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1876–2024
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County·Mississippi

Tallahatchie County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A Delta county where Black majority turnout shapes statewide margins

18762024·38 elections
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+6
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
11,764
2024 ACS
Most similar
Greensville County
VA · similarity 0.98
19 precincts · 5,012 votes cast
Harris · D+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+5.9%
2,6302,3335,012
2020D
+10.9%
3,1052,4885,685
2016D
+14.9%
3,3372,4625,870
2012D
+22.5%
3,9592,4996,503
2008D
+19.0%
4,1052,7866,943
2004D
+11.0%
3,4202,7376,217
2000D
+11.1%
3,0412,4285,523
1996D
+26.7%
2,9901,6764,930
1992D
+12.5%
2,9022,2135,518
1988D
+4.5%
2,8812,6335,547
1984R
−3.1%
2,7252,9015,646
1980D
+22.2%
3,4672,1835,776
1976D
+16.1%
2,9912,1465,252
1972R
−58.6%
8353,4424,449
1968D
+17.5%
1,4775775,130
1964R
−84.9%
2553,1263,381
1960D
+18.6%
8303462,597
1956D
+60.6%
1,9693412,687
1952D
+51.7%
2,3507483,098
1948D
+10.2%
287372,446
1944D
+96.7%
2,401402,441
1940D
+96.9%
2,288332,328
1936D
+99.4%
1,56741,572
1932D
+98.6%
2,453162,471
1928D
+97.2%
2,284332,317
1924D
+97.9%
1,386151,401
1920D
+87.1%
1,092691,174
1916D
+98.9%
1,06161,067
1912D
+90.9%
69516747
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900D
+93.8%
50316519
1896D
+94.1%
77923803
1892D
+82.9%
4258503
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
48.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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.
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
25.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.0%
Methodist
4.7%
Other Christian
3.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tallahatchie County's population is roughly two-thirds Black, and that demographic concentration has made it one of the few Mississippi Delta counties to return Democratic presidential margins in recent cycles, finishing D+5.9 in 2024.

The Democratic margin in Tallahatchie County reached its widest at ninety-nine points in 1936. The margin in 2024 was six points — still decisive.

Tallahatchie County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $37,466, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 11,764 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greensville County and Brunswick County.