Smith County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

18 precincts · 7,676 votes cast

Trump · R+61

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−60.7%	1,486	6,146	7,676
2020	R	−56.0%	1,791	6,458	8,327
2016	R	−56.5%	1,617	5,928	7,627
2012	R	−50.3%	1,979	6,049	8,099
2008	R	−51.7%	1,968	6,265	8,305
2004	R	−57.3%	1,496	5,577	7,120
2000	R	−49.3%	1,620	4,838	6,528
1996	R	−26.2%	1,858	3,371	5,765
1992	R	−31.5%	1,968	4,106	6,788
1988	R	−46.3%	1,660	4,573	6,285
1984	R	−52.8%	1,573	5,116	6,710
1980	R	−20.5%	2,474	3,772	6,340
1976	R	−12.4%	2,434	3,147	5,748
1972	R	−85.5%	329	4,419	4,785
1968	R	−1.6%	352	437	5,156
1964	R	−88.9%	238	4,045	4,283
1960	D	+41.2%	1,568	353	2,946
1956	D	+69.9%	2,055	277	2,543
1952	D	+51.2%	2,288	738	3,026
1948	D	+11.8%	295	33	2,229
1944	D	+87.4%	2,456	165	2,621
1940	D	+97.0%	1,826	27	1,854
1936	D	+97.9%	1,676	17	1,694
1932	D	+97.7%	1,576	17	1,595
1928	D	+55.2%	1,450	419	1,869
1924	D	+88.9%	1,081	49	1,161
1920	D	+56.0%	968	265	1,256
1916	D	+94.2%	1,271	30	1,317
1912	D	+91.8%	854	12	917
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+76.1%	542	73	616
1896	D	+99.2%	1,077	1	1,085
1892	D	+77.6%	547	12	689
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

18.4%

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: 43.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.6%

2.8%

75–84

3.7%

5.8%

65–74

6.2%

6.3%

55–64

7.1%

5.8%

45–54

6.8%

7.1%

35–44

5.1%

4.9%

25–34

5.3%

3.2%

18–24

4.6%

8.6%

5–17

8.1%

2.3%

3.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,916

Smith County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Smith County$60,916

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.0%

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

36.5%

Methodist

4.3%

Other Christian

2.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Smith County's small, rural population has delivered lopsided Republican margins for over a decade, with the 2024 presidential result landing at R+60.7 — among the widest gaps recorded in the state.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Smith County peaked at ninety-nine points in 1896; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1964 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eighty-nine points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Smith County's median household income of $60,916 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Neshoba County and Hooker County.

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For sixty-eight years, Smith County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.