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1876–2024
Chickasaw County, Mississippi
Chickasaw County·Mississippi

Chickasaw County votes the way the country votes.

A small Delta-edge county where margin shifts have outpaced statewide trends

18762024·38 elections
Chickasaw County, Mississippi · Cohee · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+14
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
16,915
2024 ACS
Most similar
Monroe County
FL · similarity 0.95
15 precincts · 7,234 votes cast
Trump · R+14
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−13.7%
3,0904,0797,234
2020R
−4.5%
3,8104,1758,141
2016R
−6.1%
3,6494,1277,890
2012D
+4.5%
4,3783,9948,503
2008D
+2.1%
4,5884,3959,058
2004R
−1.4%
4,0784,1938,350
2000R
−0.4%
3,5193,5497,175
1996D
+7.4%
2,9712,5355,930
1992D
+1.0%
3,2203,1507,007
1988R
−11.1%
2,7133,3906,125
1984R
−21.4%
2,3293,6055,957
1980D
+17.1%
3,6222,5406,329
1976D
+5.4%
2,8912,5815,723
1972R
−71.6%
5793,7534,433
1968D
+6.6%
7203815,163
1964R
−83.7%
2793,1383,417
1960D
+16.0%
7913852,538
1956D
+69.0%
1,6502312,056
1952D
+45.0%
1,8056852,490
1948D
+5.3%
115121,954
1944D
+83.0%
1,9351802,115
1940D
+93.6%
1,764581,823
1936D
+97.7%
1,559181,578
1932D
+97.6%
1,455161,475
1928D
+79.5%
1,4951711,666
1924D
+85.8%
1,301861,416
1920D
+64.4%
9441941,164
1916D
+89.7%
1,215471,302
1912D
+88.3%
85619948
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900D
+62.8%
46052650
1896D
+77.7%
66670767
1892D
+33.2%
33273780
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.5%
African American
38.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
53.2%
Methodist
10.5%
Other Christian
6.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 23.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Chickasaw County sits at the transition zone between the Mississippi Delta and the state's hill country, a geography that historically produced more competitive margins than its current R+13.7 result suggests.

The Democratic margin in Chickasaw County has rarely exceeded ninety-eight points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded eighty-four points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by fourteen points.

Chickasaw County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 50% non-Hispanic-white share, a 24% poverty rate, and a median household income of $43,586 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Monroe County and Westmoreland County.