2024 presidential election
Jefferson County
HarrisD+66.3
2024 precinct map of Jefferson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Jefferson County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin, and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the precinct.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 82.7% | 2,727 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 16.4% | 541 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.9% | 31 |
Harris +50Trump +50
12 precincts · 3,299 votes. Hover any precinct for its result.
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the county’s overall result across 1876–2024.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +88.5% |
| 1896 | +83.4% |
| 1900 | +92.7% |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +94.2% |
| 1916 | +98.5% |
| 1920 | +93.5% |
| 1924 | +81.7% |
| 1928 | +85.9% |
| 1932 | +93.2% |
| 1936 | +97.9% |
| 1940 | +98.3% |
| 1944 | +93.7% |
| 1948 | +0.1% |
| 1952 | −6.2% |
| 1956 | +26.1% |
| 1960 | +8.4% |
| 1964 | −89.6% |
| 1968 | +58.4% |
| 1972 | +12.5% |
| 1976 | +52.0% |
| 1980 | +56.9% |
| 1984 | +56.1% |
| 1988 | +58.5% |
| 1992 | +63.4% |
| 1996 | +65.5% |
| 2000 | +64.1% |
| 2004 | +63.2% |
| 2008 | +74.4% |
| 2012 | +78.6% |
| 2016 | +73.8% |
| 2020 | +71.5% |
| 2024 | +66.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 82.7%Harris2,727 | 16.4%Trump541 | 0.9% | 3,299 | ||
| D | 85.1%Biden3,327 | 13.6%Trump531 | 1.3%incl. Jorgensen | 3,908 | ||
| D | 86.5%Clinton3,337 | 12.7%Trump490 | 0.9%incl. Johnson | 3,860 | ||
| D | 89.1%Obama3,951 | 10.6%Romney468 | 0.3% | 4,433 | ||
| D | 86.7%Obama3,883 | 12.3%McCain551 | 1.0% | 4,478 | ||
| D | 81.3%Kerry2,821 | 18.2%Bush630 | 0.5% | 3,469 | ||
| D | 81.7%Gore2,786 | 17.6%Bush600 | 0.6%Nader 6 | 3,408 | ||
| D | 81.1%Clinton2,531 | 15.7%Dole489 | 3.2%Perot 89 | 3,119 | ||
| D | 79.4%Clinton2,796 | 16.0%Bush562 | 4.7%Perot 156 | 3,522 | ||
| D | 79.2%Dukakis2,693 | 20.6%Bush702 | 0.2% | 3,401 | ||
| D | 77.9%Mondale3,049 | 21.9%Reagan856 | 0.2% | 3,912 | ||
| D | 77.1%Carter2,871 | 20.2%Reagan751 | 2.7%incl. Anderson | 3,724 | ||
| D | 74.8%Carter2,562 | 22.8%Ford782 | 2.4% | 3,426 | ||
| D | 55.9%McGovern1,457 | 43.4%Nixon1,131 | 0.8% | 2,608 | ||
| D | 62.8%Humphrey2,121 | 4.3%Nixon147 | 32.9%incl. Wallace | 3,380 | ||
| R | 5.2%Johnson69 | 94.8%Goldwater1,258 | 0.0% | 1,327 | ||
| O | 20.9%Kennedy229 | 12.5%Nixon137 | 66.5% | 1,094 | ||
| D | 45.7%Stevenson440 | 19.6%Eisenhower189 | 34.6% | 962 | ||
| R | 46.9%Stevenson539 | 53.1%Eisenhower610 | 0.0% | 1,149 | ||
| O | 1.5%Truman15 | 1.4%Dewey14 | 97.1%incl. Thurmond | 996 | ||
| D | 96.8%Roosevelt766 | 3.2%Dewey25 | 0.0% | 791 | ||
| D | 99.1%Roosevelt801 | 0.9%Willkie7 | 0.0% | 808 | ||
| D | 98.9%Roosevelt884 | 1.0%Landon9 | 0.1% | 894 | ||
| D | 96.3%Roosevelt753 | 3.1%Hoover24 | 0.6% | 782 | ||
| D | 92.9%Smith830 | 7.1%Hoover63 | 0.0% | 893 | ||
| D | 90.9%Davis497 | 9.1%Coolidge50 | 0.0% | 547 | ||
| D | 96.6%Cox430 | 3.1%Harding14 | 0.2% | 445 | ||
| D | 99.1%Wilson456 | 0.7%Hughes3 | 0.2% | 460 | ||
| D | 94.7%Wilson408 | 0.5%Taft2 | 4.9%incl. Roosevelt | 431 | ||
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| D | 96.3%Bryan491 | 3.5%McKinley18 | 0.2% | 510 | ||
| D | 91.4%Bryan627 | 8.0%McKinley55 | 0.6% | 686 | ||
| D | 93.0%Cleveland413 | 4.5%Harrison20 | 2.5%incl. Weaver | 444 | ||
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Demographics
Demographic profile
Demographic Profile
Key indicators compared across containing geographies
| Indicator | Jefferson CountyCounty | MississippiState | United StatesNation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race & Ethnicity | |||
| White | 13.1% | 55.8% | 61.0% |
| Black | 82.9% | 36.4% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 0.5% | 1.0% | 6.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% | 4.4% | 12.6% |
