MSDemocraticD+13.9
Attala County, MSRepublicanR+23.3
Claiborne County, MSDemocraticD+67.6
Copiah County, MSRepublicanR+6.1
Franklin County, MSRepublicanR+39.8
Hinds County, MSDemocraticD+46.1
Holmes County, MSDemocraticD+62.1
Humphreys County, MSDemocraticD+41.9
Issaquena County, MSRepublicanR+1.4
Jefferson County, MSDemocraticD+66.3
Jefferson Davis County, MSDemocraticD+13.7
Lawrence County, MSRepublicanR+36.6
Leake County, MSRepublicanR+23.4
Lincoln County, MSRepublicanR+45.4
Madison County, MSRepublicanR+17.3
Pike County, MSRepublicanR+3.5
Rankin County, MSRepublicanR+47.1
Scott County, MSRepublicanR+24.0
Sharkey County, MSDemocraticD+36.8
Simpson County, MSRepublicanR+36.7
Smith County, MSRepublicanR+60.7
Walthall County, MSRepublicanR+26.9
Warren County, MSRepublicanR+4.0
Yazoo County, MSRepublicanR+2.4
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
47.0%Harris178,800
52.0%Trump197,801
1.0%Kennedy3,962
−5.0%
380,563
D
49.7%Biden207,140
48.9%Trump203,708
1.4%Jorgensen5,637
+0.8%
416,485
R
48.6%Clinton189,170
49.4%Trump192,555
2.0%Johnson7,883
−0.9%
389,608
D
51.3%Obama215,529
48.0%Romney201,504
0.7%Johnson3,110
+3.3%
420,143
D
50.1%Obama212,211
49.2%McCain208,458
0.7%Nader2,818
+0.9%
423,487
R
43.9%Kerry161,034
55.2%Bush202,622
0.9%Nader3,299
−11.3%
366,955
R
43.5%Gore141,629
54.7%Bush177,844
1.8%Phillips5,780
−11.1%
325,253
R
46.9%Clinton138,173
47.7%Dole140,461
5.4%Browne15,837
−0.8%
294,471
R
42.4%Clinton137,181
49.2%Bush159,176
8.4%Perot27,339
−6.8%
323,696
R
41.4%Dukakis129,570
57.5%Bush179,928
1.1%Paul3,595
−16.1%
313,093
R
40.8%Mondale131,608
58.5%Reagan188,954
0.7%Bergland2,275
−17.8%
322,837
R
47.0%Carter139,742
50.6%Reagan150,465
2.3%Anderson6,866
−3.6%
297,073
R
45.5%Carter113,189
52.0%Ford129,467
2.5%Anderson6,341
−6.5%
248,997
R
23.2%McGovern48,971
74.6%Nixon157,472
2.2%Schmitz4,743
−51.4%
211,186
O
28.1%Humphrey60,857
13.5%Nixon29,194
58.5%Wallace126,760
Wallace +30.4
216,811
R
8.9%Johnson12,193
91.1%Goldwater124,897
0.0%
−82.2%
137,090
O
26.4%Kennedy25,518
25.9%Nixon24,987
47.7%Byrd46,000
Other +21.2
96,505
D
47.6%Stevenson35,936
24.7%Eisenhower18,648
27.8%Andrews20,986
+22.9%
75,570
D
54.8%Stevenson48,344
45.2%Eisenhower39,882
0.0%
+9.6%
88,226
O
5.4%Truman3,341
2.2%Dewey1,370
92.5%Thurmond57,703
Thurmond +87.1
62,414
D
94.3%Roosevelt52,647
5.7%Dewey3,184
0.0%
+88.6%
55,831
D
96.5%Roosevelt51,059
3.4%Willkie1,817
0.1%Thomas57
+93.0%
52,933
D
97.4%Roosevelt48,577
2.5%Landon1,237
0.2%Lemke77
+94.9%
49,891
D
95.7%Roosevelt40,522
3.9%Hoover1,666
0.4%Thomas154
+91.8%
42,342
D
86.1%Smith39,942
13.9%Hoover6,459
0.0%
+72.2%
46,401
D
90.0%Davis28,751
7.3%Coolidge2,323
2.8%La Follette889
+82.7%
31,963
D
86.2%Cox19,791
12.3%Harding2,825
1.4%Debs332
+73.9%
22,948
D
95.4%Wilson22,484
3.5%Hughes829
1.0%Benson246
+91.9%
23,559
D
89.4%Wilson16,355
2.2%Taft396
8.4%Roosevelt1,546
+87.2%
18,297
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D
89.3%Bryan14,897
8.8%McKinley1,465
2.0%Woolley326
+80.5%
16,688
D
89.3%Bryan18,718
8.1%McKinley1,703
2.5%Palmer533
+81.2%
20,954
D
76.2%Cleveland12,004
3.2%Harrison510
20.6%Weaver3,241
+73.0%
15,755
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −5.0% in 2024.flipped R · 2024−5.0%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892+73.0%
1896+81.2%
1900+80.5%
1904No data
1908No data
1912+87.2%
1916+91.9%
1920+73.9%
1924+82.7%
1928+72.2%
1932+91.8%
1936+94.9%
1940+93.0%
1944+88.6%
1948+3.2%
1952+9.6%
1956+22.9%
1960+0.6%
1964−82.2%
1968+14.6%
1972−51.4%
1976−6.5%
1980−3.6%
1984−17.8%
1988−16.1%
1992−6.8%
1996−0.8%
2000−11.1%
2004−11.3%
2008+0.9%
2012+3.3%
2016−0.9%
2020+0.8%
2024−5.0%
DemocraticRepublican
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Voter registration in Jackson, MSTotal registered voters, 2016–2024. Latest 648,323 in 2024.168.9K337.8K506.7K675.6K648.3K20162024
Registered voters
Voter registration in Jackson, MS
YearTotal registered
2016663,084
2018658,148
2020675,565
2022651,780
2024648,323
Source: U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAVS)

The Jackson DMA anchors Mississippi's most Democratic-leaning geography, with Hinds County routinely posting the state's largest raw margins for Democratic candidates while surrounding rural counties pull in the opposite direction.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 82.2 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.0 points.

A population of 882,812, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,412 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Montgomery-Selma and Augusta-Aiken.

Political twins — media markets

The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Montgomery-Selma
Alabama
94.1twin score
% Black% Evangelical% unaffiliated≠ American ancestry
Augusta-Aiken
Georgia
92.6twin score
% Catholic% White2024 margin≠ % unaffiliated
Columbia, SC
90.6twin score
% Black2012–2020 trajectory≠ % Evangelical

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Jackson, MS

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Adams CountyAttala CountyClaiborne CountyCopiah CountyFranklin CountyHinds CountyHolmes CountyHumphreys CountyIssaquena CountyJefferson CountyJefferson Davis CountyLawrence CountyLeake CountyLincoln CountyMadison CountyPike CountyRankin CountyScott CountySharkey CountySimpson CountySmith CountyWalthall CountyWarren CountyYazoo County

Frequently asked questions

How did Jackson, MS, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jackson, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 5.0 points (R+5.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 380,563 votes cast, 178,800 went Democratic and 197,801 went Republican.
When did Jackson, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jackson, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Jackson, MS, Mississippi?
Jackson, MS, Mississippi has a population of 882,812 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jackson, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Jackson, MS, Mississippi is $58,412 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Jackson, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Jackson, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.