Choctaw County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 3,890 votes cast

Trump · R+49

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−49.3%	965	2,881	3,890
2020	R	−43.0%	1,185	3,001	4,223
2016	R	−38.6%	1,218	2,788	4,065
2012	R	−32.4%	1,428	2,812	4,273
2008	R	−28.2%	1,459	2,624	4,128
2004	R	−32.5%	1,366	2,694	4,082
2000	R	−30.1%	1,278	2,398	3,719
1996	R	−14.5%	1,247	1,715	3,227
1992	R	−15.7%	1,435	2,026	3,768
1988	R	−26.4%	1,335	2,297	3,647
1984	R	−36.2%	1,166	2,491	3,663
1980	R	−5.4%	1,729	1,927	3,695
1976	R	−1.3%	1,520	1,561	3,171
1972	R	−74.3%	326	2,301	2,658
1968	D	+6.5%	417	211	3,171
1964	R	−86.6%	150	2,096	2,246
1960	D	+34.8%	817	245	1,646
1956	D	+63.8%	1,117	221	1,404
1952	D	+45.2%	1,387	524	1,911
1948	D	+6.8%	131	43	1,286
1944	D	+87.3%	1,119	76	1,195
1940	D	+89.7%	1,212	66	1,278
1936	D	+93.9%	1,342	41	1,386
1932	D	+95.9%	1,110	23	1,134
1928	D	+79.0%	1,008	118	1,126
1924	D	+85.1%	1,219	98	1,317
1920	D	+59.8%	779	191	984
1916	D	+86.0%	873	53	954
1912	D	+86.2%	609	24	679
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+61.7%	584	101	783
1896	D	+88.1%	904	54	965
1892	D	+50.3%	389	19	735
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%

African American

22.2%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.5%

85+

1.8%

3.5%

75–84

4.4%

5.3%

65–74

6.6%

7.2%

55–64

6.9%

5.7%

45–54

5.4%

35–44

6.2%

4.4%

25–34

6.1%

4.3%

18–24

3.6%

9.4%

5–17

7.2%

1.8%

3.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$50,919

Choctaw County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Choctaw County$50,919

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

36.0%

Other Christian

7.8%

Methodist

7.2%

Mainline Protestant

4.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Choctaw County's roughly 9,700 residents have returned Republican presidential margins above 40 points in every recent cycle, making it a reliable anchor in north-central Mississippi's deep-red interior.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Choctaw County peaked at ninety-six points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1972 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of seventy-four points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Choctaw County's median household income of $50,919 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Amelia County and Carroll County.

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For seventy-six years, Choctaw County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.