Perry County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

16 precincts · 5,539 votes cast

Trump · R+60

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−60.4%	1,078	4,425	5,539
2020	R	−53.0%	1,362	4,500	5,916
2016	R	−53.7%	1,220	4,135	5,432
2012	R	−45.6%	1,527	4,137	5,722
2008	R	−44.7%	1,533	4,067	5,664
2004	R	−49.4%	1,261	3,747	5,030
2000	R	−39.9%	1,285	3,026	4,359
1996	R	−18.9%	1,413	2,178	4,054
1992	R	−23.3%	1,490	2,538	4,501
1988	R	−38.1%	1,326	2,983	4,347
1984	R	−35.5%	1,415	3,098	4,744
1980	R	−7.0%	1,957	2,255	4,263
1976	D	+11.8%	1,965	1,527	3,725
1972	R	−70.2%	446	2,689	3,196
1968	D	+6.6%	439	227	3,207
1964	R	−72.8%	279	1,775	2,054
1960	D	+17.9%	514	274	1,344
1956	D	+21.3%	581	347	1,100
1952	D	+21.0%	782	511	1,293
1948	D	+7.1%	87	25	877
1944	D	+89.5%	796	44	840
1940	D	+95.7%	828	18	846
1936	D	+95.8%	737	16	753
1932	D	+93.7%	523	15	542
1928	D	+1.1%	283	277	560
1924	D	+72.1%	383	55	455
1920	D	+58.6%	271	69	345
1916	D	+80.7%	395	32	450
1912	D	+80.6%	257	4	314
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+35.0%	417	197	629
1896	D	+84.9%	419	30	458
1892	D	+84.5%	202	1	238
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

12.3%

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: 43.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.8%

3.2%

75–84

3.5%

5.4%

65–74

6.1%

6.8%

55–64

6.9%

6.4%

45–54

6.5%

7.7%

35–44

7.5%

4.4%

25–34

3.8%

3.4%

18–24

5.2%

10.1%

5–17

6.6%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$49,634

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

Perry County$49,634

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

51.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.6%

Methodist

2.8%

Other Christian

0.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Perry County's R+60.4 margin in 2024 places it among the most heavily one-sided counties in the state. Its small, rural population of roughly 12,000 reflects the broader demographic pattern of deep-south piney woods counties with limited urban centers.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Perry County, by a seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-three points in 1964. The 2024 margin was sixty points.

The political shift has tracked, in Perry County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 78% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $49,634, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stone County and Lincoln County.

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