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State House District 39·Mississippi

Mississippi 39th State House District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 23 points.

One of Mississippi's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
MS
Latest
R+23
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
17,209
2024 ACS

Mississippi 39th State House District, Mississippi: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+23%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+23MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
17,2092024 5-year
Median household income
$52,8552024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
58.1%2024 5-year
Black
36.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+96 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+75 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−22.6%
2,9544,7037,723
R
−17.0%
3,4524,8908,447
R
−17.6%
3,1734,5567,869
R
−8.2%
3,7944,4828,349
R
−10.2%
3,7954,6708,541
R
−16.7%
3,1384,4047,590
R
−15.8%
2,5903,5796,258
R
−8.5%
2,2412,6925,298
R
−14.6%
2,2283,0925,914
R
−22.9%
2,0773,3195,423
R
−28.7%
2,0323,6745,723
R
−0.3%
2,6912,7105,542
D
+1.3%
2,4642,3985,040
R
−64.9%
6833,3514,109
O
+2.9%
7155904,308
R
−75.4%
3282,3392,666
D
+0.5%
6646551,926
D
+50.4%
1,2593591,784
D
+19.4%
1,1257591,885
O
+12.6%
174241,186
D
+84.4%
1,114941,208
D
+92.3%
1,161461,208
D
+96.0%
1,154221,179
D
+95.3%
1,213281,243
D
+79.8%
1,0841221,206
D
+90.1%
83440881
D
+86.3%
61243659
D
+91.0%
57825608
D
+94.2%
4778498
No data
No data
D
+90.4%
43219457
D
+92.2%
52720550
D
+86.4%
3707420
No data
No data
No data
No data

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.7%
American
8.4%
Irish
7.1%
German
5.3%
Italian
1.3%
Scottish
1.0%
French
0.5%
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.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
42.0%
Other Christian
10.1%
Methodist
9.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+78.8, this rural Mississippi district ranks among the most one-sided in the state, reflecting the deep partisan consolidation that has reshaped rural Southern legislative maps over the past two decades.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Mississippi 39th State House District, by a zero points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-five points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-three points.

The political shift has tracked, in Mississippi 39th State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 58% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $52,855, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 39, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 39, Mississippi voted Republican by 22.6 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,723 votes cast, 2,954 went Democratic and 4,703 went Republican.
What is State House District 39, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 39, Mississippi as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 14 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 39, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 39, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in State House District 39, Mississippi?
State House District 39, Mississippi has a population of 17,209 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 39, Mississippi?
Median household income in State House District 39, Mississippi is $52,855 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of State House District 39, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 39, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.