Union County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

20 precincts · 12,478 votes cast

Trump · R+70

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−70.1%	1,807	10,559	12,478
2020	R	−64.8%	2,160	10,373	12,683
2016	R	−62.8%	2,012	9,235	11,496
2012	R	−50.6%	2,742	8,498	11,365
2008	R	−49.9%	2,985	9,072	12,195
2004	R	−46.8%	2,839	7,906	10,819
2000	R	−32.1%	3,094	6,087	9,311
1996	R	−12.4%	3,316	4,375	8,555
1992	R	−15.0%	3,714	5,173	9,742
1988	R	−28.7%	3,044	5,511	8,591
1984	R	−35.6%	2,766	5,837	8,617
1980	D	+16.7%	5,001	3,545	8,715
1976	D	+32.8%	5,021	2,507	7,659
1972	R	−77.4%	658	5,477	6,230
1968	R	−4.8%	624	948	6,770
1964	R	−40.8%	1,237	2,939	4,176
1960	D	+42.4%	2,001	605	3,295
1956	D	+70.3%	2,882	427	3,494
1952	D	+50.0%	2,749	917	3,666
1948	D	+21.1%	478	63	1,964
1944	D	+84.2%	2,140	183	2,323
1940	D	+91.7%	2,609	108	2,726
1936	D	+94.4%	2,249	63	2,316
1932	D	+93.4%	2,264	74	2,346
1928	D	+70.3%	1,858	324	2,182
1924	D	+81.9%	1,750	135	1,971
1920	D	+47.7%	1,224	429	1,665
1916	D	+89.4%	1,666	89	1,763
1912	D	+87.1%	962	23	1,078
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+70.8%	1,151	189	1,359
1896	D	+83.0%	1,262	114	1,383
1892	D	+60.2%	721	14	1,175
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

10.9%

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: 38.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.4%

2.2%

75–84

2.7%

4.7%

65–74

5.1%

6.0%

55–64

6.1%

5.8%

45–54

6.5%

6.1%

35–44

5.7%

6.4%

25–34

6.7%

4.8%

18–24

4.3%

9.4%

5–17

9.6%

3.1%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,505

Union County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Union County$55,505

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.1%

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

61.0%

Methodist

11.7%

Other Christian

5.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Mainline Protestant

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 17.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Union County's R+70.1 margin in 2024 placed it among the most one-sided counties in the state, reflecting the rural, predominantly white demographic pattern common to northeastern Mississippi's hill country.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Union County peaked at ninety-four points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Union County's median household income of $55,505 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tipton County and Covington County.

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