Loading…

Akashic

state house district

Mississippi 84th State House District

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

American25.9%10.0%5.3%

English10.2%10.6%9.5%

Irish5.6%7.4%9.4%

German2.6%5.1%12.5%

Scottish1.2%1.6%1.3%

Scotch-Irish1.0%1.0%—

French0.5%1.7%1.6%

Italian0.5%1.7%4.8%

African American†37.1%35.3%9.9%

Haitian0.4%—0.3%

African0.3%0.8%0.5%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	MS HD 84	Mississippi	United States
Median age	45.5	38.6	39.1
Age 18–24	8.9%	9.7%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	21.1%	17.3%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	MS HD 84	Mississippi	United States
Median household income	$49,520	$56,447	$84,427
Poverty rate	15.0%	19.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	15.5%	25.3%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	MS HD 84	Mississippi	United States
Owner-occupied homes	81.2%	70.0%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	18.8%	30.0%	34.8%
Median home value	$112,300	$169,800	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$729	$954	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	42.7%	51.3%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	20.7%	14.6%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	MS HD 84	Mississippi	United States
Mean commute	32.1 min	25.6 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	12.3%	7.6%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	86.6%	81.8%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.0%	0.3%	3.2%
Works from home	2.5%	5.9%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	MS HD 84	Mississippi	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	1.8%	4.3%	22.3%

Religious landscape

Measure	MS HD 84	Mississippi	United States
Catholic	—	3.4%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	39.0%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	40.7%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	MS HD 84	Mississippi	United States
Foreign-born residents	0.5%	2.4%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	0.5%	1.0%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	0.1%	1.4%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	6.2%	6.8%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.464	0.482	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic35.5%4,353TrumpRepublican63.8%7,819OtherAll other candidates0.7%82

R+28.3

Lead: 3,466
Total: 12,254
vs nation: R+26.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic36.8%4,966TrumpRepublican62.0%8,357OtherAll other candidates1.2%163

R+25.1

Lead: 3,391
Total: 13,486
vs nation: R+29.6

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic37.1%4,720TrumpRepublican61.8%7,878OtherAll other candidates1.1%141

R+24.8

Lead: 3,158
Total: 12,739
vs nation: R+26.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic41.2%5,597RomneyRepublican57.9%7,858OtherAll other candidates0.9%122

R+16.7

Lead: 2,261
Total: 13,577
vs nation: R+20.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic40.6%5,550McCainRepublican58.8%8,028OtherAll other candidates0.6%82

R+18.1

Lead: 2,478
Total: 13,660
vs nation: R+25.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic35.8%4,300BushRepublican63.6%7,648OtherAll other candidates0.6%70

R+27.9

Lead: 3,348
Total: 12,018
vs nation: R+25.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic35.6%3,750BushRepublican63.6%6,709OtherAll other candidates0.8%83

R+28.1

Lead: 2,959
Total: 10,542
vs nation: R+28.6

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic38.8%3,765DoleRepublican53.9%5,227OtherAll other candidates7.3%704

R+15.1

Lead: 1,462
Total: 9,696
vs nation: R+23.6

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+28.3MIT Election Lab
Population: 25,4042024 5-year
Population density: 25 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 1,025 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $49,5202024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 58.7%2024 5-year
Black: 37.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 0.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+97.1 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+88.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Most similar: State House District 78, MS · twin score 94.0

presidential history

Party record book

Mississippi 84th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1936

98.6%

3,333 votes · D+97.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 97.7%

Republican

Barry Goldwater1964

94.2%

5,648 votes · R+88.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 83.4%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Barack Obama2012

5,597votes

41.2% of the vote · R+16.7 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 5,550 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2020

8,357votes

62.0% of the vote · R+25.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 8,028 votes

Best relative to the U.S.

This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.

Democratic

Alton B. Parker1904

+113.4pts D vs U.S.

Place D+93.7 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +112.8 pts

Republican

Barry Goldwater1964

+111.0pts R vs U.S.

Place R+88.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +45.4 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

RTroy SmithState House · 84

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

U.S. House elections · 3 House

Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.

U.S. House

Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	0.0%0	100.0%10,163	10,163
2020	R	35.4%4,345	64.6%7,937	12,282
2018	R	40.1%3,921	59.9%5,864	9,785

With a population of roughly 25,000, Mississippi House District 84 sits firmly in the state's Republican column, posting a 28-point presidential margin in 2024 that reflects the broader rightward shift across rural Mississippi over the past two decades.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 88.5 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.3 points.

A population of 25,404, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,520 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 78 and State House District 86.

Political twins — state-house districts

The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State House District 78

% Evangelicalcollege shareAmerican ancestry≠ median age

State House District 86

% Evangelicalcollege share2008 margin≠ median age

State House District 10

% Evangelical2008–2020 trajectory% Black≠ American ancestry

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.

District research tools

Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →

Cite this page

All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.

Mississippi 84th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/28084/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.

License: CC BY 4.0

Mississippi at the ballot boxAll elections →

Presidentcounty detail2024 US Senatestatewide2024 Governorstate + county2023 US Houseall districts2024

Places within Mississippi 84th State House District

counties it covers3

Clarke County Jasper County Newton County

Frequently asked questions

How did Mississippi 84th State House District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Mississippi 84th State House District voted Republican by 28.3 points (R+28.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,254 votes cast, 4,353 went Democratic and 7,819 went Republican.

When did Mississippi 84th State House District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Mississippi 84th State House District voted Democratic was 1980.

How many people live in Mississippi 84th State House District?

Mississippi 84th State House District has a population of 25,404 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Mississippi 84th State House District?

Median household income in Mississippi 84th State House District is $49,520 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.

What is the political history of Mississippi 84th State House District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mississippi 84th State House District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.