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1876–2024
State Senate District 37·Mississippi

Mississippi 37th State Senate District was solidly Democratic for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

One of Mississippi's most reliably one-sided upper-chamber districts

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MS
Latest
D+25
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
82,485
2024 ACS

Mississippi 37th State Senate District, Mississippi: Populist district. In 2024, voted D+25%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1916.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+25MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
82,4852024 5-year
Median household income
$45,5682024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
31.1%2024 5-year
Black
63.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+95 in 1916MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+80 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
7 counties · 4 D · 3 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+24.9%
21,59212,90434,881
D
+30.2%
25,86213,73640,137
D
+29.7%
25,18913,51439,286
D
+34.0%
29,54714,47944,284
D
+30.1%
29,19515,63545,119
D
+16.9%
23,16716,44239,842
D
+15.3%
21,12615,44237,202
D
+22.8%
20,52312,59934,791
D
+14.5%
20,28314,77037,983
D
+2.7%
19,20018,17237,697
R
−0.5%
20,08920,28640,610
D
+9.3%
20,01416,54137,540
D
+4.4%
16,56615,12032,772
R
−35.5%
8,86719,02428,617
O
+26.5%
11,5233,50030,241
R
−80.2%
1,64614,97016,616
O
−0.4%
2,9112,95812,301
D
+13.3%
3,8522,6149,315
D
+0.7%
5,5365,46010,996
O
+1.8%
2981667,504
D
+86.4%
6,1444486,592
D
+92.1%
6,3612586,629
D
+93.3%
6,0762076,292
D
+87.0%
5,3263615,709
D
+69.5%
5,4309776,406
D
+83.4%
3,8523354,217
D
+79.8%
2,8193063,148
D
+94.8%
3,075743,164
D
+87.1%
2,353382,658
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000
D
+84.0%
2,4551792,708
D
+82.8%
3,0872473,431
D
+72.5%
2,1631042,840
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
4.9%
Irish
4.8%
American
4.3%
German
2.5%
Scottish
1.3%
French
0.7%
Italian
0.7%
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: 39.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.1%
2.4%
75–84
3.3%
5.2%
65–74
6.4%
6.1%
55–64
7.0%
5.3%
45–54
5.8%
5.6%
35–44
6.2%
6.0%
25–34
5.9%
5.5%
18–24
5.3%
8.3%
5–17
8.1%
3.1%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$45,568
State Senate District 37 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 37$45,568
Mississippi$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
25.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1838.3%
Working age (18–64)21.8%
Seniors (65+)22.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.5%
speak English only
Spanish2.3%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
33.9%
Other Christian
11.5%
Methodist
8.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin near R+40, this district of roughly 59,000 residents sits firmly in Mississippi's deep-red interior, where statewide Republican candidates routinely run up some of their largest margins.

The Democratic margin in Mississippi 37th State Senate District peaked at ninety-five points in 1916. By 1988 the district had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the district's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $45,568 sits well below state and national norms, and 26% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 37, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 37, Mississippi voted Democratic by 24.9 points (D+25), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 34,881 votes cast, 21,592 went Democratic and 12,904 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 37, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 37, Mississippi as a "Populist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 26 times, Republican 3 times, and other 3 times.
When did State Senate District 37, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 37, Mississippi voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in State Senate District 37, Mississippi?
State Senate District 37, Mississippi has a population of 82,485 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 37, Mississippi?
Median household income in State Senate District 37, Mississippi is $45,568 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of State Senate District 37, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 37, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.