Lowndes County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

20 precincts · 24,426 votes cast

Trump · R+8

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−8.2%	11,096	13,087	24,426
2020	R	−2.6%	13,087	13,800	27,241
2016	R	−5.7%	11,819	13,271	25,695
2012	R	−0.5%	13,388	13,518	27,158
2008	R	−2.9%	13,209	13,994	27,465
2004	R	−13.5%	10,408	13,690	24,270
2000	R	−20.1%	7,537	11,404	19,230
1996	R	−18.1%	6,220	9,169	16,258
1992	R	−21.0%	6,552	10,509	18,835
1988	R	−30.4%	5,993	11,258	17,331
1984	R	−32.8%	6,078	12,049	18,177
1980	R	−23.1%	6,187	9,973	16,355
1976	R	−12.4%	6,181	8,003	14,700
1972	R	−60.0%	2,398	10,098	12,831
1968	D	+2.4%	2,229	1,968	11,026
1964	R	−84.0%	533	6,135	6,668
1960	R	−16.5%	1,240	2,010	4,680
1956	D	+26.7%	2,308	1,205	4,126
1952	R	−24.5%	1,618	2,670	4,288
1948	D	+1.7%	116	66	2,937
1944	D	+72.0%	2,216	360	2,576
1940	D	+87.7%	2,268	147	2,418
1936	D	+94.9%	2,328	56	2,394
1932	D	+95.4%	2,305	50	2,364
1928	D	+84.1%	2,136	185	2,321
1924	D	+92.8%	1,655	62	1,717
1920	D	+88.8%	928	51	988
1916	D	+93.8%	1,028	29	1,065
1912	D	+94.5%	872	12	910
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+93.9%	746	21	772
1896	D	+95.7%	820	13	843
1892	D	+95.3%	666	4	695
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

35.0%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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: 37.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

1.3%

2.3%

75–84

3.1%

4.8%

65–74

5.4%

5.9%

55–64

6.7%

5.2%

45–54

5.8%

35–44

6.3%

6.6%

25–34

7.1%

4.8%

18–24

4.7%

9.0%

5–17

8.4%

3.2%

3.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$53,812

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

Lowndes County$53,812

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.3%

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

51.8%

Other Christian

12.3%

Methodist

8.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.7%

Mainline Protestant

2.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 15.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lowndes County, home to Columbus and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway corridor, voted R+8.2 in 2024 despite a substantial Black population share that keeps margins tighter here than in many surrounding rural counties.

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

Lowndes County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 49% non-Hispanic-white share, a 17% poverty rate, and a median household income of $53,812 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lancaster County and Florence County.

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