Mississippi, Mississippi: Old Confederacy state. In 2024, voted R+23%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,946,7792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,4472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 36.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Browse all of Mississippi
Constituent county margins for Mississippi, 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 | 466,668 | 747,744 | 1,229,255 | ||
| R | 539,396 | 756,664 | 1,314,475 | ||
| R | 485,131 | 700,714 | 1,211,088 | ||
| R | 562,949 | 710,746 | 1,285,584 | ||
| R | 554,662 | 724,597 | 1,289,865 | ||
| R | 458,094 | 684,981 | 1,152,365 | ||
| R | 404,964 | 573,230 | 994,926 | ||
| R | 394,022 | 439,838 | 893,857 | ||
| R | 400,258 | 487,793 | 981,793 | ||
| R | 363,921 | 557,890 | 931,527 | ||
| R | 352,192 | 582,377 | 941,092 | ||
| R | 429,281 | 441,089 | 892,620 | ||
| D | 381,309 | 366,845 | 769,363 | ||
| R | 126,782 | 505,125 | 645,963 | ||
| O | 150,644 | 88,516 | 654,509 | ||
| R | 52,619 | 356,529 | 409,148 | ||
| O | 108,362 | 73,561 | 298,171 | ||
| D | 144,453 | 60,685 | 248,104 | ||
| D | 172,566 | 112,966 | 285,532 | ||
| O | 19,384 | 5,043 | 192,190 | ||
| D | 168,621 | 11,613 | 180,234 | ||
| D | 168,267 | 7,364 | 175,824 | ||
| D | 157,333 | 4,467 | 162,142 | ||
| D | 140,168 | 5,180 | 146,034 | ||
| D | 124,539 | 27,052 | 151,591 | ||
| D | 100,474 | 8,494 | 112,442 | ||
| D | 69,077 | 11,576 | 82,292 | ||
| D | 80,422 | 4,253 | 86,159 | ||
| D | 57,498 | 1,521 | 64,722 | ||
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| D | 51,169 | 5,794 | 58,438 | ||
| D | 63,355 | 4,819 | 69,585 | ||
| D | 40,224 | 1,467 | 52,888 | ||
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Congressional elections · 17 Senate races
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | D % | R % | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 37.2% | 62.8% | 1,215,401 |
| 2020 | R | 44.1% | 54.1% | 1,311,354 |
| 2018 | R | 39.5% | 58.5% | 936,215 |
| 2014 | R | 37.9% | 59.9% | 631,858 |
| 2012 | R | 40.6% | 57.2% | 1,241,568 |
| 2008 | R | 38.6% | 61.4% | 1,247,026 |
| 2006 | R | 34.9% | 63.6% | 610,921 |
| 2002 | R | 0.0% | 84.6% | 630,495 |
| 2000 | R | 31.6% | 65.9% | 994,144 |
| 1996 | R | 27.4% | 71.0% | 878,662 |
| 1994 | R | 31.2% | 68.8% | 608,085 |
| 1990 | R | 0.0% | 100.0% | 274,244 |
| 1988 | R | 46.1% | 53.9% | 946,719 |
| 1984 | R | 39.1% | 60.9% | 952,240 |
| 1982 | D | 64.2% | 35.8% | 645,026 |
| 1978 | R | 31.8% | 45.3% | 590,236 |
| 1976 | D | 100.0% | 0.0% | 554,433 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.6%
American
10.0%
Irish
7.4%
German
5.1%
French
1.7%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
1.5%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.6 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
$56,447
Mississippi ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mississippi$56,447
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
19.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.9%
Working age (18–64)16.9%
Seniors (65+)15.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.7%
speak English only
Spanish2.7%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Mississippi sits in the Deep South. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the state voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the lingering memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Mississippi as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Mississippi, by a one point margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-four points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-three points.
The political shift has tracked, in Mississippi, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $56,447, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mississippi, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mississippi, Mississippi voted Republican by 22.9 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,229,255 votes cast, 466,668 went Democratic and 747,744 went Republican.
What is Mississippi, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Mississippi, Mississippi as a "Old Confederacy" state based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the state has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 3 times.
When did Mississippi, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mississippi, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Mississippi, Mississippi?
Mississippi, Mississippi has a population of 2,946,779 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mississippi, Mississippi?
Median household income in Mississippi, Mississippi is $56,447 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Mississippi, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mississippi, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The state's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.