Mississippi 119th State House District, Mississippi: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+29%. Democratic peak: D+81 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,8452024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,4792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State House District 119, MSOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 988 | 1,804 | 2,824 | ||
| R | 1,031 | 1,742 | 2,823 | ||
| R | 787 | 1,501 | 2,355 | ||
| R | 860 | 1,468 | 2,356 | ||
| R | 843 | 1,442 | 2,305 | ||
| R | 858 | 1,477 | 2,354 | ||
| R | 712 | 1,200 | 1,957 | ||
| R | 698 | 948 | 1,794 | ||
| R | 568 | 932 | 1,763 | ||
| R | 537 | 1,224 | 1,776 | ||
| R | 465 | 1,265 | 1,736 | ||
| R | 607 | 936 | 1,595 | ||
| R | 616 | 714 | 1,381 | ||
| R | 177 | 1,077 | 1,282 | ||
| O | 169 | 243 | 1,088 | ||
| R | 201 | 606 | 807 | ||
| D | 333 | 193 | 623 | ||
| D | 244 | 214 | 484 | ||
| D | 267 | 222 | 489 | ||
| O | 26 | 15 | 277 | ||
| D | 222 | 23 | 245 | ||
| D | 207 | 24 | 231 | ||
| D | 157 | 18 | 176 | ||
| D | 153 | 17 | 172 | ||
| D | 138 | 55 | 193 | ||
| D | 113 | 19 | 139 | ||
| D | 47 | 12 | 61 | ||
| D | 52 | 7 | 61 | ||
| D | 48 | 2 | 59 | ||
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| D | 23 | 6 | 28 | ||
| D | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||
| D | 13 | 0 | 16 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.7%
American
8.7%
Irish
8.6%
German
8.0%
French
5.0%
Italian
3.5%
Scottish
1.8%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,479
State House District 119 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 119$59,479
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.3%
Working age (18–64)15.6%
Seniors (65+)13.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.7%
speak English only
Spanish4.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+30.7, District 119 ranks among the state's most reliably Democratic constituencies, a pattern consistent with the majority-Black urban and Delta districts that anchor the party's Mississippi base.
The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Mississippi 119th State House District, by a fifty points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
The political shift has tracked, in Mississippi 119th State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $59,479, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State House District 119, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 119, Mississippi voted Republican by 28.9 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,824 votes cast, 988 went Democratic and 1,804 went Republican.
What is State House District 119, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 119, 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 15 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 119, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 119, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in State House District 119, Mississippi?
State House District 119, Mississippi has a population of 7,845 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 119, Mississippi?
Median household income in State House District 119, Mississippi is $59,479 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of State House District 119, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 119, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.