| Other race | 0.1% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.0% | 3.7% | 19.3% |
| Income & Age | |||
| Median household income | $38,305 | $56,447 | $84,427 |
| Poverty rate | 32.5% | 19.0% | 12.5% |
| Median age | 43.1 | 38.6 | 39.1 |
| Age 18–24 | 11.0% | 9.7% | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 20.2% | 17.3% | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher (25+) | 13.4% | 25.3% | 35.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.3% | 4.3% | 22.3% |
| Spanish | 1.2% | 2.7% | 13.6% |
| Ancestry | |||
| Largest ancestry | Irish 3.2% | English 10.6% | German 12.5% |
| 2nd-largest ancestry | Scottish 1.7% | American 10.0% | Mexican 11.3% |
| 3rd-largest ancestry | African 1.5% | Irish 7.4% | English 9.5% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 1.3% | 3.4% | 18.6% |
| Evangelical Protestant | 9.5% | 39.0% | 16.5% |
| Unaffiliated or unclaimed | 63.0% | 40.7% | 51.5% |
| Black Protestant | 12.5% | 8.6% | 2.2% |
| Mainline Protestant | 7.7% | 6.6% | 5.2% |
ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.
Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
1.5%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
Irish
3.2%
Scottish
1.7%
Scotch-Irish
1.2%
German
1.1%
English
1.1%
American
1.1%
Dutch
0.6%
French
0.3%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Spanish
1.0%
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.1 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.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$38,305
Jefferson County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Jefferson County$38,305
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Jefferson County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
32.5%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1860.8%
Working age (18–64)24.5%
Seniors (65+)26.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.7%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Unaffiliated or not counted63.0%
Few congregations are based here; residents worship across the Natchez, MS--LA commuting zone:
Unaffiliated or not counted37.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Adherents are counted by congregation location, so a sparsely-served county is read alongside the commuting zone its residents travel to. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body.
Jefferson County's electorate is roughly 85% Black, producing presidential margins that routinely rank among the widest of any county in the United States. Its small, rural population and persistent poverty rate shape a political profile defined more by demography than by urban density.
The Democratic margin here reached 98.5 points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.3 points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $38,305 and a 33% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oglala Lakota County and Greene County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Jefferson County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jefferson County, Mississippi voted Democratic by 66.3 points (D+66.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,299 votes cast, 2,727 went Democratic and 541 went Republican.
When did Jefferson County, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Jefferson County, Mississippi voted Republican was 1964.
How many people live in Jefferson County, Mississippi?
Jefferson County, Mississippi has a population of 7,068 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jefferson County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Jefferson County, Mississippi is $38,305 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Jefferson County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jefferson County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.