Rankin County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

46 precincts · 69,887 votes cast

Trump · R+47

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−47.0%	18,060	50,896	69,887
2020	R	−45.3%	18,847	50,895	70,799
2016	R	−52.4%	14,110	47,178	63,110
2012	R	−52.2%	14,988	48,444	64,145
2008	R	−53.5%	14,372	48,140	63,103
2004	R	−58.6%	11,005	43,054	54,726
2000	R	−60.2%	8,050	32,983	41,435
1996	R	−45.1%	8,614	24,585	35,423
1992	R	−45.2%	8,155	24,537	36,210
1988	R	−57.2%	6,201	22,937	29,254
1984	R	−58.4%	5,874	22,393	28,308
1980	R	−34.2%	8,047	16,650	25,132
1976	R	−24.2%	6,937	11,507	18,878
1972	R	−71.8%	1,913	12,187	14,305
1968	D	+6.9%	1,975	1,124	12,323
1964	R	−91.6%	332	7,541	7,873
1960	D	+0.7%	850	818	4,782
1956	D	+31.8%	1,537	556	3,089
1952	D	+14.7%	2,077	1,545	3,622
1948	D	+1.2%	57	23	2,759
1944	D	+92.1%	2,374	98	2,472
1940	D	+96.5%	2,110	35	2,151
1936	D	+94.3%	1,884	54	1,941
1932	D	+93.3%	1,536	52	1,590
1928	D	+76.1%	1,325	180	1,505
1924	D	+95.3%	1,415	34	1,449
1920	D	+90.5%	905	43	953
1916	D	+97.5%	1,104	8	1,124
1912	D	+92.9%	718	7	765
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+88.3%	814	45	871
1896	D	+85.5%	1,044	76	1,132
1892	D	+77.0%	748	55	900
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

16.7%

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: 39.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.3%

2.2%

75–84

2.9%

4.5%

65–74

5.3%

5.8%

55–64

6.2%

6.3%

45–54

6.8%

7.0%

35–44

7.4%

6.5%

25–34

6.9%

4.0%

18–24

3.9%

8.7%

5–17

8.3%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$79,357

Rankin County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Rankin County$79,357

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.8%

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

36.2%

Other Christian

7.4%

Methodist

5.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.8%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rankin County, anchored by the Jackson metro's eastern suburbs, has delivered some of the largest Republican presidential margins in the state for over a decade, reflecting a predominantly white, fast-growing suburban electorate.

The shift began with civil rights. 1972 marked the realignment in Rankin County, by a seventy-two points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at ninety-two points in 1964. The 2024 margin was forty-seven points.

The political shift has tracked, in Rankin County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $79,357, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lamar County and Clay County.

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