Mississippi 42nd State Senate District, Mississippi: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+44%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 60,0752024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,0032024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 29.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State Senate District 42, 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 | 6,861 | 17,658 | 24,733 | ||
| R | 8,074 | 18,458 | 26,867 | ||
| R | 7,331 | 17,381 | 25,130 | ||
| R | 8,631 | 17,937 | 26,814 | ||
| R | 8,178 | 17,393 | 25,809 | ||
| R | 6,925 | 16,627 | 23,685 | ||
| R | 6,941 | 14,097 | 21,307 | ||
| R | 6,602 | 11,183 | 19,072 | ||
| R | 7,215 | 12,014 | 21,461 | ||
| R | 6,581 | 14,453 | 21,211 | ||
| R | 6,446 | 15,235 | 21,743 | ||
| R | 9,494 | 11,273 | 21,013 | ||
| R | 8,787 | 9,660 | 18,744 | ||
| R | 2,491 | 14,293 | 17,142 | ||
| O | 2,234 | 2,728 | 15,674 | ||
| R | 1,608 | 10,346 | 11,954 | ||
| D | 3,888 | 2,410 | 8,956 | ||
| D | 4,170 | 2,102 | 6,987 | ||
| D | 4,900 | 3,528 | 8,428 | ||
| O | 506 | 159 | 5,613 | ||
| D | 4,104 | 308 | 4,412 | ||
| D | 3,857 | 210 | 4,068 | ||
| D | 3,854 | 169 | 4,060 | ||
| D | 3,194 | 150 | 3,481 | ||
| D | 2,014 | 1,533 | 3,547 | ||
| D | 2,061 | 256 | 2,668 | ||
| D | 752 | 332 | 1,270 | ||
| D | 1,458 | 157 | 1,784 | ||
| D | 952 | 30 | 1,256 | ||
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| D | 522 | 157 | 721 | ||
| D | 779 | 28 | 822 | ||
| D | 347 | 8 | 435 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
13.0%
English
10.9%
Irish
6.8%
German
4.6%
Scottish
1.8%
French
1.5%
Italian
1.3%
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: 37.2 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
$52,003
State Senate District 42 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 42$52,003
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
19.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.6%
Working age (18–64)16.8%
Seniors (65+)14.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Spanish4.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+27.5, this district sits well outside Mississippi's statewide Republican tilt, suggesting a heavily urban or majority-minority constituency that consistently anchors Democratic candidates at the top of the ticket.
The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Mississippi 42nd State Senate District, by a seventy-three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-three points in 1964. The 2024 margin was forty-four points.
The political shift has tracked, in Mississippi 42nd State Senate District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $52,003, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State Senate District 42, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 42, Mississippi voted Republican by 43.7 points (R+44), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,733 votes cast, 6,861 went Democratic and 17,658 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 42, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 42, 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 Senate District 42, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 42, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in State Senate District 42, Mississippi?
State Senate District 42, Mississippi has a population of 60,075 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 42, Mississippi?
Median household income in State Senate District 42, Mississippi is $52,003 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of State Senate District 42, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 42, 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.