Montgomery County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

14 precincts · 4,424 votes cast

Trump · R+21

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−20.8%	1,737	2,658	4,424
2020	R	−15.7%	2,121	2,917	5,075
2016	R	−14.1%	2,115	2,818	4,996
2012	R	−4.8%	2,675	2,947	5,645
2008	R	−8.1%	2,609	3,071	5,712
2004	R	−9.6%	2,473	3,002	5,497
2000	R	−9.1%	2,187	2,630	4,849
1996	D	+0.7%	1,970	1,943	4,121
1992	R	−5.2%	2,076	2,324	4,776
1988	R	−13.9%	1,893	2,504	4,409
1984	R	−24.3%	1,881	3,093	4,983
1980	D	+4.7%	2,730	2,479	5,326
1976	D	+2.7%	2,410	2,278	4,827
1972	R	−54.3%	925	3,210	4,206
1968	D	+9.7%	896	475	4,359
1964	R	−91.1%	149	3,181	3,330
1960	D	+1.9%	623	585	1,969
1956	D	+48.1%	1,134	278	1,779
1952	D	+23.5%	1,356	840	2,196
1948	D	+4.1%	105	35	1,714
1944	D	+89.8%	1,371	74	1,445
1940	D	+94.3%	1,509	44	1,554
1936	D	+99.3%	1,383	5	1,388
1932	D	+97.5%	1,366	17	1,384
1928	D	+88.5%	1,607	98	1,705
1924	D	+81.6%	1,015	60	1,170
1920	D	+86.0%	846	57	917
1916	D	+91.1%	997	35	1,056
1912	D	+93.4%	697	4	742
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+91.5%	825	28	871
1896	D	+94.8%	1,050	23	1,083
1892	D	+79.3%	674	7	841
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

35.7%

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: 42.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.4%

2.9%

75–84

4.3%

6.4%

65–74

6.5%

6.8%

55–64

7.6%

4.7%

45–54

5.7%

6.1%

35–44

6.1%

25–34

4.6%

2.9%

18–24

4.3%

11.0%

5–17

8.5%

2.4%

0.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$41,748

Montgomery County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Montgomery County$41,748

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

25.2%

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

57.7%

Methodist

15.7%

Other Christian

4.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.6%

Mainline Protestant

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 18.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Montgomery County sits at the northeastern fringe of the Mississippi Delta, with a majority-Black population that has historically produced competitive local races even as presidential margins lean heavily Republican at the county level.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Montgomery County, by a nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at ninety-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.

The political shift has tracked, in Montgomery County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 52% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $41,748, and a 25% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Champaign County and DeSoto County.

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Montgomery County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.