Mississippi 24th State House District, Mississippi: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,6342024 5-year
- Median household income
- $85,2972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 32.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 1964MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,282 | 5,436 | 8,963 | ||
| R | 3,196 | 5,254 | 8,609 | ||
| R | 2,329 | 4,873 | 7,481 | ||
| R | 2,440 | 4,926 | 7,441 | ||
| R | 2,220 | 5,001 | 7,274 | ||
| R | 1,536 | 4,106 | 5,679 | ||
| R | 1,084 | 2,814 | 3,951 | ||
| R | 1,163 | 2,051 | 3,832 | ||
| R | 999 | 1,821 | 3,118 | ||
| R | 616 | 1,660 | 2,290 | ||
| R | 494 | 1,422 | 1,925 | ||
| R | 717 | 1,092 | 1,857 | ||
| D | 877 | 706 | 1,619 | ||
| R | 176 | 895 | 1,107 | ||
| O | 215 | 123 | 943 | ||
| R | 52 | 331 | 383 | ||
| D | 90 | 63 | 235 | ||
| D | 140 | 45 | 209 | ||
| D | 146 | 85 | 231 | ||
| O | 15 | 2 | 164 | ||
| D | 177 | 14 | 190 | ||
| D | 169 | 5 | 174 | ||
| D | 152 | 1 | 153 | ||
| D | 158 | 1 | 160 | ||
| D | 153 | 7 | 161 | ||
| D | 120 | 2 | 122 | ||
| D | 92 | 3 | 96 | ||
| D | 97 | 1 | 99 | ||
| D | 62 | 1 | 65 | ||
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| D | 83 | 6 | 89 | ||
| D | 100 | 7 | 109 | ||
| D | 54 | 2 | 69 | ||
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Demographics
Mississippi 24th State House District sits in the Deep South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Mississippi 24th State House District peaked at ninety-nine points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $85,297 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 24, Mississippi. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/28024/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.