† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBrookhaven, MSMississippiUnited States
English8.1%10.6%9.5%
Irish7.3%7.4%9.4%
American7.2%10.0%5.3%
German3.2%5.1%12.5%
Scottish2.3%1.6%1.3%
French2.0%1.7%1.6%
Dutch0.8%——
Scotch-Irish0.8%1.0%—
African American†27.8%35.3%9.9%
African2.2%0.8%0.5%
Salvadoran0.6%—0.7%
Mexican0.2%1.9%11.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Brookhaven, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
41.5
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.8%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brookhaven, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$51,119
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.2%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.3%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brookhaven, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.0%
4.3%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brookhaven, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
1.5%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
56.6%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
31.6%
40.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Brookhaven, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+60.8%
1896
+72.8%
1900
+39.7%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+78.6%
1916
+83.7%
1920
+29.2%
1924
+74.8%
1928
+67.7%
1932
+92.3%
1936
+93.8%
1940
+91.6%
1944
+91.9%
1948
+0.4%
1952
+5.7%
1956
+29.0%
1960
+4.1%
1964
−87.8%
1968
+5.3%
1972
−73.9%
1976
−19.6%
1980
−16.4%
1984
−33.2%
1988
−31.4%
1992
−17.5%
1996
−15.1%
2000
−32.2%
2004
−38.6%
2008
−32.2%
2012
−32.7%
2016
−40.1%
2020
−39.0%
2024
−45.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
27.0%Harris4,262
72.3%Trump11,432
0.3%Kennedy40 +6
R+45.4
R+6.4
R+43.9
15,802
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican72.3%11,432
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic27.0%4,262
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.3%40
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%26
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%12
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%11
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%10
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%6
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%3
R
30.0%Biden5,040
69.0%Trump11,596
1.0%
R+39.0
D+1.1
R+43.5
16,801
R
29.3%Clinton4,458
69.4%Trump10,550
1.2%
R+40.1
R+7.4
R+42.2
15,193
R
33.3%Obama5,471
66.0%Romney10,839
0.6%
R+32.7
R+0.5
R+36.6
16,414
R
33.6%Obama5,505
65.7%McCain10,781
0.7%
R+32.2
D+6.4
R+39.4
16,402
R
30.5%Kerry4,418
69.0%Bush10,008
0.5%
R+38.6
R+6.4
R+36.1
14,496
R
33.5%Gore4,358
65.7%Bush8,540
0.8%
R+32.2
R+17.1
R+32.7
13,000
R
38.8%Clinton4,294
53.9%Dole5,960
7.3%
R+15.1
D+2.5
R+23.6
11,067
R
36.2%Clinton4,744
53.8%Bush7,040
10.0%
R+17.5
D+13.9
R+23.1
13,091
R
34.1%Dukakis4,534
65.5%Bush8,710
0.4%
R+31.4
D+1.8
R+23.7
13,297
R
33.3%Mondale4,458
66.5%Reagan8,898
0.2%
R+33.2
R+16.7
R+15.0
13,381
R
41.3%Carter5,213
57.8%Reagan7,286
0.9%
R+16.4
D+3.2
R+6.7
12,610
R
38.9%Carter4,043
58.5%Ford6,084
2.6%
R+19.6
D+54.2
R+21.7
10,392
R
12.1%McGovern1,070
86.0%Nixon7,593
1.9%
R+73.9
R+79.2
R+50.7
8,828
O
16.0%Humphrey1,585
10.7%Nixon1,057
73.4%
Wallace +57.4
D+93.2
D+6.0
9,918
R
6.1%Johnson437
93.9%Goldwater6,750
0.0%
R+87.8
R+91.9
R+110.4
7,187
O
29.7%Kennedy1,449
25.6%Nixon1,251
44.7%
Other +15.1
R+24.9
D+3.9
4,885
D
51.5%Stevenson1,942
22.5%Eisenhower848
26.1%
D+29.0
D+23.3
D+44.4
3,773
D
52.8%Stevenson2,271
47.2%Eisenhower2,028
0.0%
D+5.7
D+5.3
D+16.4
4,299
O
1.6%Truman52
1.3%Dewey40
97.1%
Thurmond +95.5
R+91.5
R+4.1
3,177
D
96.0%Roosevelt2,445
4.0%Dewey103
0.0%
D+91.9
D+0.3
D+84.4
2,548
D
95.6%Roosevelt2,332
4.0%Willkie97
0.5%
D+91.6
R+2.2
D+81.7
2,440
D
96.7%Roosevelt2,465
2.9%Landon74
0.4%
D+93.8
D+1.5
D+69.5
2,549
D
96.0%Roosevelt2,379
3.7%Hoover92
0.3%
D+92.3
D+24.6
D+74.5
2,479
D
83.8%Smith2,191
16.2%Hoover422
0.0%
D+67.7
R+7.1
D+85.2
2,613
D
85.1%Davis1,278
10.3%Coolidge154
4.7%
D+74.8
D+45.6
D+100.0
1,502
D
64.1%Cox774
34.9%Harding421
1.1%
D+29.2
R+54.4
D+55.4
1,208
D
91.1%Wilson1,282
7.5%Hughes105
1.4%
D+83.7
D+5.1
D+80.5
1,407
D
83.0%Wilson768
4.4%Taft41
12.5%
D+78.6
—
D+59.1
925
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
69.0%Bryan530
29.3%McKinley225
1.7%
D+39.7
R+33.0
D+47.3
768
D
84.6%Bryan954
11.9%McKinley134
3.5%
D+72.8
D+11.9
D+78.8
1,127
D
66.1%Cleveland454
5.2%Harrison36
28.7%
D+60.8
—
D+59.2
687
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
26.0%4,080
74.0%11,599
15,679
2020
R
31.3%5,256
67.7%11,378
16,802
2018
R
28.3%3,453
70.2%8,576
12,223
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Brookhaven, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
25,026
2018
22,447
2020
23,186
2022
22,768
2024
23,549
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−2 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −685 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Brookhaven, MS in Brookhaven, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−73
2012
−115
2013
−181
2014
−41
2015
−203
2016
−145
2017
−66
2018
−132
2019
−71
2021
+229
2022
−28
2023
+2
2024
+141
2025
−2
Brookhaven anchors Lincoln County, a small city where the 2024 presidential result landed 40 points left of center — an unusually deep margin for a nonurban Mississippi community, shaped in part by its majority-Black voting population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 87.8 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.4 points.
A population of 34,877, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,119 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Thomaston, GA and Alexander City, AL.
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In 2024, Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 45.4 points (R+45.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,802 votes cast, 4,262 went Democratic and 11,432 went Republican.
When did Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1956.
How many people live in Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi?
Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi has a population of 34,877 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi is $51,119 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
